The 2023 journal Impact Factors have just been released. While we know that no measure is perfect, we are thrilled that International Organization ranks second among political science journals, and first among International Relations journals.

When I hear a Rush song, I immediately think about delivering pizzas on a sweltering hot day as I listen to KGGO.

The Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a focus in the study of conflict (either inter-state or intra-state). jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/7… Please apply!!

"The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past ... These foreign-controlled, semi-autonomous zones of international exchange are what she calls global borderlands."

Congratulations to Annamaria Prati, a rising sixth year PhD student, for winning the 2024 APSA Best Poster Award for her poster “Building Peace in Fragile States? UNDP and Violence Mitigation.” Annamaria Prati

A well-deserved award! It is a fantastic paper! Annamaria Prati Jacob Montgomery (@jacobmontgomery.bsky.social) @WUSTLPoliSci @WUSTL

I'm amazed at how great Destiny Street is after reading Richard Hell's autobio, where he describes being basically debilitated by drugs at the time

Penn is hiring in Middle East politics! The details are here: apply.interfolio.com/152474. Review of applications will begin on September 10, 2024.

#FirstView Are states more likely to claim territories with oil & minerals? Using 200 years of geocoded data, @soyounglee37 finds that states are *less* likely to claim such lands, even when they could claimed for historical or administrative reasons. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Interesting and important work by @soyounglee37

I'm sad to not be at APSA and to miss this

Annamaria is doing important and interesting research and is a great colleague!

Looking for your mind to be blown, look no further than Miles Davis's Agharta. Relistening at the moment and my speakers might be melting...

Applications are now open for the Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona for the 2025–26 academic year. 👉 Program Website: ub.edu/mipe/

Congratulations! A great book!

New pub Political Communication 📓! We analyze ~50,000 CBC member tweets to show key differences in CBC men and women’s racial representation. Our findings raise questions a/b how growing gender diversity within the CBC since 1971 has transformed the caucus. Stay tuned for the book!

The January issue of World Politics is live! It includes articles from Brenton Kenkel Emiel Awad & Scott F Abramson; Isabel M. Perera & Trevor Brown; Florian Grotz and Till Weber; Ricky Clark & Anna Meyerrose; and Michael L. Ross. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54152

New year, new semester, new publication! Assistant Professor of Political Science, Michael Strawbridge (Michael Strawbridge), has co-authored an article recently published in the journal, Political Communication (Political Communication 📓). Read more here: buff.ly/4h8qv1C

PhD student, Masanori Kikuchi (Masanori Kikuchi), has been awarded the 2024 Best Visualization Award from Journal of Peace Research for his article "How does war affect cultural tolerance? Evidence from concert programs, 1900–60". Read more here: buff.ly/3ErIlOQ

I recommend listening to all or some of the Grateful Dead's fantastic 5-5-77 New Haven show to commemorate the day. If you only have time for one (long) song, perhaps start with the monster Sugaree that is the second song of the show. Grateful Dead