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Isabel Laterzo-Tingley

@isabellatingley.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the UT-Austin LBJ School UNC PoliSci PhD www.isabellaterzo.com

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Isabel Laterzo-Tingley@isabellatingley.bsky.social · 10mo ago

UNC’s Institute for the Study of the Americas was instrumental to my graduate school career. Multiple grants — including during COVID to conduct surveys — and a FLAS. Without them I wouldn’t have been able to complete my dissertation. This is horrible news. www.dailytarheel.com/article/a4ee...

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026

As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

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Isabel Laterzo-Tingley@isabellatingley.bsky.social · last yr.

Super excited about hosting this workshop at the LBJ School @utaustin.bsky.social with Diego! Apply by 10/15, and see below for more details 🌎

Diego Romero@diegoromero.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Call for Papers! Building Democratic Resilience workshop — Mar 6, 2026 at The LBJ School, UT Austin. Organized by @isabellatingley.bsky.social & me. Seeking work on democracy, backsliding/resilience, institutions, attitudes & civic engagement. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BDRLatAm

Isabel Laterzo-Tingley@isabellatingley.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hiring! Not on the search committee, but happy to chat if you want to learn more about LBJ. The past year has been wonderful, and it is a great (and growing) community of awesome people.

Anna Gunderson@annagunderson.bsky.social · last yr.

Attention #polisky! Apply for @utaustin.bsky.social LBJ School of Public Affairs with a focus on American Political Institutions. I'm on the committee, so please reach out with questions. See below: apply.interfolio.com/170943

Nicolás de la Cerda@ndelacerda.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨 My latest article is now available at @polbehavior.bsky.social! "Cueing Without Parties: Experimental Evidence from Peru" explores how citizens navigate politics in contexts without stable parties and deeply-rooted partisan predispositions. 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Cueing Without Parties: Experimental Evidence from Peru - Political Behavior

Citizens infer policy information from partisan cues, yet their utility varies cross-nationally. In weakly institutionalized democracies with short-lived political parties and volatile party systems, ...

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Isabel Laterzo-Tingley@isabellatingley.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our new article in @lawfaremedia.org - with @ndelacerda.bsky.social and Ayelén Vanegas - which covers our our working paper "Institutional Accountability and Support for Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment". You can see the article below.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · last yr.

Using recent survey data, @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @isabellatingley.bsky.social, and Ayelén Vanegas found that the charges against Jair Bolsanaro for his 2023 coup attempt didn't shake support for democracy among his backers and bolstered democratic support among those who did not vote for him.

Michael Albertus@mikealbertus.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to have a new review article up – on Land and Politics – at Annual Review of Political Science. To understand inequality, development, identity, conflict, state-building, and more, you have to understand the power of land!

Land and Politics | Annual Reviews

Human societies and their politics are deeply rooted in the land. Land shapes politics through its material nature and distribution across society, by serving as a mechanism of control and state-build...

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Josh Busby@busbyj2.bsky.social · 2y ago

In a post-peak public engagement world where mainstream papers have dropped outlets like the Monkey Cage, what avenues exist for academics to get their work and insights in front of a wider public audience or directly to policymakers? A thread of examples from my own experience. 1/

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 2y ago

🆕 How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression Felipe González Queen Mary Uni, Josepa Miquel-Florensa TSE, Mounu Prem Einaudi Institute & @stephanestraub.bsky.social WorldBank explore how infrastructure can be exploited for political power: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

How Paraguay’s dictator turned infrastructure into a tool for repression

Infrastructure can drive development, but history shows it can also be used for political control. Paraguay’s roads under Stroessner's dictatorship highlight this dual nature, providing valuable lesso...

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