Mandatory reading as always...though the most important quote may be elsewhere, in the association drawn between the short-term agendas/lack of overarching vision of current reformist parties and their losing this social base.

Political ethnography alert! 🚨 Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.

🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it? thread below ⬇️

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Missed it in august! But this (with @sumitra.bsky.social) also is out at @bjpols.bsky.social We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)

New article out in World Development! 🚨 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now) With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.

🚨Excited to host the 8th edition of the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (#MAPE2025) at @cunef.bsky.social on Sept 26–27 Keynotes: Julia Cagé, Ruben Durante & Georgy Egorov. Check the program and register here 👉 sites.google.com/view/cunefpo...

Long time (8 yrs!) in the making, but it's here! Our article on gender, policing, & institutional change is out (Open Access) in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! Working on this @amangla.bsky.social & @sandipz.bsky.social was a privilege, adventure, esp in mixed method research. tinyurl.com/yc4f6ste

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

Once again, PBC is back and calling for your applications! As always, this is a no-budget but heart-rich story — and we can’t wait to see your proposals!

NEW - The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr - @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social #OpenAccess

HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social

You can watch this Green Beret describe this experience in his own words to @vanhollen.senate.gov, and for us, and I cried. I’m not sure how you could watch this veteran tell this child’s story and not feel all of the emotions at once.

BREAKING: At least 62 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza despite a “tactical pause” to allow aid into the besieged enclave, medical sources told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pag0eh

Had no idea Israel had bombed Evin last month. What incredible evil shit, in addition to all the rest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/o...

Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.

Most content moderation systems weren’t built with the Global South in mind. Our partner organisation @cdt.org’s new research shows how they fail in Tamil, Kiswahili, Quechua & more. 👇🏻 Join their August 7 webinar for findings, recommendations, and global voices on language equity in tech.

New paper with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Been a busy year in the data mines.📊 Just published my mid-year roundup: 29 data visualizations on the state of US democracy, tracking everything from judicial resistance to billionaire influence to why Dems have a mobilization crisis, not a moderation problem. All charts free to use:

🚨 Happy to share that our paper has now won the Best Paper Award from APSA´s experiments section ! @sumitra.bsky.social @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social Florian Sichart

Don’t forget to apply to present your work at MESS! The first edition was absolutely amazing and I can’t recommend it enough.

My book, Misguided, officially launches today! If you’ve ever wondered why people believe false things — or how to build resilience against misinformation — this book is for you. I wrote it to help us navigate our overwhelming information environment, and I’m thrilled to finally share it with you.

I hope you all had a great #EPSA2025 in Madrid @uc3m_es — we certainly did! @simonchauchard.bsky.social Outstanding academic exchanges in an equally exceptional social and collegial atmosphere. See you all in Belfast next year for #EPSS2026!

Come join us for our immigration and persuasion panel at 3pm later today if you're around in Madrid #epsa2025

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Join us at the #EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections! 📅 June 25, 2025 📍 UC3M (Puerta de Toledo Campus) — Rooms 0.A.05 and 0.A.06 🕘 9 AM — 6 PM 10 panels, 2 parallel tracks — a full day of sharp insights and debate on bureaucracy, revolving doors, money in politics, and more! #EPSA2025

🚨EPSA alert 🚨 @priera.bsky.social and I are organizing a pre-EPSA conference on political institutions on Wed 25 June. Same location as EPSA - Room 0.A.04. We've an amazing line-up of fantastic junior colleagues matched with more senior discussants. All EPSA attendees can attend and are welcome

Without DISCUSSANTS, that is 😅

Consider joining us in Madrid :) A few more days to express your interest for this!

Thanks everyone who signed up to discuss @ EPSA25 next week!!! Still a few panels without respondents (see column F here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)

🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid! The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz 1/n

🚨EPSA 2025 friends, Program Committee co-chair here.... We still have a few great panels missing discussants!! **Details below: 1/n** PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets... if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: [email protected] ASAP

🚨EPSA 2025 friends, Program Committee co-chair here.... We still have a few great panels missing discussants!! **Details below: 1/n** PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets... if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: [email protected] ASAP

🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid! The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz 1/n

If people have not had this role before and want it but are unsure, we can work on them together.

From our new issue: "Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan " by SUMITRA BADRINATHAN (@kharibiskut), SIMON CHAUCHARD (@SimonChauchard), and NILOUFER SIDDIQUI #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Last few days to apply!

📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? [email protected] 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...

Important message from @ethanvporter.bsky.social @aaronshaw.bsky.social @emmaspiro.bsky.social “NSF has accepted a dangerous myth that misinformation research (and research more generally) is really just partisan activism […] Nothing could be further from the truth” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Misinformation research continues to be urgent science. By @ethanvporter.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and me. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We have a great lineup of papers for the Junior Workshop in HPE. A limited number of spots are available for scholars interested in attending the workshop. Fill this form if you want to join us next June 25 at UC3M forms.gle/DckGoQDfniTU... @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @franvillamil.bsky.social

Great write-up of our media + information literacy intervention funded by the @ssrc.org´s Mercury project www.ssrc.org/mercury-proj... partners: Bihar´s BRLPS & Dataleads. @sumitra.bsky.social @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social Florian Sichart Looking forward to seeing and testing more of these!

This looks great! APPLY

📢 Last chance to apply for tuition waiver scholarships for our interdisciplinary Master’s in Social Sciences! 🎓 3 tuition waivers still available 🗓 Deadline: this week – May 31, 2025 🔗 Apply now: www.uc3m.es/master/socia...

📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢 Up close and personal: how size affects politics in 65 Greek island municipalities 🔓Read the article by @vtsagkr.bsky.social & W. Veenendaal here #OpenAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎥 Pablo Beramendi (Duke University) on Our Master’s in Social Sciences 🎥 He discusses the strengths of our program and the vibrant academic community around IC3JM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMX9... Apply! 👉 www.uc3m.es/master/socia...

📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a 2-year fixed-term faculty position in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? [email protected] 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...