APSA: Sunday at 10am, I'm presenting work w/ @C_J_Schneider on lending activities of regional IFIs w/ predominantly autocratic members (exciting new lending data!) "International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience" tinyurl.com/2apvfxad

Last day to apply to our IR line! 👇

Running a survey? Wondering if you should include a “don’t know” response option in your policy preference questions? In our new PSRM Journal paper, Christopher Wlezien and me examine the consequences of the DK option for (various) estimates of public opinion cambridge.org/core/journals/… 1/n

📢 Call for New Organizing Members! ‼️ This is a great opportunity to engage with IO scholars from around the world and contribute to the academic community! Interested? Fill out the Google form below! *Deadline: Oct 15 forms.gle/sqP7N8QLMTNjyN…

⭐️NEW article: We conducted a randomized experiment at our institution, a selective U.S. liberal arts college, to evaluate two interventions designed to reduce gender bias in qualitative student evaluation comments. Spoiler: neither worked! tandfonline.com/eprint/PNMQJ9C…

🚨We are excited to announce the 2024-25 call for papers for the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop. More info below and at our site: juniorquantconflict.wixsite.com/workshop Submissions are due Oct 31. We also welcome volunteers to serve as discussants! utdallas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3m…

UCSD Today write-up on our RIO special issue and broader research agenda today.ucsd.edu/story/a-new-ki… UC Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy Lauren Prather ☮️ @C_J_Schneider Stephan Haggard Sarah Bush

U of Utah Political Science is hiring! We're searching for a career-line Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Law and Courts (3-3 teaching load). Please share with excellent teachers-researchers who may be interested. SLC is a great place to live! employment.utah.edu//salt-lake-cit…

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Job alert: I am recruiting a PhD student and a Postdoc (start date: 1 April 2025 for 3 years) to work with me on the project “Parliamentary accountability and EU action against democratic backsliding”. Happy to answer questions. Job ads👇and here: hhu.de/die-hhu/kontak…

A recruitment commercial by Moscow's "Africa Corps", attempting to show that it would be very cool and heroic to be a Russian soldier in Africa:

Are you planning to attend APSA 2025? I'm putting together a panel proposal on democratic backsliding, democratic resilience, and opposition to democratic backsliding with Erica Frantz. I'm looking for authors and discussants with interests in those topics. Thanks in advance!!

🚨 Call for Proposals! 🚨 Seeking junior scholars of conflict & violence for a multi-method mini-conference: ✨ March 21-22 @ FSU ✨ $1,250 honorarium ✨ Eligibility: <3 yrs tenure track 📄 Full CfP: bit.ly/M2C2-CfP 📅 Apply by Jan 10: bit.ly/M2C2-Submit

As Trump suspends U.S. foreign aid for 90 days and other officials express criticism of IOs, I wrote a policy piece for UC Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation about what American withdrawal from the world stage means for the administration's other stated goal of outcompeting China: ucigcc.org/blog/how-ameri…

The U.S. has had a fraught relationship with UNESCO for decades. But, argue Christina Cottiero (Christina Cottiero) and Stephan Haggard, the recent decision to withdraw—again—forms part of a pattern of the U.S. ceding influence in UN bodies to China: bit.ly/4mCmZPu