This was one of the more important conferences I've attended in a while. Nice work Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor: wired.com/story/machine-…

📢 I'm excited to be advertising a PhD scholarship to support a brilliant student to work alongside me on my ARC #DECRA project on digital authoritarianism. The 3.5 year scholarship is open to both domestic and international applicants. Full details here: jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/909…

Real footage of a grad student trying connect her research to the existing literature.

We have limited funding to support a few non-Sydney based PhDs’ local accommodation during the two-day conference. We will allocate the funds as fairly as possible by both the presenters’ needs and the time of abstract submission. How to apply - here: aacapstudies.com/2022/09/04/aac…

Russia's ultranationalist and mercenaries, who had briefly been appeased by Putin's mobilization announcement,are getting a heart attack now hearing that he also exchanged all Azov commanders and dozens more for Medvechuk - whom they despise. Instability in paradise.

Can you please describe your methodology? My methodology:

Our star HDRs had an amazing time at #UQ Moreton Bay Research Station on #Minjerribah. We enjoyed the Nature's Wonderland of North Stradbroke Island while still trying to remain productive. Immense thanks to our Griffith HDR GGRS and Griffith Asia Inst for funding this trip, it was a blast!

Two decades ago, I asked Russian investigative journalist & human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya how she could keep doing what she did. For her reporting on abuses by Russian forces in the 2nd Chechen War, the military detained & beat her & subjected her to mock execution. 1/

The first SICSS-Festival video is up! Be sure to check out Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected]'s workshop on studying online influence operations, with videos from other events coming soon!

A fantastic talk on theory in pol sci delivered by Dr. Pauline Jones at AACaPS

New Cambridge Element The Evolution of Authoritarianism and Contentious Action in Russia by Bogdan Mamaev is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/4e5RjyC #cambridgeelements #sociology

Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element The Evolution of Authoritarianism and Contentious Action in Russia by Bogdan Mamaev Free access available until 14 June. cup.org/4e5RjyC #cambridgeelements #sociology

🥳 Happy to announce Sofia Ammassari as the recipient of the E&D Best Paper Prize 2023 for her paper “Men’s parties’, but with more active women: Gendered fostered activism in populist radical right parties”. 🥳Read more here: ecpr.eu/news/news/deta…

PUBLISHED! I’m thrilled to see “On the Move: Autocratic Leaders, Security, and Capital Relocations” published in @Pol_Geog_Jl 🤓 Co-authored with Carl Henrik Knutsen and Tore Wig, it was one of the funnest projects I have ever worked on. Article & abstract- sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This is the 1st week since I joined Griffith in 2014 that I'm not a member of the Centre for Governance & Public Policy (CGPP). Well, nobody is. As part of its "supercharging research" initiative, the university unplugged us. And didn't fund our new research centre proposal.

Delighted to have a new article out in the Journal of Contemporary Asia. It examines the role of pro-government unions in labour cooptation in Cambodia, contributing to knowledge of how party organisations help maintain autocratic stability on the ground. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…