Happy to be co-organizing M2C2 again!! This time at Duke, May 15-16, with @mararevkin.bsky.social & @meganastewart.bsky.social . Advanced PhD candidates & postdocs working on political violence: we want to hear from you! Two Junior Fellowships w/ travel covered. Deadline: March 10

Mara Revkin@mararevkin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to be co-organizing the Multi-Method Conflict Consortium at Duke May 15-16 with @meganastewart.bsky.social & @dotanhaim.bsky.social! Advanced PhD candidates and postdocs are invited to apply for our funded Junior Fellowship, deadline March 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very excited to be co-hosting with @dotanhaim.bsky.social & @meganastewart.bsky.social the Multi-Method Conflict Consortium (M2C2) Mini-Conference at Duke May 15-16! PhD candidates & postdoctoral fellows are invited to apply for our Junior Fellowship. Apply here by Mar. 10: forms.gle/Vy6h53639F8B...

APSA deadline is next week! We (SEAPRG) are offering light abstract feedback (esp. for junior scholars) and matchmaking for organized panels on Southeast Asia. Fill out this short form by *tomorrow* (Jan 7) and we’ll do our best to get it on a strong APSA panel. tinyurl.com/apsa-sea

SEAPRG Panel-Building and Feedback Program (2026)

Purpose: Increase footprint of SEA-focused research at APSA panels. What to expect: 1) Light abstract feedback, 2) help forming an organized panel, and 3) guidance on which section to submit to Soft d...

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We're hosting SoWEPS-10 at FSU this spring (March 5–6)! If you’re based in the Southeast, doing cool work, and want thoughtful feedback, we’d love to see your submission. Grad student funding available! Details: tinyurl.com/swps10 Form: tinyurl.com/swps-submit

Really proud of our new article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social!! @nicoravanilla.bsky.social @matthewjnanes.bsky.social What does citizen contact do to police attitudes in conflict settings? For those interested in bureaucrats, embeddedness, conflict, mixed methods: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Today we are sharing work from Nico Ravanilla, Renard Sexton, & @dotanhaim.bsky.social on government efforts to provide services and build trust w/ communities in a rural, conflict-affected region in the #Philippines during the COVID19 pandemic.

The central puzzle is why did Musk and Trump fight a war when a division of Mars would have left them both better off?

Publication day for our long, long awaited article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social on the effects of community policing on police officers' own attitudes about the community!

Dotan Haim@dotanhaim.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵 Proud to share our new paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)! We used a field experiment to test how contact with citizens shapes POLICE OFFICER attitudes then developed inductive theory about when it works v. backfires. Paper w/ @matthewjnanes.bsky.social & @nicoravanilla.bsky.social

🧵 Proud to share our new paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)! We used a field experiment to test how contact with citizens shapes POLICE OFFICER attitudes then developed inductive theory about when it works v. backfires. Paper w/ @matthewjnanes.bsky.social & @nicoravanilla.bsky.social

American Political Science Review@apsrjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

Just published on APSR First View: "How Does Community Policing Affect Police Attitudes? An Experimental Test and a Theory of Bureaucrat-Citizen Contact" by Dotan Haim, Matthew Nanes, and Nico Ravanilla. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 Call for Proposals! 🚨 Seeking junior scholars of conflict & violence for the Multi-Method Conflict Consortium (M2C2) Mini-Conference: ✨ March 21-22 @ FSU ✨ $1,250 honorarium ✨ Eligible: <3 yrs tenure track ✨ Mentorship & panels 📄 Full CfP: bit.ly/M2C2-CfP 📅 Apply by Jan 10: bit.ly/M2C2-Submit

I am thinking of making my DiD materials that I used for teaching in the last 5 years available. I am hoping these would find begineers in need of a step-by-step opinionated walkthrough of several developments Let’s see if I find the energy to do this!

For early-career conflict researchers: the ESOC Mentorship Program is open! It provides fellows working on conflict with individual mentors, campus engagement with them, and professional development, including attending an ESOC meeting. More details here: esoc.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

1/ 🤔 Ever wondered if pairing socially isolated students with popular peers helps or hurts their outcomes? My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools. Thread below 🧵 #EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP

Have you ever wanted to show your support for principled modeling of bounded outcomes/proportions? No? Well, anyway, now you can! See 👇 for ordbetareg swag--mugs and T-shirts--available now! 😁 A perfect 🎅 gift for your favorite 🤓... #rstats #academicsky #statsky rmk-designs.printify.me/products

Look here PhD candidates in conflict research: this is a great workshop and networking opportunity ⤵️ Conflictsky

Kristin M. Bakke@kristinmbakke.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

So… which one of Gaetz’s enemies masterminded this brilliant scheme to nominate him for AG just so he'd have to resign from Congress?

#ConflictSky Note: ESOC "will cover travel expenses for presenters" to travel to Taipei!!

Hans H. Tung@hanshtung.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dear friends: The ESOC (Empirical Studies of Conflict) is coming to Taipei next June! Renard and I are helping organize the conference this time around, and there will be “lots of” cool people (no spoilers!) attending it and presenting their newest research on conflict.

🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025. conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith... Conflictsky

CRS | Cedric Smith Prize

The CRS welcomes submissions for the Cedric Smith Prize 2019 which is a peace research prize awarded for the best piece of peace and conflict research by a student

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Back on @bsky.app after a social media break. Does anyone know if the "polisky" feed has been replaced or renamed? Can't seem to find it anymore!

🆕 Excited that @andresuribe.bsky.social and my joint work is out 🔓 open-access in @cpsjournal.bsky.social We study under what conditions rebels succeed in establishing rebel governance in areas dominated by the state. A thread 🧵

 Conflictsky @polviolencepapers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Still looking for Southeast Asia watchers to add to my SEA Starter Pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · 2y ago

Could Starter Packs be used to reverse-engineer Bluesky communities that don't yet exist? 1. create an empty starter pack for, say, Southeast Asian Politics 2. invite people to express interest in that community by requesting to join 3. presto, a curated audience, incentivizing content creation

Excited to announce that Renard Sexton and I are leading a working group on “Security Challenges in Southeast Asia” at the West Point Social Sciences Seminar. The deadline for abstract submissions is September 4. Don’t miss the chance to contribute — submit your abstract here: tinyurl.com/bpam6xw2

PolNet is back, hosted at FSU, June 5-8! Submit a proposal by next Monday (3/25): fla.st/5ILM4C1A conference.polinetworks.org

Matthew Pietryka@mtp.bsky.social · 2y ago

One more week to propose a paper/poster for PolNet 2024! Join us and spread the word! June 5-8 in sunny Tallahassee, FL Submit a proposal: fla.st/5ILM4C1A

PolNet 2024 is happening and back to in-person! Real-world networks are way better than online networks. June 5-8 in sunny Tallahassee, FL (co-hosted by Matt Pietryka and I) Please join us and spread the word! *NetworkEmoji* polisky Submit a proposal (March 15 deadline): fla.st/5ILM4C1A

I've always liked this by @pstaniland.bsky.social. It's about lessons from S. Asia for US in Afghanistan. But it is helpful for thinking about the Gaza war and the deep political contradictions of a democracy engaging in state/nation building in the 21st century. foreignpolicy.com/2009/11/24/c...

Counterinsurgency is a bloody, costly business

By Paul Staniland The current conventional wisdom on counterinsurgency (COIN) focuses on simultaneously building a strong state and creating mass legitimacy for the government. Gen.…

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Call for syllabi: I'm teaching a new PhD seminar in the spring called "Political Psychology of Violent Conflict." Super grateful to anyone willing to share syllabi on political violence, political psychology, behavioral IR, etc. that I can use for inspiration.

So excited this is finally out in the world. Grateful to the editors, reviewers and countless friends and colleagues who have provided feedback on this project!

International Organization@iojournal.bsky.social · 3y ago

Now on #firstview: @carlynwayne.bsky.social, "Terrified or Enraged? Emotional Microfoundations of Public Counterterror Attitudes" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Heartbreaking stories of Afghan families being torn apart as Pakistan forcibly expels up to 1 million Afghans, many of whom were born in Pakistan and have spent their entire lives there. Cruel dilemma: hide in the shadows and hope to avoid getting caught, or go to Taliban Afghanistan?

Families Ripped Apart as Pakistan Expels Tens of Thousands of Afghans

Husbands and wives, parents and children, wonder when, or if, they will ever see each other again.

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