Marika Landau-Wells
@mlandauwells.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Here for dogs, science, and inspiration. But mostly dogs
Huge thanks to @iojournal.bsky.social and everyone who supported this project! #polisky
International Organization@iojournal.bsky.social · 12mo agoCongratulations to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Marika Landau-Wells, winner of the Robert O. Keohane award for the best research article in IO published by an untenured scholar (or scholars) in 2024. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thrilled to see this article out in world! A summary thread... "Threat perception" gets thrown around a lot in IR - so much that it doesn't really have a clear meaning. But many of us think it's important for understanding war, coercion, crises, etc. So what do we do? I argue 🧠s can help 1/n
International Organization@iojournal.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat can neuroscience do for IR? Using data from 500+ fMRI studies, @mlandauwells.bsky.social shows how brain data improves our understanding of threat perception and offers new insights into its effects on conflict and coercion. #polisci #polisky #conflictsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Very excited to be part of this project!
Setayesh Radkani@setayeshradkani.bsky.social · 2y agoNew work in PNAS Nexus with @mlandauwells.bsky.social and @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social We ask: if two groups hold opposing beliefs, when does debunking by an authority lead to belief convergence and when does polarization persist? Paper: tinyurl.com/mr2e4kvx MIT News: tinyurl.com/3bud9z4f 🧵1/N