Reupping this. We’re hiring in American Politics. I’m on the committee and happy to chat by email, zoom, or at APSA. It’s a great department in a great city. Plus you get to sit with the cool kids (the comparativists) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

And in Canadian Politics: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Grateful to have this out in @intsecurity.bsky.social. @jessicacweiss.bsky.social and I show how Cold War analogies obscure more than they reveal about US-China relations. 1/6

Thankful to @h-diplo.bsky.social for putting together such a fantastic group to review my book!

H-Diplo with the Jervis Forum@h-diplo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-40 on Schramm, _Why Democracies Fight Dictators_ issforum.org/roundtables/...

🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop is back for its 12th edition! Join us on Nov. 13–14, 2026 @UofT! We welcome paper/poster proposals on any topic in political behaviour, broadly defined! 📅 Submission Deadline: July 11. Apply here: utorontops.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Cyber barons, tech overlords, digital empires: Big Tech is associated with rule, but what does this mean? My new article theorizes Platform Rule through a political history of Facebook. I argue for a macro social science in the tradition of Mann, Tilly, and Scott to study tech power. Open access!

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are…

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are user-generated digital content platforms responsive to pressures from users, businesses, and states? I propose that digital platforms show different levels of responsiveness to users, businesses, and states over time. Early in a platform’s life, the platform is highly sensitive to the demands of users, who have an opportunity to directly shape the institutional characteristics of the platform through the threat of user revolt.

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¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 4 IS NOW OUT!! doi.org/10.1017/S153... cambridge.org/core/journal... Incl. work by @miloward.bsky.social, @mfroman.bsky.social ,@klirro.bsky.social, @hlw.bsky.social, @arielrwhite.bsky.social, @eckhouse.bsky.social, @dramyhliu.bsky.social, @karstendonnay.bsky.social...

If you want to read the academic version (by my colleague @sverrir.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Trump's EO banning transgender people from military is latest example of exclusion based on prejudice (African-Americans, gays, women...). Argument is always the same: including such people undermines cohesion. That is incorrect. Read why here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Political #Entrepreneurs or #Bandits? The “Criminal” Origins of #Peripheral #Rebellions By @janetilewis.bsky.social & Stephen Rangazas doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Toronto has been on a hiring spree! Some context though: @uoft.bsky.social has long attracted int’l talent. I’m lucky to be on faculty at a world-class university in a diverse global city. Coming here is an incredible opportunity regardless of what happens down south: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain

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My "AI as Governance" piece is now out at @annualreviews.bsky.social of Political Science. It should be free access to everyone and I'm very happy with how it worked out (the second half is an extended spin of Applied Gopnikism to political science @alisongopnik.bsky.social @cshalizi.bsky.social

85% of the value that social scientists have to offer (or at least, that _I_ have ), is not in presenting my own thoughts and research, but using the general insights of the field to organize things that are happening right now and explain connections that are obvious to pros, but not to others.

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States - cup.org/42EiCeo - Sverrir Steinsson #FirstView

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Institutional Change on #Digital #Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the #Power of #Users, #Businesses, & #States By @sverrir.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Grateful to @eunajo.bsky.social for writing this so promptly after South Korean President Yoon’s impeachment. There’s multiple parallels to the US (perils of presidentialism, polarized parties, citizens “nostalgic” for an authoritarian past) that it’s hard not to see them.

Good Authority@goodauth.bsky.social · last yr.

South Korea survived this democratic challenge. What’s next? The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is a critical first step in reversing the country’s authoritarian slide. goodauthority.org/news/south-k...

Super interesting www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We found it surprising at how little was written on Emotions and Global Governance, so @jittipm.bsky.social and I wrote this essay for the Oxford Handbook on Emotions and IR (edited by @simonkoschut.bsky.social & @andrewagross.bsky.social) :)

I joined @globalnews.ca this morning to discuss the crisis plaguing French politics & its implications for Europe. Will post the extended/full interview once it’s live, but here’s my condensed 5-minute takeaway! @uoft.bsky.social globalnews.ca/video/109146...

International impacts of historic French no-confidence vote | Watch News Videos Online

Watch International impacts of historic French no-confidence vote Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday. goodauthority.org/news/martial...

South Korea's president briefly declared martial law.

President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

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🇰🇷 S. Korea's president invoked martial law—then revoked it just 6 hours later. What caused this unprecedented move? And what’s next for Yoon Suk Yeol? Read @eunajo.bsky.social's piece on @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/martial... #SouthKorea #Polisky

South Korea's president briefly declared martial law.

President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

goodauthority.org