Scientists: Support for the innovation engine of American science: immigrants chng.it/nNgYY4yk via Change.org

Sign and also, if you are faculty, email your Provost and Legal Counsel to take action. Especially if you are tenured. Double especially if you are tenured and a US citizen.

Why did democracies react slower than autocracies to the pandemic? Was it because they had to consider individual rights? See Covid_Paper at sites.google.com/a/nyu.edu/adam…

Out Now: In CONSTRAINING DICTATORSHIP, Anne Meng Politics UVA examines the emergence of constitutional rules & power-sharing in Africa to explain how some dictatorships become institutionalized systems. Learn more: ow.ly/xq5Z50AYHTa #AuthoritarianPolitics #AfricanPolitics

Go Lions!🦁🦁🦁

⚡️GOOD NEWS!!⚡️We just found out that APSA Council approved Formal Theory to become an APSA Organized Section! Andrew Little Ryan Hübert 🏳️‍🌈 http://AliCirone.bsky.social John Patty and I have been working on this for the past year and we’re so excited that it’s becoming a reality! 🤠 More to follow soon!

My update on "American Exceptionalism and the 2020 Election." See sites.google.com/a/nyu.edu/adam…

What are the best movies about autocracy? Looking for ideas for a course that Zhaotian Luo and I are co-teaching next quarter. We've discussed Lives of Others, Death of Stalin, Mr. Jones...Any ideas from outside the communist world?

Yiran Fan Memorial gofundme.com/f/yiran-fan-me…

Working Paper: Fire Alarm Fatigue: how politicians evade accountability with Zhaotian Luo papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Congratulations to Adam Przeworski for being elected into NAS! nasonline.org/news-and-multi…

Racial slur in official APSA 2021 annual conference program. Colleagues reported it to APSA organizers 3 days ago yet nothing has been done.

Big news: The Department of Political Science and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago are launching a new Ph.D program in political economy. We have been working on this for over a year...I am thrilled to share some details. 1/ politicaleconomy.uchicago.edu

Harris and UChicago Poli Sci are proud to introduce an innovative new PhD in Political Economy. Students will be trained in formal theory and statistical methods alongside deep engagement in political science. Applications are open for Autumn 2022. har.rs/newpoliticalec…

May all your best response correspondences be convex valued in the coming year

We are hiring at UChicago Poli Sci! This is a senior search, with an emphasis on quant methods, formal theory, and political economy. Please get in touch with questions. apply.interfolio.com/101132 EOE/Vet/Disability

This is my current understanding of the value and the essence of democracy, in 350 words.

Understanding popular support for autocracies is full of puzzles. See papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

A new invasion of Ukraine is likely to leave Russia even more autocratic than it already is—my piece with ⁦Zhaotian Luo⁩ in ⁦@monkeycageblog⁩. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Calling all Political Economists of Democratic Backsliding! Carlo Prato Zhaotian Luo @edogrilloecon and I are organizing a workshop on March 4, 2023. Deadline for proposals: September 25, 2022. Please circulate widely the call below Formal Political Theory Research APSA Political Economy Section