Deadline for submission to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) at Harvard is March 27. Please apply! @nlnathan.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @piaraffler.bsky.social @scrosenzweig.bsky.social @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social Link: forms.gle/7R9PkFWEZTc6...

So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.

Journal of Democracy@jodemocracy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon for the opposition to adopt the autocratic habits of the regime they replaced. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 1/2

The deadline for submission of papers to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) is March 28 (Friday). Please consider applying! #polisky #EconSky @nlnathan.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @robertblair.bsky.social

Donghyun Danny Choi@dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please submit your papers for the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE), scheduled for May 16, 2025, at Brown University with the generous support of Brown's PPE Center. Deadline: March 28 Link: forms.gle/vTGSfp4kEpuJ... #polisky #EconSky

Please nominate your students for the APCG-Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award in African Politics. Dissertations filed in the 2024 calendar year are eligible. Janet Lewis, Rosina Foli, and I are on the committee. Deadline: May 2, 2025. Please circulate broadly! #polisky

Please submit your papers for the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE), scheduled for May 16, 2025, at Brown University with the generous support of Brown's PPE Center. Deadline: March 28 Link: forms.gle/vTGSfp4kEpuJ... #polisky #EconSky

Incredible discussion at yesterday's panel co-hosted by @ndidemocracy.bsky.social. Thank you to Tamara Cofman Wittes @tcwittes.bsky.social, Tom Carothers, Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social, Agustina Giraudy, and all who joined to explore 2025 global trends in resisting democratic erosion!

Political scientists who have been following the attempted autogolpe/constitutional crisis in South Korea! Please consider joining 600+ Korean political scientists calling for the impeachment of President Yoon. We would appreciate your solidarity! Link: bit.ly/3Bfxc2j #polisky #dictatorsky

Inbok Rhee@inbok.bsky.social · 2y ago

On Dec 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. 600+ political scientists of South Korea condemned this in a joint statement, urging impeachment. **We ask political scientists worldwide to please read & sign in support**: bit.ly/3Bfxc2j

Still accepting applications to work with me as a postdoc next year. Remote work possible. Will review files beginning in Jan. Pls apply / share apply.interfolio.com/142214

This is a formidable book and I am so glad to see it out. Looking forward to reading it in hard copy!

Mathias Poertner@mathiaspoertner.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit... A brief summary: 1/n

Sharing a starter pack for African politics for those who would find it useful. I tried my best to find everybody on Bluesky but may have missed some folks. Happy to add more people to the list. #polisky go.bsky.app/5CAmg4o

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Donghyun Danny Choi@dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Early-career faculty in the social sciences working on issues of diversity should apply to the Stanford CASBS Diversity Institute. Hang out with brilliant cohort of like-minded scholars and awesome mentors in a beautiful setting. It will be transformative! casbs.stanford.edu/call-applica...

Early-career faculty in the social sciences working on issues of diversity should apply to the Stanford CASBS Diversity Institute. Hang out with brilliant cohort of like-minded scholars and awesome mentors in a beautiful setting. It will be transformative! casbs.stanford.edu/call-applica...

Please submit nominations for APSA's Experiments Section's best book award! We will consider books that either use or are about experimental research methods in the study of politics. (Reposting because there has been a change in the committee.) Polisky

Please submit nominations for APSA's Experiments Section's best book award! We will consider books that either use or are about experimental research methods in the study of politics. (Reposting because there has been a change in the committee.) Polisky

New, and Please share widely: we are looking for the next great 2-yr postdoc to work with me at the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown U. Non-resident remote work possible for 2024-25! Be the next @gard-murray.bsky.social or Kathryn Chelminski!

Climate Solutions Lab@climatesollab.bsky.social · 3y ago

CSL invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Solutions. Details here apply.interfolio.com/135472

Come join us at Brown Political Science! Could not be a better environment for junior scholars. Polisky PSJMInfo

Eric Patashnik@ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 3y ago

NEW POSITION ALERT! @brownupolisci.bsky.social is searching for an assist. prof of entrepreneurship, broadly conceived. We welcome apps from political scientists who study political/ policy/ legislative/ social entrepreneurship & many other topics. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/133583