Publication bias inflates estimates of the effectiveness of common educational interventions: https://osf.io/rf8kx

New preprint! osf.io/preprints/so... We meta-analyze 4 supplementary learning interventions (tutoring, summer programs, after school programs, and extended instruction time). We find substantial publication bias. After correcting, effects shrink and many vanish. Knowledge is a fragile thing!

Very excited that my long-time PhD desk-mate, Julie Pereira, published her article showing that intensive violin classes have a long-run negative impact on learning outcomes. A must-read for those engaged in early-years education research. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0038...

Really pleased to have participated in The Debate on @france24.com last night, discussing Ebola, Hantavirus, and disinformation in public health. An exciting exchange exploring global and local challenges to health and well-being. Watch the discussion here: youtu.be/PuUyPSs-5T0

Ebola returns: How to fight outbreak amid defunding of global health? • FRANCE 24 English

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When I was thinking of doing a PhD, a professor I applied for an RA with gave a very frank overview of the job market. It is really good practice to do that. People should have that information before they consider a PhD.

Thomas J Wood@thomasjwood.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Political Science's academic job market having its worst post-Covid year -- almost 20% fewer jobs than at the same point in the previous cycle (which itself was bad!) Data scraped from APSA ejobs pdfs.

Why do some people want to migrate while others don’t—even in similar conditions?🌍 My new #openaccess article in IMR shows how psychology🧠—notably values, risk tolerance, and personality—predict both aspiration and irregularity willingness.🔎🔓 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XEJZT...

🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS, Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 12 April: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate www.google.com/url?q=https:... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher www.google.com/url?q=https:...

What happens when politicians pivot during a crisis? I examine Trump’s July 2020 mask pivot. It increased Republican mask use, closing 40% of the partisan gap. But paradoxically, beliefs about masks' efficacy didn’t change. doi.org/10.1177/0003... @asanews.bsky.social #Trump #PublicHealth

When Political Pivots Shift Behaviors but Not Beliefs: Evidence from Trump’s Position Reversal over Facemasks during the COVID-19 Crisis - Bartholomew A. Konechni, 2026

Political leaders play a potentially important role shaping behaviors and beliefs during crises. In the pandemic, a number of high-status politicians, notably l...

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How do French-Asians use kinship ties to protect themselves against racialised violence? Linda Haapajärvi and @bkonechni.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social on “defensive familism”, state neglect and the erosion of egalitarian ideals. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/RKiooNU

New publication @thesociologicalreview.org When the state fails to protect minorities from violence, families step in. Our new article introduces defensive familism to explain how French-Asian families organize self-defence and what this reveals about citizenship and gender. doi.org/10.1177/0038...

CRIS @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social is hiring! Sciences Po is recruiting an Associate Professor in Environmental Inequalities and Public Policies who will teach undergraduate and graduate courses at the Climate School of Sciences Po. @sciencespo.bsky.social www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news...

Sciences Po is hiring an Associate Professor in Environmental Inequalities

Poste à pourvoir au plus tard le 1er septembre 2026

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Excited to present at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social . If you are in Stockholm on the 2nd December and you want to learn all about how Trump, cowboys, and facemasks fit together in the history of the pandemic, then come to my talk. 👉 For further details follow the link www.su.se/department-o...

New publication! A chapter (co-authored w/ Ettore Recchi) on the political & economic tensions behind pandemic policy in France, Germany, Italy & the UK — and what these choices tell us about competing democratic values. 🔗 link-springer-com.scpo.idm.oclc.org/chapter/10.1...