Publishing null results *is* hard. Thrilled to finally see this paper with @danielnposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social investigating the impact of bottom-up accountability on healthcare outcomes in print in the JOP. Thread 👇 doi.org/10.1086/736577

From our February Issue: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and JORGE MANGONNET. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0

How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat...

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Another @priec.bsky.social on the books! Thanks to the UCSB hosts, the PRIEC community, and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for continually pushing us forward. Always: interesting & exciting research constructive feedback engaged audiences stimulating conversations fun socials Host one! Come to the next!

8. Running in Context: Marginalization, PolAmbition, & Candidate Emergence Iris Acquarone, ASU Argues: election context excluding marginalized people activates latent pol ambition, but mobilization needs substance Test: surveyExp show salient marginalization + aim for inclusion —> run4office #PRIEC

Big thank you upfront to the hosts of PRIEC @UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Political Science Professors Pei-te Lien, Christopher Parker, AJ Rice, Alfredo Gonzalez, and Raymond Orr, thank you for organizing, securing sponsorship, and hosting PRIEC

Thrilled that this is out at the APSR! 😀 I document how male elites creatively adapt to electoral reform in Indian village councils. Relevant for how we think about: 1) limits of reforms meant to equalize power, 2) (male) elite capture, 3) the "proxy" representative debate. A (late) 🧵

American Political Science Review@apsrjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

From our FirstView: Democratic Deepening or Elite Persistence? How Local Elites Adapt to Electoral Reform in Rural India by @alyssarheinze.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Very excited that our article is now out @jepsjournal.bsky.social! Using an original survey experiment, we find that rural Americans exhibit greater support for laws and perceive them as more beneficial to rural communities when proposed by rural state representatives. Read it at cup.org/4c9cfpi

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 4mo ago

#OpenAccess @jepsjournal.bsky.social - The Power of Place: Rural Descriptive Representation and Policy Support - https://cup.org/4c9cfpi - Lukas K. Alexander & Dihan Shi #FristView

Our @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org author shared insights from her book: “The truth is, they’d always been standing in political quicksand. As @zeynsom.bsky.social describes in her book “Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands,” female leaders often operate in more precarious environments.”

MAGA Women Are Learning The Hard Way What The 'Glass Cliff' Phenomenon Is

Experts break down what women in Trump's orbit should learn from his latest dismissals.

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We often ask who wins elections. But who decides to run? New @electoralstudies.bsky.social w/@mhayes.bsky.social: Multi-member districts ⬆️ Black candidate emergence—and political empowerment matters. We revisit assumptions about US electoral design and show who enters the pipeline—not just who wins.

Happy to share that "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out now with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and available in multiple formats. If it looks interesting, please consider requesting it at your university library! Check it out 👇 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Polarization and Democracy in Latin America

An insightful examination of Latin America’s contemporary democratic landscape and how it is marked by patterns of polarization and volatility. Although Latin American democracies have shown considera...

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📣 Call for Papers (SeLAB 2026) 📣 Submit paper & poster proposals for the 4th annual Southeast Latin American Behavior (SeLAB) mini-conference, Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at University of Maryland, College Park. Submit: forms.gle/GMB62rfo9BNuRY… Hope to see you in Maryland this fall!

Reminder to register (no fee) for the Rebecca Morton experiments conference at NYU taking place next week. Join us: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Gwyneth McClendon@gmcclendon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters! Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica... Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Have you wondered why exactly it is that single-family zoning leads to racial segregation? I wrote this little article to figure it out. I use an agent based model to show it is a combination of race-based wealth inequality, homophily, & clustering of housing types in zoning maps.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6mo ago

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - When restrictive economic zoning leads to racial segregation - https://cup.org/4ti5BDM "results indicate that land use regulations contribute to the maintenance of racial segregation across neighborhoods" - @trounstine.bsky.social #FirstView

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Do politicians consider the gender of leaders when selecting coalition partners? ➡️Using a conjoint on 979 Spanish mayors, @albahuidobro.bsky.social finds that mayors, especially those on the center and left, prefer coalitions with parties led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🚨New publication! Thrilled to finally see this paper out in @psrm.bsky.social 🎉 📊I study how gender shapes coalition preferences among politicians. Turns out mayors prefer forming governments with women-led parties, perceiving them as better communicators and more competent governors.

Political Science Research and Methods@psrm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Do politicians consider the gender of leaders when selecting coalition partners? ➡️Using a conjoint on 979 Spanish mayors, @albahuidobro.bsky.social finds that mayors, especially those on the center and left, prefer coalitions with parties led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Merry Christmas to me!

One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year was "The Politics of Perception," sent to me by the brilliant author, @kstauffer.bsky.social. It's a must-read book about how & why Americans' (mis)perceptions of 🚺's political representation influence their efficacy, trust, approval of institutions.

A few weeks ago, we returned to Houston to celebrate my graduation. I wouldn’t have done it without her. I’m grateful for your continued support, mentorship, and many teachings, @dzobrien.bsky.social. Honored to have shared my journey with you!

Want to hear more from fantastic EGEN scholars? Follow this starter pack! go.bsky.app/SeabEZc

The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social

Re-sharing now that graduations are (mostly) done. Boulder is hosting a mini conference on race, gender, and immigration politics broadly on 9/19. We're hoping to provide an in-person alternative to APSA for those who can't or don't feel comfortable traveling outside US. forms.gle/qtZqrJVen5c5...

2025 Barney Ford Lab Annual Meeting/PRIEC

The Barney Ford Lab at CU Boulder is happy to announce that we are welcoming proposals for our annual meeting. Our annual meeting will take place in beautiful Boulder CO on Friday September 19th, 2025...

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Big thanks to @denis-cohen.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, and fellow participants for a very intellectually engaging MZES-DVPW Methods of Political Science Conference @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social, and, for the invitation !

In my new @bjpols.bsky.social, I show that the longstanding association between female labor force participation and ♀️ support for left-wing parties is conditional on their advocacy for gender equality in labor markets. Western Europe (1990-2019) Party behavior matters for the gender voting gap!

Thanks for having me @boulderrep.bsky.social @landgravephd.bsky.social—great lab indeed! Do try to get on their list of presenters. Thoughtful feedback from insightful (and cool) people.

Michelangelo Landgrave@landgravephd.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thanks to Iris Acquarone for presenting at the @boulderrep.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled to have participated and even more so to have won the Rebecca Morton poster award! A huge thank you to the committee members for this incredible honor, and to NYUpolitics for organizing such a fantastic conference!!

Gwyneth McClendon@gmcclendon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations 🎉 to Iris Acquarone @ietchacq.bsky.social, the winner of this year’s Rebecca Morton poster award from the NYUpolitics -CESS experiments conference for her poster “Strategically Inclusive Parties and Diversity of Representation” ! @tara-slough.bsky.social @adamberinsky.bsky.social

Hispanic Heritage Month! @ietchacq.bsky.social is PhD cand @RicePoliSci. Uruguay. 1st Gen PhD. Research: causes/consequences of political rep hist marginalized groups in W. Democracies. LargeN, field & elite experiments. Awardee (APSA Latino Fund, etc). Work w. practitioners in Uruguay ietchacq.com

Liana Eustacia Reyes@lianaeustacia.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hispanic Heritage Month! Michelle Torres is AP @ UCLA PolSci. From CDMX. PhD PoliSci & AM Statistics @ WashUStL. Published in AJPS, Political Analysis, etc & Rpackages. Research: political methodology & behavior, computer vision, causal inference, public opinion, & surveys smtorres.org