The new issue of QMMR is out! Juan and I couldn’t be happier with our first issue as editors. A short thread on what you’ll find inside 1/n qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7e0…

UBC is hosting an Expert Seminar in support of the work of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (#UNEMRIP). This hybrid seminar is being held at UBC's Vancouver campus 23-24 Feb 2023. Co-sponsors: UN OHCHR, UBC Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives, @ubcsppga, UBC Policy School, UBC Political Science

📢 New ep! We're bombarded with (political) #misinfo on social media. How can we learn to tell truth from lies? @KhariBiskut tells us about her experiments in India 🇮🇳 that give voters tools to check #misinfo on Whatsapp. Do they work? Listen here: scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

📢 New episode! When is race a unifying force in politics? We discuss with @JaeJaeykim2 about his research on Asian coalition-building in 3 North American Chinatowns. And we consider how race is just as much a dependent variable as an independent one. scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

Amazing to have been able to help in the editing process for this episode - follow the link below to hear @JaeJaeykim2 discuss coalition-building among Asian communities in San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver. Linked below the quoted tweet is his article 'Racism Is Not Enough'.

Join us for a conversation about Charlotte Cavaille’s new book about how fairness reasoning shapes support for redistribution. A truly fantastic book that'll be shaping debates over the mass politics of social policy for a long time to come. Thurs, Aug. 31, 10-11:30am, in LACC 513.

On what basis do officials in China advance? Outstanding performance or personal connections? In a new Elements book, Melanie Manion of Duke University conducts a deep review of more than twenty years of research. Free download to Oct 3. tinyurl.com/49jmztjf

📢 New ep out! Why do United Nations peacekeepers sometimes manage but other times fail to keep a lid on communal violence? William Nomikos shares with us his theory on perceptions of peacekeeper impartiality & how that intersects with a history of colonialism. scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/how-t…

So fun to talk to Scope Conditions Podcast Yang-Yang Zhou 周泱泱 Alan Jacobs about my research on peacekeeping. Thanks for invite! Based on my 2022 Journal of Politics @[email protected] article and forthcoming Cambridge University Press - Politics book. Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

Congrats on this great achievement. Very exciting to see this out!

📢 new episode out: Statecraft as Stagecraft What happens when public agencies need to respond to citizen demands but don't have the power to do so? Iza Ding tells us about how China's Environmental Protection Bureau performs "good governance." 🇨🇳 scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

Hi #EconTwitter! 📚 Curious about the intersection of causal inference with "mixed-method" research, based on mixing evidence drawn from any combination of data strategies? Check out👇this book by @maqartan (WZB) & Alan M. Jacobs (University of British Columbia). A comprehensive guide that

📢 new episode out: What College Dorms can teach us about Culture Joan Ricart-Huguet learns from college students Makerere University University in Uganda 🇺🇬 how culture develops and persists among its randomly assigned college dorms. scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

📢 New episode! What happens when criminal gangs partner with politicians to influence elections? Jessie Trudeau shares with us her research in #Brazil 🇧🇷 and discusses the implications of "machine gun politics" for democracy. scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

📢 New episode! Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others? Niloufer Siddiqui talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan. scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episo…

Thanks to the Political Science Student Learning Fund, Noah Marsden traveled to DC to lobby Congress, attend human rights hearings, and connect with advocacy leaders. 🌍🏛️ 📅 Support students like Noah this UBC Giving Day on April 3! Learn more: buff.ly/AMApnpq

Today is University of British Columbia Giving Day! UBC Political Science we're building our Political Science Student Learning Fund to support student research, travel, and experiential learning. See more at buff.ly/WIWSkIS and help us provide impactful learning experiences for more students like Kiana!

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