Fellow Americans, wondering why it’s so hard to find a therapist? New in @usatoday.com : www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

We need more therapists. They need more power. | Opinion

Americans are seeking treatment for conditions like anxiety, depression and trauma, only to find the mental health workforce isn't keeping up.

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A well-deserved honor for @bjoernbremer.bsky.social! Absolutely top in the field. Thank you to the @ces-europe.bsky.social for supporting our scholarship — and let’s go, Political Economy and Welfare RN members 🙌 (Here we are with our own Sara Watson as incoming Chair, to boot.)

Björn Bremer@bjoernbremer.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm really honored & incredibly grateful that I received the 2026 Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award from @ces-europe.bsky.social in Dublin last week. Thank you to CES, the award committee, and everyone who shaped my research along the way! councilforeuropeanstudies.org/uncategorize...

The Welfare Workforce has received the Charles H. Levine Prize! I couldn’t be more grateful for this recognition from @sog-rc27.bsky.social & Governance, which have informed so much of my work. Special thanks to @kbersch.bsky.social, Eduardo Dargent, & @danhonig.bsky.social, this year’s committee.

Katherine Bersch@kbersch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On behalf of IPSA’s RC 27 (sponsor of ‪@govjournal.bsky.social), delighted to announce that the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize has been awarded to Isabel Perera (@isabelmperera.bsky.social) for The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies (CUP).🏆1/5

Many thanks to @jhppl.bsky.social and Victor Rodwin for this review!

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law@jhppl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Finally, Victor Rodwin reviews @isabelmperera.bsky.social's The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies (@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org), an excellent comparative analysis of how mental health care varies across 4 country cases. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

For anyone who’s ever wished for better train service (or just wondered about the variable privatization of state-owned enterprises):

World Politics@worldpolitics.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Got Theory? In their article, “Why States Do or Do Not Privatize,” @isabelmperera.bsky.social and Trevor E. Brown theorize that when the interests of workers and managers are aligned, #public #services are less likely to #privatize. Read about their important findings: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

Great new tool from @maffie.bsky.social ! Let’s make academic publishing more transparent 🙌

Michael Maffie@maffie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Coauthor update: we're now on Firefox! 🦊 Help make the academic publishing world a little more transparent by using our research lab's plugin. It's automatic: once you sign in, the software takes care of the rest. The app will even calculate your publishing stats for you! coauthor.fly.dev

For #WorldMentalHealthDay, check out @namicommunicate.bsky.social and its resources. We won’t get better mental care unless we advocate for it:

National Alliance on Mental Illness@namicommunicate.bsky.social · last yr.

How can engaging with your community support your mental health? If you are seeking peers who are also on a journey towards learning about mental health conditions, or a place to be involved with events raising awareness of mental health - your local NAMI is here for you!

Can we have 8 min of your time please? @siljahausermann.bsky.social @bpalier.bsky.social & I wrote a very brief reflection on why social investment might be a misleading paradigm. Way forward: please distinguish different types of social investments! More here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Social investment—A (mis)leading paradigm? Why we need to distinguish different types of social investments - Julian Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Palier, 2025

Social investment has become a buzzword among social policy-makers and welfare state scholars alike. Social investments seem to be the natural social policy res...

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Congratulations to Trevor Brown @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @apsa.bsky.social Labor Politics A Philip Randolph Award! Here presented by the great @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social 🥳

We're thrilled to welcome @isabelmperera.bsky.social of Cornell University to the network! Perera's research focuses on how politics shape the social policies, labor markets, and overall economies of affluent democracies. 🔗 Learn more: scholars.org/scholar/isab...

📢 Call for Proposals CES is pleased to invite submissions for its 32nd International Conference of Europeanists, to be held in Dublin, June 16–18, 2025. For more information about the Conference Theme and how to apply visit: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conferences/...

Likely to backfire and make things worse. #HousingFirst programs work to get most people out of homelessness status. Defunding them is a bad with more costs for emergency housing and emergency room visits.

Isabel M. Perera@isabelmperera.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Homelessness and Mental Illness: How Trump’s New Executive Order Could Backfire thefulcrum.us/governance-l... With homelessness expert @charleywillison.bsky.social and the excellent support of @scholars.org !

Homelessness and Mental Illness: How Trump’s New Executive Order Could Backfire thefulcrum.us/governance-l... With homelessness expert @charleywillison.bsky.social and the excellent support of @scholars.org !

Homelessness and Mental Illness: How Trump’s New Executive Order Could Backfire

In late July, President Trump signed an executive order urging local authorities to find ways to force homeless individuals with mental illness into hospitals. On its face, some observers might find t...

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The @ces-europe.bsky.social Political Economy and Welfare Network was thrilled to inaugurate its Early Career Workshop at our meeting last week 🎉🙌

For those interested in EUropean politics June 2026 is going to be fab. Please consider going to Council for European Studies conference in Dublin 16-18 June 2026, & then on to @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast 18-20 June. @karendublin.bsky.social & I will be joining you!

Karen Anderson@karendublin.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to EPSS! Lots of opportunities to attend the Council for European Studies conference at UCD in Dublin (16-18 June 2026) before the EPSS -- CES is interdisciplinary with lots of top-notch polsci research on European/EU politics. ces-europe.bsky.social

Scenes from the Council for European Studies conference in Philly, at #Temple University. Fantastic presentations and lots of fun making new contacts and hanging out with old friends. @ofioretos.bsky.social @ces-europe.bsky.social @dalriada77.bsky.social ‪@maxinedavid.bsky.social‬

How do you teach health care policy in 2025 and end your class on a positive note (or at least some sense of optimism)? I might actually go with growth and apparent sustainability of Medicaid.

The White Paper projects are back! This year’s winner? Prisha Agarwal, Sepehra Azami, & Anna Cecilia Fierro’s powerful campaign to improve the #H2AVisa program for farm workers — a timely & important project that highlights the original @cornelluniversity.bsky.social values.

Huge thanks to the Hangs for performing in CPP today! Get your tickets for their May 6 concert at www.hangovers.com

It was huge honor to visit @unevadareno.bsky.social. This place is really special. My thanks to @ianmhartshorn.com and colleagues for nurturing a superior intellectual environment—and then inviting me to participate in it!

Ian M Hartshorn@ianmhartshorn.com · last yr.

We’re probably going to have some austerity on campus after the next budget so I was *really* happy we got to bring in my friend and colleague @isabelmperera.bsky.social for a great public talk and guest visit to my political economy class. Her new book is great and open access!

Heading to you now, @ianmhartshorn.com ! Thanks so much for having me. This Ithacan won’t be fazed by the snow :)

Ian M Hartshorn@ianmhartshorn.com · last yr.

I'm very happy to be hosting my friend, the great and the good @isabelmperera.bsky.social at UNR next week to discuss her new book!

Thank you, @bpetrova.bsky.social and @ttu.edu for inviting me to share the project with you. What a great community and thoughtful discussion!

Bilyana Petrova@bpetrova.bsky.social · last yr.

Very happy to welcome @isabelmperera.bsky.social to @ttu.edu to hear her present her CUP book The Welfare Workforce. It's an incredibly timely and important book that makes a valuable contribution to existing scholarship on social policy and mental health care. www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Have a listen to the audio Abstract of "Why States Do and Do Not Privatize," by Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown. #privatization #government #coalitions #laborunions @isabelmperera.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/mt5bYXrFUpWD...

Thanks, Storied Teller, for profiling our work! For an interview on our @worldpolitics.bsky.social article:

World Politics@worldpolitics.bsky.social · last yr.

How do manager-worker coalitions act as the most powerful antidote to privatization? January @worldpolitics.bsky.social authors Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown answer this and more in The Storied Teller. @isabelmperera.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...

Worried about the privatization of public services ? 👀 Wondering what might PREVENT it ?? Check out our article in @worldpolitics.bsky.social for a theory on the role of public employees. (Also great for train buffs 🙌🚊)

World Politics@worldpolitics.bsky.social · last yr.

Can labor and management coalitions affect the privatization of public services? @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown argue that they do through the study of passenger rail in their January @worldpolitics.bsky.social article. #privatization #government muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Thank you, @ces-europe.bsky.social !!

Council for European Studies@ces-europe.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to CES Executive Committee Member @isabelmperera.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell, for the publication of her first book, The Welfare Workforce: How Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies. bit.ly/TheWelfareWo...

As promised, here is a bit more on my new book, The Welfare Workforce, now available fully open-access from @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social 🧵 1/11

Isabel M. Perera@isabelmperera.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)

New 2024 data: Over 50% of GOP fundraising now comes from just 100 mega-donors. Trump’s embrace of the billionaire class—and their embrace of him—will only supercharge this trend.

Checkout @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown's excellent new article in World Politics: Why States Do or Do Not Privatize! (There's a super handy companion methods piece in QMMR, too: zenodo.org/records/14062872) www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/why-sta...

Why States Privatize? Isabel Perera & Trevor Brown Publish in World Politics | Consortium on the American Political Economy

Read Cornell APE scholars Isabel Perera and Trevor Brown's new article--Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector--in the latest World Politics! (Check out the acc...

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The January @worldpolitics.bsky.social is live! It includes articles by @brentonkenkel.bsky.social, @emielawad.bsky.social & Scott F Abramson; @isabelmperera.bsky.social & Trevor Brown; Florian Grotz & Till Weber; @rickyclark.bsky.social & Anna Meyerrose; & Michael L. Ross. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54152