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deadline for submissions to our annual conference on urban politics in the global south is today! if you presented a relevant paper at APSA, send it along! globalsouthurbanpols.com

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I'll be starting at the World Bank as a Governance Specialist in the Public Institutions and Data Analytics Unit in May. Excited to work with a great team on important work, and to be back in my hometown is a dream. Thanks to everyone at CGU for all you've taught me.

#OpenAccess from Perspectives on Politics - Agency and autonomy at the margins of the modern Indian state - cup.org/4cnbk3c - Tanu Kumar #FirstView

🆕 Refugee housing policy: Learning from housing subsidies for Syrian refugees in Jordan Today on VoxDev, w/ Abdulrazzak Tamim Berkeley Economics, Emma Smith Georgetown SFS, Bailey Palmer, Ted Miguel Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), Samuel Leone, Sandra Rozo World Bank & Sarah Stillman: voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

This Week in India’s World segment: From the Ivory Tower, Insightful global scholarship, viewed through the prism of India. Agency and Autonomy at the Margins of the Modern Indian State by Tanu Kumar In a sharp and timely contribution to Perspectives on Politics (April 2025),

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Well this is just fascinating. Arranged marriage rates plummeting with development, everywhere in the world except South Asia. From Gabriela Rubio's paper, via Alice Evans

Fairly tired of this. There is no consensus on what is a “major” or “minor” question, especially for a field in which policy relevance is not prioritized.

.International Fund for Agricultural Development is looking for a P-4 Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Rome --> apply by June 24th! #econtwitter impactpool.org/jobs/1158236

Lines up with Asli Cansunar’s work on this! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…