Just published! 🎉 My paper "Indigenous Community Recognition and Identity: Evidence from Peru" Comparative Political Studies. It shows how & why indigenous recognition impacts self-identification for those who experience it – and for later generations that don't. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Whether a new or old follow, hi! A quick announcement -- A new working paper will be out by the end of the weekend on "Boundary Defense". Abstract below, SocArXiv to come. 1 of 2 new projects whose release coincides with being on the poli sci market. Consider this a soft-launch!

Counting down! Just one week until I get to discuss how war made the state in Latin America with an incredible AMC panel at APSA! Venue is still TBA, but save the time and come listen if you are around.

This is a pretty consistent finding in the literature on European politics and something that Americans who want Democrats to tack right on immigration need to grapple with

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid! I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.

🚨 My department Western University is hiring up to two TT Assistant Professors in International Politics (IR/CP). I’m not on the search committee, but I’ll be at APSA next week — happy to chat & answer questions! App. info: uwo.ca/facultyrelatio… #psjminfo #poliscijobs womenalsoknowstuff

Just getting ready for the Job Market, so I uploaded a new working paper to my website (lotemhalevy.com/research.html), along with some other goodies. The paper should be available on SSRN shortly!

Looking for #APSA panels? Come see ours: New Research on the Legacies of Colonialism in Historical Political Economy Sat 9/13 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Thank you, Agustín Goenaga , for organizing (what is going to be) an informative and productive panel!

From our latest issue: "Civic Organizations and the Political Participation of Cross-Pressured Americans: The Case of the Labor Movement" by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

For years (pre 2024), whenever I would present my work to an American audience I would get questions about how the dynamics apply to the US... This wasn't my example but creating intra-social group inequalities to access is a global strategy for weakening threats to the regime.

For those in Vancouver, the Democracy and Autocracy Section will be holding our business meeting tomorrow (9/11) from 6:30-7:30pm at the Convention Center (West) Room 115. Our reception will be right after from 7:30-9:30pm at Steamworks Brewpub (375 Water Street). Come join us!

The Comparative job ad is now live. Review of applications begins September 26. lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/job/…

On the 5-6 February 2026, Philipp Ager, Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer and I organize the 2nd CEPR conference in applied economic history. This time in St Gallen! Apply before the deadline (16 november): cepr.org/events/2nd-cep…

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics. The call for papers is open until December 1. 🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/world… The conference is organized in partnership

Honoured to be featured in Broadstreet's job market candidates spotlight!

Many things affect women's careers. Gender-based violence affects women who are both mothers and childless (unevenly across SES backgrounds), and the inability to grasp this (and not just build a career off it) is detrimental to scholarship, but also advising.