Many thanks for inviting me! I had a wonderful time interacting with faculty and students, and look forward to being back again.

Thrilled to share the news now that it's official! 🎉 Starting July 2024, I'll be an Assistant Professor of Political Science Yale University Yale MacMillan Center. Incredibly grateful 🙏 and excited 🙌 for this opportunity.

Off to a great start with Yabo Gwladys Vidogbena, Christelle, Remi Jimoh, Gareth Nellis & ABIOLA Adikath!

Come work with Anahita Karandikar, Jeff Weaver, and me on a project measuring social norms and discrimination in rural India. We are looking for one India-based full-time Senior Research Associate (SRA) and one full-time Research Associate (RA), starting on or after 1st August 2024.

This is pretty awesome paper and it actually reminds me of the first time I ran a social science experiment. I was 13/14 and in my high school we had an issue with bullying or just bad classroom cohesion — we were a heterogenous bunch in my Gymnasium in Ulm. So what was the idea?

This seems a great paper. One of the worst misinterpretations on contact theory is that any contact with an outgroup foster understanding and reduces bias

1/ In a new Carnegie Endowment paper for our #IndiaElects2024 series, Caroline Mallory and I assess to what extent India's 2024 election reflects a repudiation of the fourth party system and a reversion to a more decentralized, fragmented era carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…

Learning About Outgroups: The Impact of Broad Versus Deep Interactions | Anujit Chakraborty Arkadev Ghosh Matt Lowe Gareth Nellis #econtwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

1/ Today, Carnegie Endowment is releasing the findings of the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey, a nationally representative survey of Indian American political attitudes conducted with YouGov. It is a collaboration led by Devesh Kapur, Sumitra Badrinathan + me carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…

Do smaller local governments provide better services? Evidence from India says yes! Gram panchayats with <1000 population enable greater access to: - workfare (+16%) - educational facilities - roads and fair price shops - toilets (+18%) + higher-quality housing - health insurance

How do we improve out-group relations? Here's one approach. Researchers recently randomly assigned Hindu and Muslim boys in India to a two-week youth camp or to a pure control arm. In the camp arm, boys participated in integrating rituals, sports, and civics training. Can

The APSA South Asian Politics Section is soliciting nominations for the Frankel Prize for best book (last two years) and Kothari Prize for best article (past year). Self nominations are fine. The deadline for both prizes is February 1st. Submission details below.

If you'd like feedback on a project focused on South Asia, please consider applying to our one-day pre-EPSA workshop. Or just come discuss a paper/chair. Deadline March 1st. shorturl.at/81TLk

I'm recruiting a PhD student in political economy & comparative political behavior at Ahmedabad University (elections, political parties, federalism, welfare, or climate) We believe in interdisciplinary work & offer great training in models of political economy & applied stats. Pls apply!

Congratulations to Simon Chauchard, Sumitra Badrinathan, and Niloufer Siddiqui, who have been awarded the 2025 Rajni Kothari Award for best paper on South Asian Politics for "Misinformation and support for vigilantism: An experiment in India and Pakistan" APSA cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Tenured. Heartfelt thanks to the friends and colleagues whose support made it possible.

Thanks to our amazing team of instructors this week! ABIOLA Adikath Arsène Brice Bado, PhD. Gareth Nellis Nahomi Ichino Vin Arceneaux Isabelle Becho_N’Dri & Yannick Brice Kouogueng Y.

🚀 Call for Presenters for our 2025–26 Seminar Series 🧑‍🏫 Early-career scholars doing exciting research on India’s economy 📅 Virtual, 1-hour sessions with discussants 🌍 Get feedback, connect with peers & grow our research community Nominate yourself 👉 forms.gle/WxKboEwfKMCTyu…

1/ New Carnegie Endowment paper from Caroline Mallory, Annabel Richter + me: "Does 'One Nation, One Election' Make Sense for India?" We analyze the government’s legislative proposal for holding simultaneous elections in India, currently being reviewed by a joint parliamentary cmte.