How do you design credible, interesting social science research about politics? I dunno, but hopefully some of the pieces on this (brand new) syllabus have the answer! dropbox.com/scl/fi/7m5mjaz…

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From our new issue: "Making Sense, Making Choices: How Civilians Choose Survival Strategies during Violence" by Aidan Milliff (Aidan Milliff). #ASPRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I'll be at #APSA2024 in Philly this week! I'm presenting a paper with Blair Read in a "mixed methods in CP" panel, and serving as discussant for a panel on civilian casualties in war. Hit me up if you would like to meet! tinyurl.com/2a2sekka tinyurl.com/229e8agd

Come work with me as a post-doc next year members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/… Can be remote. Pls apply / spread the word

If folks are finalizing their Fall syllabi or have a couple of weeks where the readings are TBD, I thought I'd share some papers I recently published on civil wars, political parties, and methods that you might consider including.

Actually giddy to see the American Community Survey in my mailbox this afternoon. Does anyone know how I claim my share of the citations?

"Abdul is the head of the Taliban" is a Warren Zevon lyric.

As ever, perceptions of whether a given attack in war is “precise” or “indiscriminate” align with people’s prior views of the perpetrator, esp for those not directly in the line of fire I studied this years ago in the case of US drone strikes in Pakistan: jstor.org/stable/48597370

Hopefully, this does the trick! I am on the market. I do work on conflict and polarization. I am especially interested in understanding how institutions shape intergroup relations! You can read more about my work at: chagaiweiss.com

Fascinating discussion of new research by Sukrit Singh Puri —>

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✅: Indoctrinated a new set of undergrads into my conspiracy theory that the only thing preventing a separatist war in Alaska is oil revenue disbursement.

You should be able to bill reviewers for the compute it takes to implement their requests :)

Pretty messed up that a guy wins a Nobel prize when he’d be not-yet-up-for-tenure at some unis.

Lakatos appreciation post.

Between this and the rainfall paper Jon Mellon is becoming the new causal inference boogeyman. Looking forward to reading this one!

What a morning to be teaching this book! (I didn't notice the date when I was making the syllabus)

Somerville Market Basket is the best place I’ve ever been and also it is surely what hell is like.