We are sharing the following message on behalf of EGAP's Executive Director, Daniel Rubenson and Leopoldo Ferguson, Director of EGAP's Latin America Hub.

So saddened, shocked, to hear this news. Inimitable Raúl, passionate, brave, brilliant, vital, generous; you will be terribly missed

RIP Raúl. May your memory be a blessing.

The documentary that the BBC refused to air - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - won a Bafta last night. The documentary shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities. #Bafta #Baftas

A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!

From 28–30 May 2026, the Visions in Methodology conference will convene in Berlin for the first time. The event will bring together women scholars in political methodology for three days of research presentations, mentorship, and academic exchange. 👉 vim2026.com/schedule

The Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World will be out this July Endorsement below by @argohdes.bsky.social

What an amazing music video 😍

Hottest ticket in Dublin ATM 🫡Be there or be square www.ria.ie/events/irela...

Our 2+2=5 moment

Very happy to share that I am going to be the new Director of the Democracy unit at the @wzb.bsky.social Berlin Social Science Center. I am excited to form a new research unit on democratic politics and to engage with people in Berlin and elsewhere to make liberal democracy more resilient.

Friends, you've been submitting great proposals for this project and we're now coming up to capacity. We're closing proposals on April 15th; please send yours in!

MSF condemns this attack and calls for protection of civilians and health facilities. Strikes near hospitals spread fear and deter lifesaving care. MSF is deploying a mass-casualty kit and continuing support. Civilians cannot be collateral damage.

🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science. Here’s what we found 👇

Mit der Süddeutschen habe ich über internet shutdowns und Gewalt gesprochen: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/iran... @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social

🚨Reminder that the nomination deadline for the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social Best Book Award is March 31, details below👇

🚨Reminder that the application for the @epssnet.bsky.social mentoring program is March 31, details below👇

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„Langfristig ist es daher nicht nur moralisch und rechtlich geboten, sondern auch im Eigeninteresse Deutschlands, auf einer regelbasierten Ordnung zu bestehen und entsprechend zu handeln.“ verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

Remarkable amount of content in this short message ☘️

Fun fact: my dissertation was called "Wars of Choice" (became Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions @cornellupress.bsky.social). Tl;dr: they rarely go well. 1/ www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...

The Department of Sociology, within the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, invites applications for a PhD Researcher on far-right mobilization and community responses in Ireland. 🚨 Applications close on 30 April 2026 🚨 Find out more: www.tcd.ie/sociology/ne... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Reminder that the deadline for nominations for the EPSS Best Book award 2026 is March 31, 2026! The EPSS Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of political science. 1/2

🚨 Important news from EPSS, we are inviting proposals for pre-conference workshops. Proposals should be submitted via the form on the EPPS website by 2 April 2026. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 10 April 2026. Please find more information here: epssnet.org/pre-conferen...

Glad to see this getting international attention: the culture minister’s ham-fisted move against independent bookstores; another worrying sign of the German government drifting away from liberal principles

Horrific to see, again, the treatment of Lebanon and disgusted to see this reckless use of evacuation orders, this normalization of the abuse and traumatization of civilian populations, and the tolerance for this horror all around

What are our teams witnessing in #Lebanon How is Doctors Without Borders responding? Jeremy Ristord, Country Director, updates on the situation and our activities:

Please note the very short deadline

EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference: PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT. More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWR

www.programmablemutter.com/p/who-loses-... I wouldn't want to be either Palantir or Space-X in a post Defense Production Act world.

📢 Registration Reminder for EPSS Belfast 2026 If you haven't registered already, please note that the registration deadline for the EPSS Belfast Conference is Friday, 13 March 👇🏼 Register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

Now also available as a Claude Code skill thanks to @tiagoventura.bsky.social www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pk0np...

The Median Voter Theorem is a Clarity Trap www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-median...

Professor @gailmcelroy.bsky.social and @theresareidy.bsky.social take a scientific look at the 2024 general election on the Inside Politics Podcast hosted by Hugh Linehan. You can listen to the full interview on the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

Amnesty: European states must retract outrageous attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

MOPED workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin Deadline to apply: 15 Feb (Sunday already!) This is a REALLY fun workshop; great papers, lovely space, wonderful crowd, finally some decent weather... www.wzb.eu/en/events/mo...

New research publication from Dr @gizemarikan.bsky.social & Dr Judit Ralbovszki titled 'The effect of terrorism on religious minorities: evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel' out now via the Journal of Peace Research. To read the full paper: doi.org/10.1093/jopr...

Really enjoyed doing this short course on causal models for qualitative and mixed methods research @gesistraining.bsky.social; what a great group All teaching materials are here: slides, exercises, videos, readings: integrated-inferences.github.io/short-course/ bsky.app/profile/gesi...

@heikogiebler.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke, @macartan.bsky.social, @swenhutter.bsky.social & @heikekluever.bsky.social: Mobilizing Europe’s citizens to take action on migration and climate change: behavioral evidence from 27 EU member states 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tomorrow is the last day to apply for this mixed methods / causal inference course in Cologne !

All this and more, a plug for my @justsecurity.org colleague @eliavl.bsky.social ‘s excellent book on Occupation in International Law (OUP 2022). Luckily he gave me an extra signed copy in recent weeks so encourage you all to get your own - you will find it useful in the week’s ahead.

What a disappointing, ambivalent response from the EU. Thanks @seva.bsky.social for a bigger view: bsky.app/profile/seva...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence. 👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26

🚨How Ireland Voted 2024 is out!🇮🇪🗳️ Featuring insights from TCD’s Lisa Keenan, Gail McElroy & Michael Gallagher, plus six PhD alumni — Rory Costello, Kevin Cunningham, Jos Elkink, Stefan Müller, Eoin O'Malley & Jane Suiter. A must-read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93795-8

The UN, human rights organizations, and scholars have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. What are the views of people living in Germany on Israel's offensive and Germany's role? A long 🧵based on survey results. www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

🆕 Ten key insights from development economics in 2025 The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next? I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...

If in need see the division between chapters 17 and 18 Open access book.declaredesign.org

1000 times this. Thanks Cyrus I’d put it almost more sharply: not always, but too often, researchers using survey experiments seem to think they’re making causal inferences when they are measuring quantities. confusion over the inquiry is v far from the spirit of the cred revolution

A blog post giving a more thorough take on survey experiments and the credibility revolution: cyrussamii.com?p=4168