Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

If you are an advanced PhD student or PostDoc working on AI and global politics/tech/authoritarianism come spend 1-6 months in Berlin this year with @scripts-berlin.eu! We have some funding for you and will help w/ visa and other moving issues. Info here: www.scripts-berlin.eu/about-us/job...

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

⚠️ Update: It's now 8:00 am in #Iran where the sun is rising after another night of protests met with repression; metrics show the nationwide internet blackout remains in place at 36 hours, severely limiting Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones 📵

Just before 1200 UTC today, the amount of announced IPv6 address space in #Iran dropped by ~98.5%, concurrent with IPv6 traffic share dropping from ~12% to ~1.8%, as the govt. selectively blocks Internet access amid protests. radar.cloudflare.com/routing/ir?d... radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and...

We know that Putin and other dictators try to build a new world order. Soft power plays a crucial role in this. Today, Russia hosts the Intervision 2025 – a competitor event to the Eurovision Song Contest. Which regimes participate in this contest? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervi...

Join us next week for the first workshop of the season! @fabiolaschwarz.bsky.social and @kpaula.bsky.social (TU Munich) will present their work on internet shutdowns and protests in diverse political regimes. Lisa Garbe (@wzb.bsky.social) and Ryan Shandler (Georgia Instit of Techn) will discuss!

Third, @sabinecarey.bsky.social‬, Christian Gläßel & @kpaula.bsky.social ask if media shapes #Postwar attitudes long-term. Studying anti-government broadcasts in #Nepal, they find those exposed were less optimistic about peace, police, and civic activism up to 3 years after the station shut down.

"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:

🚨Join us next Thursday, June 5, 12:15 p.m. at HfP/ @tum.de: www.linkedin.com/events/weltp...

🎉 New article with @tanzformation.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New pre-print on support for AI Killer Robots with @tobirommel.bsky.social & @kpaula.bsky.social. We find that the taboo on AI weapons is not strong. Public opposition drops when other states (Allies or Rivals) develop AI weapons. The public follows a security dilemma logic. osf.io/preprints/so...

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

Jede 2. politisch engagierte Person hat schon Anfeindungen im Internet erlebt. Das zeigt die neue Studie der TUM in Kooperation mit HateAid. Die Folge: Digitale Gewalt gefährdet das politische Engagement in Deutschland. Unsere Forderungen: hateaid.org/hass-hetze-p... #AngegriffenUndAlleingelassen

Three more days to apply! 🌟

Over the past year I've been asked many times how I think AI will change digital repression. This excellent piece touches on many of my worries. IMO AI-generated sludge (or slop as they call it here) is a far greater concern than propaganda. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-gene...

🚨 Come work with us! @jisteinert.bsky.social and I are looking for a PostDoc to support our teaching and research with a focus on interpersonal and collective violence at HfPMuenchen and TU_Muenchen More info on the job and candidates' profiles here👇 www.hfp.tum.de/globalhealth...

We had an amazing time hosting this event! Huge thanks to everyone for two great days filled with exciting topics and engaging discussions! 🎉🙌

🚨New article with @sabinecarey.bsky.social and Christian Gläßel ( @hertiesecurity.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looking forward to two days packed with research on conflict dynamics! Thank you so much for hosting us this year @kpaula.bsky.social!

🚨Come join the Workshop on Conflict Dyamics! One of the best workshops I've attended as a PhD student - super excited that we could host it here now. Two more days to apply! www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/conflict-dyn...

New paper in the Journal of Peace Research with Tabea Palmtag and @tobirommel.bsky.social! 🥳 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my team at the Chair of Digital Governance, Technical University of Munich. - 3 years - Focus: online toxicity, experiments, causal inference - Deadline: January 7 - Starting: April 2024 polisky Commsky csssky More portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...

If you know of recent PhDs/postdocs with interest in quant. (ideally mixed-method) research on pol violence/repression/armed actors PLEASE direct them to me! Am looking to appoint Humboldt Fellows to work with me for a year. Esp looking for ppl from Global South. No German citizens/German degree.