America views the entire world like that.

New as Online First: Shunya Yoshimi, 'After the Expansion: The Japanese University Crisis and a Vision of the Post-University' - explains the dire situation that contemporary Japanese universities are confronting and suggests ways to overcome it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

New paper out w/ Eric Merkley in Political Behavior! Link to paper : link.springer.com/article/10.100… Short thread below

H-1B DATA MEGA-THREAD 🧵 I downloaded five years of H-1B data from the US DOL website (4M+ records) and spent the day crunching data. I went into this with an open mind, but, to be honest, I'm now *extremely* skeptical of how this program works. Here's what I found 👇

Applications for 2025 Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods are open:tinyurl.com/3pkjjswx A opportunity to learn from brilliant tutors in an inspiring academic environment. Director Spyros Kosmidis says how Spring School’s success has grown: youtu.be/Er9kEM2uqx8

Applications for 2025 Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods are open:tinyurl.com/3pkjjswx A opportunity to learn from brilliant tutors in an inspiring academic environment.Director Spyros Kosmidis explains how this year will be extra special:youtu.be/pZEVD3Hhzlw

Happy 2025! Dr. Cuihua (Cindy) Shen and I are happy to announce new forum piece in Political Communication 📓 where we argue for a need to focus more on visual content when trying to understand the causes and manifestations of political polarization.

The JMMR 👇 invites the submission of papers for a special issue on "Advancing Qualitatively Driven Mixed Methods Research: Tackling Societal Challenges". Email [email protected] #mixedmethods #research

#OpenAccess from JEAS - The Incurious Approach to East Asian #Populism: Why Studies on Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are Often Overlooked in Political Science - cup.org/3PCkLko - Axel Klein, Frédéric Krumbein & Hannes B. Mosler #FirstView

Finally, my book published by Edinburgh University Press as part of the Edinburgh Studies on #Modern #Turkey is now available in paperback. For those who are interested can use code PAPER30 to claim a 30% discount 🥳 Başkent Üniversitesi SİBU

📢Our new paper in Political Analysis explains how to use LLMs like GPT-4o, Llama or Mistral to estimate the ideological and policy position of political texts. Our approach is fast, reliable, cost-effective and reproducible and works with texts written in different languages 📷 1/7

🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity! 🚨 Apply for an EPSRC PhD Studentship in Cybersecurity Communication (Security Studies) for 2025/26. Covers stipend, tuition, & research support. 📅 Deadline: 28 Feb 2025 🔗 Click here for details: bit.ly/4hJfpQx

Zero students in my media research class today had heard of “digital humanities.”

I am glad to inform you that our special issue “Text as Data in the Study of Politics in Developing Countries” is out in the Developing Economies! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17461049/2…

We are launching our new Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian Studies! This one-year fellowship, starting September 1, 2025, is designed to support emerging scholars whose research focuses on historical, modern, or contemporary Asia and Asian diasporas. buff.ly/CTCuD1v

📣 Register for the 2025 IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods (30 June-11 July) in Singapore. Early-bird registration deadline: 31 March⏳ go.ipsa.org/JHd2Ok

Barry Buzan explores the evolution of IR, bridging history, theory, and interdisciplinary perspectives to rethink global order beyond Western-centric paradigms buff.ly/mpIFQ2W

I like this paper, which discusses, among other things, "Citation and publishing politics: Who are we writing for, and where do we write?" Well worth reading!

Finally, lived to see my Game of Thrones simulation published. Dedicate it to all my students. Sonunda Taht Oyunları simülasyonumu yayınlaştırabildim. Tüm öğrencilerime adıyorum. #gotsimülasyonu #gotsimulation #GameOfThrones journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…