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Virginia Rocha

@virginiarocha.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at IPOL/UnB. Previously postdoc at FGV and Max Weber Fellow at EUI | Studying elites' consequences to public transparency, electoral competition, affective polarization and SLBs. rochavirginia.com

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Javier Pérez Sandoval@javierpsandoval.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interested in democracy? Ever wondered why it varies so markedly within countries? Or simply keen to learn about Brazil? If so, check out our new piece in Studies in Comparative International Development (SCID)! I certainly had a blast working on it with Virginia & Tim! Link to the paper 👇 👇

Virginia Rocha@virginiarocha.bsky.social · 2w ago

So happy to see this piece out! ✍ In this paper, Javier Pérez Sandoval, Timothy Power, and I contribute to a growing body of literature examining within-country variation in political regimes. (1/4)

Virginia Rocha@virginiarocha.bsky.social · 2w ago

So happy to see this piece out! ✍ In this paper, Javier Pérez Sandoval, Timothy Power, and I contribute to a growing body of literature examining within-country variation in political regimes. (1/4)

Politics_Oxford@politicsoxford.bsky.social · 2w ago

New research by @javierpsandoval.bsky.social & Timothy J. Power, alongside Virginia Rocha asks what accounts for the striking differences in electoral democracy across Brazil’s 27 states 👇

Omar Wasow@owasow.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Writing is hard.” Thrilled to share that this simple idea led to a new paper in Political Analysis! Where most text methods focus on content, I test if expression is also effortful action. I find simple measures like character counts reveal attitudes and predict voting. cup.org/4cUmoXi 1/

Text as Behavior Text as Behavior published in Political Analysis by Omar Wasow Abstract Text analysis typically focuses on content—such as sentiment or topic—but expression is also a form of effortful action. Building on this insight, I propose using simple features of open-ended tasks to study text as behavior. This approach treats expression, such as writing, as cognitively, emotionally and temporally “costly” for subjects but inexpensive for researchers. I show basic statistics like the number of characters can approximate effort and significantly improve estimation of quantities of interest, including candidate choice, the probability of turning out to vote and psychological states about which a subject may not be fully aware. Further, these methods can convert nonresponse into informative data; validate survey instruments; serve as mechanism checks; be hard for a subject to “game”; work across different languages and analogize well to real-world situations. In sum, text as behavior can help address a range of issues related to quantifying attitudes and actions.
Journal of Politics@thejop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"The Politicization of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Brazil" by Anderson Frey and Rogerio Santarrosa. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The Politicization of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Brazil | The Journal of Politics: Vol 88, No 2

In developing countries, incumbents commonly exercise political influence over bureaucrats through monitoring or patronage hiring. We investigate a new politicization channel: a phenomenon where burea...

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Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Needed - larger samples, more realism about (the lack of) heterogeneous treatment effects: -"less than a third of proposed hypotheses were supported... the largest predictor of positive exp. results was sample size" -"moderation hypotheses were rarely significant" academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

An Audit of Social Science Survey Experiments

Abstract. Survey experiments have become a popular methodology for causal inference across the social sciences. We study the efficacy of survey experiment

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Filip Kostelka@filipkostelka.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!

European University Institute@eui-eu.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Tarek Jaziri-Arjona@tarekjaziri.bsky.social · last yr.

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

Vladimir Zabolotskiy@zabolotskiy.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New working paper: War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine @ifomichev.bsky.social and I study how Russian fatalities in the Russia–Ukraine war affect engagement with propaganda on social media in soldiers’ hometowns. Here's what we find 🧵 #workingpaper #ukraine #russia #propaganda

War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine

This article examines how military losses shape public engagement with propaganda. We combine data on Russia's military losses in its war against Ukraine with u

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Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار@saadgulzar.bsky.social · last yr.

Our article on how elites manage the human resource task of party building is out open access today in @apsrjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000... Thread below on the main findings 👇

Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India - Volume 119 Issue 2

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Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار@saadgulzar.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Just published in American Political Science Review 🚨 with Durgesh Pathak @sarahthompson.bsky.social and Aliz Toth We show that strategic messaging by party leaders can effectively shape volunteer rank&file recruitment with consequences for long-term party development

Victor Araújo@victoraraujo.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Workshop alert! 🚨 Working on elections or parties in Africa or Latin America? Let’s break the silos! Join us at Reading on 19 June 2025 to share research & build cross-regional links. Submit by 19 May 👉 forms.gle/HFDebZLAoRCS... #GlobalSouth #PoliSci #Africa #LatinAmerica

Workshop: Elections and Political Parties in Africa and Latin America Workshop

Event: 19 June 2025 Research on elections and political parties in the Global South often takes place within continental silos. Yet, scholars have much to gain by engaging in conversations around thes...

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