Can cross-cultural exchange between local communities spread forest conservation efforts & help unite against #climatechange ? On March 21st conservation experts & senior diplomats will discuss this & more to commemorate #internationaldayofforests .

RSVP: bit.ly/3uMm4qg

A reminder that you still have a few days to register for my favorite conference, REPAL! Taking place this year July 12-13 Georgetown LatAm. Register by Nov 27 at the link below! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

In a new American Political Science Review article, Alicia Cooperman shows that small groups who coordinate their vote can put big pressure on local politicians to deliver public services. Read the summary by APSA Public Scholar @dirckdekleer here: politicalsciencenow.com/small-groups-c…

🚨 Postdoc opportunity - I'm recruiting a postdoc to come work with me on drinking water access/affordability and climate adaption in California. Please share widely!

postdocjobs.com/posting/7182236

We're hiring!!! TT, poli sci, international security. I only just started at GW and am not on the search committee, but I'd be happy to answer Qs to the extent I'm able, or direct you to those with more info gwu.jobs/postings/104830

I may not be in LA (sniff), but I am excited about the APSA Urban Politics Frontiers in Comparative Urban Politics workshop over Zoom today! Absolute 🔥 lineup. I'm presenting on my book on the causes and impacts of divergent frames of urban renewal projects for drug zones at 11 PDT.

Come to Copenhagen and work with me and David Fortunato 🆓 on our DK Frie Forsk.fond funded project on legislative capacity. We are hiring for a 2 year postdoc: research only, no teaching. Salary is very good, colleagues and city are great. Ad is here: cbs.dk/en/about-cbs/j… 1/2

Thank you Comparative Political Studies !! Please see the Acknowledgements for amazing people (too many to list here!) who helped me since I started working on it in 2013 (!) - thank you :)

Our department doesn’t have an account here, so here we go. Last year, GW students published in American Political Science Review, International Organization, Texas NatSec Review, International Interactions, ISR, Perspectives on Politics, The Washington Post, and others. Here are some super cool 5th and 6th year GW University students

Update on 2023 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition
politicalsciencenow.com/update-on-2023…

In addition to what's said here, I am super happy to note that UVA Politics has just made the following reimbursement commitment to faculty and grad workers. Please share this as an example to your own departments and ask, if possible, that they emulate this. Many probably can.

Dear #APSA2023 participants: If you are willing to stand in solidarity with the striking hotel workers, please discuss this matter with your panelists and consider signing the doc that commits you to withdrawing *if* APSA moves forward during an active strike. 👇

The chairs of the APSA Comparative Politics of Developing Countries division (Jessica Rich and Rachel E. Brule) are asking panelists to consider withdrawing from APSA or moving their panel to a virtual setting

I'm not putting my money on #APSA2023

New paper: Centralized water systems are failing under climate change. We propose modular, adaptive, and decentralized (“MAD”) water as an alternative, drawing on history & research on successful hybrid, & informal, non-networked systems

Open access: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Exceptional 30-country LGBT+ Pride study by IPSOS surveying 22,500 adults

The report offers an unprecedented look into LGBTQ+ people, visibility and rights in comparative perspective

The average share of the LGBT+ population in the 30 countries is 9%

ipsos.com/sites/default/…

🤷🤷‍♀️New data: SHRUG 2 is out!! Development Data Lab has been working on this for two years, a HUGE update to India’s coolest data platform:
1. Maps of *every* 2011 town and village, with ids
2. All data at every geography (villages, districts, ACs, etc)...
devdatalab.org/shrug

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