Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply. www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html

The political science department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is hiring a tenure-track faculty member with expertise in IR, security studies, or peace/conflict studies. I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer questions jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65819

NEW - Estimating the Impact of Drone Strikes on Civilians Using Call Detail Records - https://cup.org/4qy0az4 - Paolo Bertolotti, @aidanmilliff.com, Fotini Christia & Ali Jadbabaie #OpenAccess

Join our growing and dynamic faculty! And let me know if you have any questions about these positions.

The Open Pool Fellowship for #IQMR 2026 call is open: docs.google.com/document/u/1... Each year, w support from NSF, we fund ~25 early career researchers to attend the 2-week Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research for free. More on IQMR: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 Our group (@bethewhitaker.bsky.social, @akoustov.bsky.social, Michael Ewers) is hiring a postdoc for a project on long-term environmental changes, shorter-term shocks (conflicts, disasters, economic disruptions), and migration. Details right here: jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64603

2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…

Our call for the 2025 Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) Annual Meeting on Geostrategic Opportunity and Upheaval on October 9-10 is up! Submissions due on June 16. W/ Yuri Zhukov @laiabalcells.bsky.social @austinlw.bsky.social @renardsexton.bsky.social More here: esoc.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

It’s finally here—just got my first author's copies of "In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular"! Excited for more folks to check it out. And hey, even if my evidence and arguments don’t win you over, at least the cover will look great in any room.

A reminder that Monday is the deadline to submit a paper for the Carolinas Conflict Consortium. Spending a couple of days at the coast learning about exciting new research sounds pretty good right now, doesn't it? 🙋

We’re thrilled to celebrate Korbel Prof @marieberry.bsky.social who has been honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Biden for her federally funded, groundbreaking research! 🎉👏 www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up... @siecenter.bsky.social

📣 Scholars of peace & conflict: The call for papers for the 6th Carolinas Conflict Consortium, hosted at the College of Charleston, on April 25-26 is now open. If you would like great feedback on your paper or research design, just fill out this form by February 10: bit.ly/carolinas-co...

The SPSA is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark S. Hurwitz will begin serving as the new Executive Director of the Southern Political Science Association on January 1, 2025. Read more about Mark here!

Check out this cool paper by @akoustov.bsky.social: highlighting the national benefits of immigration increases its importance among pro-immigration voters, shifting public opinion and priorities toward pro-immigration reforms without mobilizing opposition. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Nicholas Valentino @electionstudies.bsky.social @umisrcps.bsky.social on the 2024 election: Dobbs didn't generate enough mobilizing anger among any groups except feminist women; Trump's campaign centered on triggering anger among everyone else.

Seeking funding in the social sciences? Come to our eponymous panel! Reps from NSF, Russell Sage, and APSA will be on hand to lay out the process and answer your questions

Why do some reforms fail despite popular support, and why do some politicians benefit when voters focus on particular issues? In my new piece with @jamesrdennison.bsky.social, we discuss how voters make decisions based on not just what they think about issues but also how much they care about them

NSF is hosting workshops on the ethical and social dynamics of climate intervention technologies. We’re looking for social scientists, ethicists, natural and life scientists, and engineers to join the conversation on shaping governance around climate change: apply.knowinnovation.com/climateinter...

📢 New Article Alert! "Public Support for Power Grabs after Civil Conflict" by James Igoe Walsh, Sam Whitt, Jacob Aronson, Jonathan Hall, Paul Huth & Vera Mironova is now published in Security Studies.

📈 New Data Alert 📊 We know a lot about the causes and consequences of *state* repression. But much less about why other actors respect or violate human rights.

APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant is now accepting applications! The DDDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Deadline: June 15th politicalsciencenow.com/2024-apsa-do... #polisky

Attending the International Studies Association meeting next month? Interested in learning more about the National Science Foundation, especially its Security & Preparedness program? As a new NSF program officer, it would be great to chat. Touch base and we can set a time to talk in San Francisco.

APSA welcomes the New Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession! Their mission is to advance research on disability, promote materials on disability and ensure fair treatment of disabled people throughout the profession. Read more: politicalsciencenow.com/meet-the-new...

📣 Scholars of peace & conflict: The call for papers for the 5th Carolinas Conflict Consortium, hosted at UNC Chapel Hill by @creshman.bsky.social, @nbapat.bsky.social, and Stephen Gent on April 26-27 is now open. Submit your paper or research design by February 10 here: tarheels.live/carolinascon...

I'm looking to hire a part-time grad student research assistant/lab manager this spring for the Policing Lab at Hamilton College. More details about the lab are here: www.hamiltonpolicinglab.com. Please help spread the word! cc polisky, intsec, dictatorsky

Come work with us at the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research! We are hiring a senior lecturer in peace and conflict research, specialising in nuclear disarmament! www.jobb.uu.se/details/?pos...

First attempt at self-aggrandizement on this new platform 😁 How do people displaced by conflict decide to return home? Credible info about good conditions @ home increases return. We suggest, though, that the trauma of displacement and conflict undermines trust in even credible information sources

Hey Polisky, can you recommend any longitudinal survey data with social trust, altruism, or other prosocial attitudes and behaviors? Especially interested in geocoded, multi-wave panels from outside of the US and Europe.

Gotta love seeing the WMATA GM on his bike with transit police actively clearing bus lanes. DC is so blessed 🙏🏻

Forgot to share on here: Hi! Conflict Processes @ MPSA section head here. Don’t forget to submit your proposals today. If you’re struggling because of world events or not sure of fit email/message me.

conscious uncoupling

I'm (still) the type

For polisky or related fields: If you're looking for an alternative to the two week "math camp" with which many social science programs start, I put together an online, work-at-your-own-pace-over-the-summer version here: daveasiegel.com/teaching/math-course. Happy to answer questions about it.

We have officially launched! 🚀 Here is our editor-in-chief with the proof. We invite you to check out Good Authority: goodauthority.org

Drop something blue from your gallery

Hoping that the sequel is even better than the (very good) original 🎬