This will go down as one of the most dangerous times to be a college student in our lifetime. The traumatic ramifications of what we’re witnessing universities do to their own will be difficult to quantify.

Muitas das iniciativas de apoio a candidates que surgiram no Brasil nos últimos anos focam em grupos específicos. Algumas delas são especificamente voltadas para eleger candidates indígenas. Um dos nossos relatórios para o Instituto Update fala mais sobre elas. 👇

New Cambridge Element Governing Sea Level Rise in a Polycentric System by Francesca Vantaggiato @fpvantaggiato.bsky.social and Mark Lubell is now free to read for 2 weeks!
cup.org/3JvIU9C
#cambridgeelements #earth #environmentalsciences

i'm an incoming columbia student. admitted students day is sunday, and today the university sent out this email.

i want to make something clear:

not 'unsettling': peaceful protests
'unsettling': inviting nypd to arrest 100+ students & occupy the campus

free palestine 🇵🇸

'this difference... can explain... ongoing rates of violence against women in Latin America, despite the high numbers of women in office'

Jennifer Piscopo at our webinar on what women's representation in Latin America can teach us,

Full report: kcl.ac.uk/research/repre…

As iniciativas de apoio a candidates são um novo ator no processo eleitoral. Assim como os partidos políticos, elas identificam potenciais lideranças e as preparam para fazer campanhas. Mas continuam sendo orgs da sociedade civil. Mais sobre as iniciativas 👇.

Super feliz em compartilhar esse trabalho! Em sete relatórios, analisamos os obstáculos para a representação política de mulheres, pessoas negras, indígenas e LGBTQIA+ a partir de diferentes ângulos: eleitores, candidates, sociedade civil e lideranças partidárias.

Next Wednesday, 23 April, join us for Day 3 of Brazil Week 2024 for an expert panel and workshop discussing research conducted in and on Brazil by women in fields such as defence, mental health, business, and education. Register here kcl.ac.uk/events/women-i…

Estudantes do BR podem se inscrever para bolsas #DEDP até 21 de maio com apoio da Fundação Lemann! Matricule-se nos cursos com J-PAL e MITx Courses e candidate-se a uma bolsa! Informações e inscrições: bit.ly/442HexN

The Essex Summer School - Social Science Data Analysis launched a new scholarship for Political Science/IR PhD students based in the #GlobalSouth who would like to learn advanced methods to complete their dissertation projects.

More information essexsummerschool.com/.../global-sou…

#ESS2024 #WeAreEssex

We are still looking for mentors for the #ECPG2024 Speed Mentoring! Mentoring sessions will be online 30-minute conversations to be scheduled during the 3 weeks before the conference (17 June-5 July)! If you are interested, fill out the form by 26 April! ecpr.eu/Events/Event/C…

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, jordan mansell & Malu A. C. Gatto connect the personality trait of self-esteem to hostile sexism and preferences for men as leaders in 'Insecurity and Self-Esteem' cambridge.org/core/journals/…
🌟Available #OpenAccess 🌟

My review of the book 'Gender and Violence against Political Actors' edited by Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg is out now. You can read my review, but you can skip the review and go read the book because it is an important contribution!

doi.org/10.1017/S15375…

Short🧵. I’ll be taking over as Programme Director of our MA in Latin American Studies next year. If you are interested in applying and have questions, please get in touch. 1/4

ucl.ac.uk/americas/study…

Mark Lubell and I wrote a little book! bit.ly/3VNFLJo The book is about adaptation to sea level rise in San Francisco Bay. It is also the culmination of our several-year long conversation on the kinds of problems governance can solve, and those it can't.

Does gender parity in decision-making bodies matter? Yes! Julieta Suárez-Cao (she/her/ella) & I wrote about how gender balance transformed Chile's first constitutional conention for Bristol University Press Journals: transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/03/19/whe…

✍️📕Join me at the Yale Univ Press exhibit booth at ISA 2024

🗓️April 4 🕓 4 PM (Pacific Time)

Discounted copies of #TheCondorTrials will be available for sale 📚✍️

I did a podcast! It was great to talk to Verena Hefti MBE about the mental load. In the podcast I talk about some of my personal experiences as a mom in academia, and my research on how the v gendered mental load can crowd out space for engagement in politics and workplace advancement.

Happening TODAY. With the wonderful Maxine Molyneux and Debora Thome. 👇

Please RT: 14/3/2024: UCL Americas International Development Lecture 2024 by Prof Julie Cupples. All welcome! ucl.ac.uk/americas/event…