My book is out. You can order here global.oup.com/academic/produ… Intro chapter here (free for a month) academic.oup.com/book/56203/cha… It explores how the political economy of a regime shapes its party and legislative institutions, & why that matters for distributive/democratic politics. 1/

Yay! My article "Temporality in the Social Sciences: New Directions for a Political Sociology of Time" is one of the most cited and downloaded articles in the British Journal of Sociology 🥳💫British Journal of Sociology #TopCitedArticle #TopDownloadedArticle onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Nic van de Walle passed away yesterday. We have lost a comparativist and Africanist. His book with Mike Bratton helped many of us connect the early debates about democratization to Africa. He was a strong advocate for the study of Africa in the US. Here are some of his works.👇

had the pleasure of reviewing The political economy of Egyptian media: business and military elite power and communication after 2011 by Maher Hamoud - SouthPush.com for Cultural Studies journal. sadly, it's not open access. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

BREAKING: Maduro’s electoral council declares him winner of Venezuelan election wapo.st/4db8nSq

“I am unfinished business. The business that did not finish me or my parents won't leave my children in peace.” Fady Joudah’s powerful opening words to his work, “Aesthetics of Return” on #Palestinian endurance with Bassam Haddad & Fida Adley. "Aesthetics of Return: Palestinian

UW-Madison’s new protest policy may be unconstitutional, a free speech and constitutional law expert told The Daily Cardinal Thursday.  (Noe Goldhaber via The Daily Cardinal) dailycardinal.com/article/2024/0…

Interesting bit from this article: Distribution of the Cardinal and The Badger Herald, which currently occurs at newsstands near UW-Madison facility entrances, is an example of expressive activity currently banned by this rule, Schweber said.

My AFS article on the varieties of civilian praetorianism - a chapter from my dissertation (now book project) - officially has a volume and issue number! Brief thread below on the main points 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our paper on gender stereotypes in autocracies is out! It is the first registered report published⁦Journal of Politics @[email protected]⁩ & first ever on gender/Middle East. It shifts focus to female politicians &our findings are exciting ⁦@C_Barns⁩ ⁦Alexandra Blackman⁩ journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

‼️ Pleased to be sharing my latest article over The Conversation U.S.. Here, I address the popular misconception that civilian support among the recent crop of coups is an exceptional feature. Brief 🧵below 1/ Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East Baker Institute Rice University theconversation.com/civilian-suppo…

Civilian coup support can generally look like instigation *making a coup occur* or consolidation *shoring up a coup against opposition*. This was the main contribution of my 2023 AFS article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 5/

My article on Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms with Lena Wängnerud is out! Check it out! UW Political Science POMEPS womenalsoknowstuff Authoritarian Political Systems Group GLD UW-Madison Media journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Pleased to share my latest article with Jonathan Powell over at The Conversation. There's a concerning trend among Africa's recent military coups. The norm against military rule is dying - armies are staying in power. @Baker_EPDCtrME Baker Institute theconversation.com/gabons-coup-le…

What are the key organisational barriers to women’s leadership in #Sudan? A new paper by Dr Souad Mohamed, Aida Abbashar (Aida) and Hala Abushama recommends policy reforms to address these challenges eprints.lse.ac.uk/125780/

I am pleased to share this policy paper we developed, based off of our findings from our project. This paper presents the various key organisational barriers to women’s leadership in Sudan, and provides policy recommendations for relevant practitioners.

New publication - I wrote this piece for E-International Relations about how Sudanese women navigate, resist, and shape conflict and survival and the importance of moving away from male-centric analyses on conflict and post-conflict reconstruction efforts. #Sudan

The english translation of my article on documenting arbitrary dismissals (meaning: purges) in Sudan is online. It analyzes some extraordinary archives I was lucky to stumble upon in 2019. shs.cairn.info/journal-critiq…

So excited to see this out! Will be posting soon my upcoming book talks Columbia University Press UW-Madison L&S POMEPS Authoritarian Political Systems Group Women Know MENA