Thx to everyone for a phenomenal mixer! Friendly reminder about today's opportunity to learn about the nexus of evidence-based policymaking and legislative oversight, from some industry-leading champions in the field. Join us in just under an hour (5:10) in Salon 3 (3rd floor)!

Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR)@pairpurdue.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Attending the MPSA next weekend? Join PAIR for a series of engaging events throughout the weekend, including a mixer in partnership with the Unite America Institute, and a roundtable discussion focused on legislative oversight and evidence-based policymaking. Details for both events below!

It's MPSA week! We are hosting 2 great events that we hope you attend: a mixer for scholars interested institutional reform (cospon. by Unite America; plz register!) and a reverse roundtable with accomplished legislators and practitioners from around the country. Hope to welcome you at one or both!

Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR)@pairpurdue.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Attending the MPSA next weekend? Join PAIR for a series of engaging events throughout the weekend, including a mixer in partnership with the Unite America Institute, and a roundtable discussion focused on legislative oversight and evidence-based policymaking. Details for both events below!

Attending the MPSA next weekend? Join PAIR for a series of engaging events throughout the weekend, including a mixer in partnership with the Unite America Institute, and a roundtable discussion focused on legislative oversight and evidence-based policymaking. Details for both events below!

Friendly reminder to our Greater Lafayette friends: Dr. Tam will join us today at 6:00 p.m. for a timely lecture on redistricting. Hope to see you there!

Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR)@pairpurdue.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Reminder: PAIR's first Lecture Series of the semester is tomorrow! Join us in Pfendler 241 to hear about Dr. Wendy Tam's research on legislative redistricting. This event is free and open to the public!

If you are in the Greater Lafayette / Central Indiana area, we hope you will consider joining us! Dr. Tam has a wealth of expertise from which she will draw on this important topice!

Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR)@pairpurdue.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Redistricting has been a hot topic this past year, but what do fair maps actually look like? Join the Program on American Institutional Renewal (PAIR) for our first event of 2026: A lecture on the values, trade-offs, and future of redistricting, given by Dr. Wendy Tam of Vanderbilt University!

Hope to see you tomorrow for great pastries and panel discussion! Just to be clear, we are on the program for 8:00 and 9:30; but, given some cancellations, we are combining the sessions. See you at 9 for breakfast and 9:30 for engaging discussion!

Jesse Crosson@jmcrosson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Are you at #SPSA2026? Join PAIR for a discussion on institutional reforms in an era of strong executives! We will discuss a variety of reform proposals, from civil service to the judiciary. Breakfast available at 9 on Sat.; panel to begin at 9:30. Hope to see you there!

Are you at #SPSA2026? Join PAIR for a discussion on institutional reforms in an era of strong executives! We will discuss a variety of reform proposals, from civil service to the judiciary. Breakfast available at 9 on Sat.; panel to begin at 9:30. Hope to see you there!

hey if you study Congress and you could use estimates of status quo AND proposal location for over a thousand bills including many which never made it to the floor, we've got 'em! www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...

Jesse Crosson@jmcrosson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This paper, now out at QJPS, was a labor of love, and Geoff, @alexanderfurnas.com and I are pleased to share it--and the data! Appreciate the opportunity to write up for @lseusablog.bsky.social, and very thankful for the Center for Effective Lawmaking in helping to improve the project!

This paper, now out at QJPS, was a labor of love, and Geoff, @alexanderfurnas.com and I are pleased to share it--and the data! Appreciate the opportunity to write up for @lseusablog.bsky.social, and very thankful for the Center for Effective Lawmaking in helping to improve the project!

LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP@lseusablog.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Effective members of Congress propose more moderate legislation and are willing to compromise with the other side finds @jmcrosson.bsky.social of Purdue University blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Despite the weather and Thanksgiving travels, Dr. Howell packed the house! Many thanks to him for an engaging talk, to our community for excellent turnout, and to @theihs.org for generous support. Stay tuned for the next Politics In PAIR-spective lecture in Winter 2026...

Very, very important piece.

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · last yr.

Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PAIR is so excited to welcome Rylee Crum as our first-ever PAIR Graduate Fellow! Rylee comes to us after completing a degree in Economics at Purdue. Purdue friends, if you see Rylee around, please join us in welcoming her!

PAIR is very pleased welcome to Purdue our very first Postdoctoral Fellow, Ayoung Chun! Dr. Chun (Ph.D., 2025, UCLA) will continue her work on money in politics and policymaking in Congress while with PAIR. Welcome to Purdue, Ayoung!

Friends in Indiana, mark your calendars for PAIR's 3rd Annual Constitution Day Lecture! This year, we are excited to host Pulitzer-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse (Yale). Ms. Greenhouse will speak on the Court's response to the Trump Admin's view of executive power.

As @mattyglesias.bsky.social notes today, certain interest groups certainly built the polarization machine deliberately, but @jmcrosson.bsky.social wrote this great piece for us about how many just got sucked into it, even as single-issue orgs. 1/2 hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/when-lobby...

When lobbyists have to pick a side

Partisan polarization has sucked in the special interests that long kept Congress pragmatic.

hypertext.niskanencenter.org

This is an interesting paper. IG-party interactions are complex and by no means a one-way street: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Working Hand in Hand: Interest Groups and Cooperative Dynamics in Campaigns | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

journals.uchicago.edu

Thanks to generous support from the Jack Miller Center, PAIR is pleased to announce that we will host a reading group on executive power this year, led by our faculty affiliate, Sebastian Graham! Purdue faculty, please encourage your best students to apply (there are completion incentives)!

I recall being on a panel at APSA/MPSA when someone presented a paper on Senate electoral class. Does anyone (perhaps the author!) know who that was?

Super glad to see this in print! It was a labor of love for @alexanderfurnas.com, @geofflorenz.bsky.social, and I -- we really love these data and think they have plenty of potential outside of this paper. Thanks to the Center for Effective Lawmaking for feedback! thelawmakers.org/legislative-...

This isn't evaluative in the "improvement" sense, but the coolest teaching "interview" I ever did involved sending 3 syllabi and sitting in a room for ~1 hour--answering questions about course design, readings, assignments, etc. I liked it so much that we replicated it at Purdue for a teaching line.

Jen Jennings@jenjennings.bsky.social · last yr.

I wish that at any point in my career - really just even once - someone had reviewed my syllabus, looked at my assignments & feedback on student work, or observed my teaching and offered real, critical feedback. And did the same again at a later point to see if I'd improved. That would be cool.

So many emergency orders. So little time. 🇺🇸 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Hugely important and troubling findings here -- from some of the best humans in our discipline!!

Folks on their way to MPSA: come check out PAIR's joint "Reverse" Roundtable with GRAIL! We are thrilled to be joined by @jdrackey.bsky.social and Ananda Bhatia to discuss the opportunities and challenges that AI and new tech present to legislatures.

Thanks, David!

David Dagan@daviddagan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interest groups used to be a grubby and depolarizing force in our politics. They’re still grubby - but now, they’re also increasingly polarizing. Shed a tear for the lobbyist of yesteryear and read @jmcrosson.bsky.social important contribution to our forum on how Congress works now.

Interest groups used to be a grubby and depolarizing force in our politics. They’re still grubby - but now, they’re also increasingly polarizing. Shed a tear for the lobbyist of yesteryear and read @jmcrosson.bsky.social important contribution to our forum on how Congress works now.

When lobbyists have to pick a side

Partisan polarization has sucked in the special interests that long kept Congress pragmatic.

hypertext.niskanencenter.org

Great news--PAIR is hiring a two-year postdoc! Please consider applying or sharing with folks who might be interested! Please feel free to reach out to me with additional questions about the position, PAIR, Purdue, and Greater Lafayette careers.purdue.edu/job/PAIR-Pos...

Happy Birch-day to all who celebrate! Sen. Birch Bayh is an American hero, whose leadership was felt on an expansive list of deeply important policy areas. We are proud to work at his alma mater, and we are fortunate for all the great work he did as a Hoosier Senator!

A friendly reminder, ahead of tomorrow's extended APSA deadline: please consider listing American Political Economy as your first section! Happy to answer any questions folks may have. @cape-team.bsky.social

Jesse Crosson@jmcrosson.bsky.social · 2y ago

Merry APSA deadline eve! If you are submitting, I strongly encourage you to consider listing American Political Economy as your top section. We are making decisions very early and can release you to other sections quickly if need be - risk-free! Feel free to DM if you have questions

Merry APSA deadline eve! If you are submitting, I strongly encourage you to consider listing American Political Economy as your top section. We are making decisions very early and can release you to other sections quickly if need be - risk-free! Feel free to DM if you have questions