Lauren Ratliff Santoro and I are running the PolNet Online Colloquium this year Submissions are due October 17. Working papers and dissertation chapters are great. Fall sessions are November 10 and December 8, 10:30–11:30 ET. Submit here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Lauren Ratliff Santoro and I are running the PolNet Online Colloquium this year Submissions are due October 17. Working papers and dissertation chapters are great. Fall sessions are November 10 and December 8, 10:30–11:30 ET. Submit here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Check out the full programme with abstracts for the Political Networks Conference at Manchester in a couple of weeks: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Exciting line-up with 90 presentations across 28 panel sessions in 4 parallel tracks! Registration has closed, but perhaps of interest.

I'm so psyched I forgot to include a link. Join us! sites.google.com/view/confpol...

2026 Manchester

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Discourse Network Analysis: attend my MethodsNet Summer School 2026 course in Vienna 29 June - 3 July. Early-bird registration until 25 Feb, normal registration until 20 Apr 2026. Will cover software, annotation, DNA methods, inference, theory. #SNA #PublicPolicy #Polisky #Discourse #NetworkAnalysis

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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at The University of Manchester

Recruiting now: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen? My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world! 📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560

The Making of International Status

Abstract. With great power rivalry on the rise again, many worry that struggles for status among states could lead to war. As a growing consensus indicates

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The Department of Political Science at Penn State is hiring in CP/IR, for a position focused on non-democratic politics. Link to apply: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Penn State is searching at the Assistant Professor level in in American political behavior, broadly defined. We are seekign someone who can offer undergraduate and graduate courses in political methodology or social data analytics.

Assistant Professor, Political Science

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Working on a new project that examines internet takedown requests to google and other media platforms. Anocratic states experiencing political challenges issue more government, court order, and law enforcement takedown requests. All states issue more takedown requests over time.

Working on a new project that examines internet takedown requests to google and other media platforms. Anocratic states experiencing political challenges issue more government, court order, and law enforcement takedown requests. All states issue more takedown requests over time.

New postdoc position posted at the AI & Global Development Lab! What would you do? Use ML & causal inference to evaluate African development programs—build remote-sensing pipelines for geo-temporal poverty estimates & impact evals, among other things. Details: liu.se/en/work-at-l...

PolNet is a really great conference with generally good panel participation so you get helpful feedback!

Political Networks@politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Save the date! PolNet & PaCSS 2025 are joining forces at Harvard and Northeastern on August 11–14, 2025—workshops on Aug 11–12, conference on Aug 13–14. Stay tuned for details on CFP, registration, and more. See you at #PolNetPaCSS2025!

One of my recent articles has now been officially assigned page numbers in Journal of Conflict Resolution. 🔍 Key finding: The spatial distribution of loyal, disloyal, and wavering rebel supporters explains who gets targeted and where. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Earth Observation Meets Adam Smith: Earth Observation AI in Policy Innovation for Global Development👇 planetarycausalinference.org/earth-observ...

If you are a scholar publishing in political networks and you're eligible for any of these section awards, hit me up for a nomination!

Political Networks@politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Call for nominations for #APSA Political #Networks Section awards 2025. We have 5 awards. More details with award committee contact details on the awards page: apsanet.org/section41. Please spread the word and send us your nominations. #polnet #SNA #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #polisky #polisci

Call for nominations for #APSA Political #Networks Section awards 2025. We have 5 awards. More details with award committee contact details on the awards page: apsanet.org/section41. Please spread the word and send us your nominations. #polnet #SNA #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #polisky #polisci

We need more research on social media effects on elites, activists, and other subgroups per our recent Nature review www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation - Nature

This Perspective identifies common misperceptions regarding the harms of online misinformation, finding that exposure to false and inflammatory content is rare and concentrated among a small minority ...

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William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is also why I think the studies that find a null effect from social media on attitudes are deceptive: it’s not the median voter that’s being driven nuts on Twitter, it’s journalists, people that work in legislative offices, and elected officials themselves.

Some news: I'll be starting as an assistant professor at Trinity College in Hartford, CT as of this coming summer. I'm so excited to get started working with great colleagues. It's been a really tough series of markets, and I'm so lucky to have found a great place to teach and do research.

For the rubric “it ain’t much but it’s honest work”, I just got my first R&R (w/ Major Revisions) on a solo author paper. It’s just the beginning, but these little wins definitely contribute in fostering my love for the path I’m pursuing & academia!

Thousands of people are marching throughout Tbilisi towards parliament including groups from several regions of Georgia to protest the government's EU U-turn and call for new elections. 🔴 Georgia live updates: oc-media.org/georgia-live...

Our article on the lasting impact of rebel governance on post-conflict state and citizens' perceptions of state institutions now has page numbers and is open-access in Comparative Political Studies. Check out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My coauthored article with Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira and Trey Billing, titled "The Effect of Radio Propaganda on Mobilization during the Rwandan Genocide," has been officially published in the American Sociological Review. #conflictsky You can find it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Article has an issue number! In the paper, I find that relational ties between states lower the rate of interstate conflict while simultaneously spreading political institutions. #conflictsky

Jared Edgerton@jarededgerton.bsky.social · 2y ago

My article on cooperative communities and interstate conflict is available online at JoP. I find that network ties between states simultaneously spread political institutions and induce within group cooperation. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...