For what it’s worth, I’m on the academic job market. My website contains my CV, research plans, links to published articles, and teaching evaluations. Here goes nothing markberlin2.com

if anybody knows, let's compile a list of places where donors can donate blood around Kathmandu valley. some places might still be critical/sensitive making travel risky. but blood collection centers can be spread out all over and blood carrying vehicles be allowed to travel

Media need to represent this protest accurately and not reduce it to a ‘social media ban protest.’ This is a broader anti-corruption movement led by students, and it deserves to be reported as such. #GenZprotestNepal

Re: protests in Nepal. Restrictions on social media platforms may be part of the story, but that is not all this is, not by far. Nepali youth are tired of what they see as failures of governance, corruption, and the lack of opportunities. This is a tragedy.

#Nepal: We are shocked by the killings and injury of protesters today and urge a prompt and transparent investigation. We have received several deeply worrying allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force by security forces during protests organized by youth

Today I spoke to dozens of protesters. Most of them were not GenZ. All of them were angry. But that anger was misdirected. I pulled three journalists from a van that a mob was trying to burn with them inside. "Sab patrakar jhole ho," they kept saying.

Thanks once again to Kalam Weekly for summing up the chaotic week that was in Nepal. Do read if you haven’t already. kalamweekly.substack.com/p/a-primer-for…

It is the dawn of a new day. Nepal has a new (interim) prime minister, our first woman prime minister, in former chief justice Sushila Karki. Take a look back at this monumental week in Nepali history in this week's newsletter.

Advocate Om Prakash Aryal has been finalised as the Home and Law Minister while former finance secretary Rameshore Khanal is the Finance Minister and Kulman Ghising the Energy Minister under Sushila Karki's interim government. Swearing in will take place tomorrow.

After prolonged negotiations, Om Prakash Aryal, Rameshore Khanal, and Kulman Ghising have been sworn in as Ministers in PM Sushila Karki's Cabinet on Monday. But youth group that put Karki in power have expressed disagreement over her choice. Details: nepalitimes.com/news/nepal-int…

The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (O’Neill) at Indiana University- Bloomington invites applications for a tenure track academic appointment in the general field of public economics at the Assistant Professor rank. publicservicecareers.org/jobs/view/full… #PAJobMarket

We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts. Quick thread

It's time to start planning for next year's conference! Get in touch if you want information on the process, or if you'd like us to share a call for papers!

I feel like putting together a Loss and Damage / reparations panel I think? Plenty of time, but do reach out if you want in.

Despite international framing of the demonstrations as “social media ban protests,” the movement has explicitly rejected this framework, stressing instead that its motivations are founded on grievances over governance and corruption. - Shana Scogin penntoday.upenn.edu/news/three-thi…

Fascinating new publication from one of our very impressive graduate students, who is on the market this year! If you’re hiring, I recommend you check out Dana Abu-Haltam’s timely and important research!

Gen Z Uprising newbooksnetwork.com/gen-z-uprising…

Check out this fantastic new article by Ben Francis, which shows that positionality statements are increasingly common in peace studies and are used in diverse ways. Ben's also on the job market! Hire him! kroc.nd.edu/ph-d/ph-d-stud… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨 We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab

Just posted a new review paper I co-authored with Kathryn Baragwanath. It is prepared for the Annual Review of Political Science. Comments welcome! Link in thread.