Matthew Nanes

@matthewjnanes.bsky.social

Associate Director, University of Chicago Committee on International Relations. I share research on conflict, policing, and security, plus occasional dog photos. http://m.nanes.org Book (Policing for Peace): https://a.co/d/epVkdEj

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 · 2y ago

🧵 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

There's lots of talk about how better bollards in New Orleans could have stopped the terror attack. But as Trevor Bachus and I write, physical barriers alone just shift the nature of political violence; they can't fully prevent it. doi.org/10.1177/0022... (DM for ungated link)

Walls and Strategic Innovation in Violent Conflict - Matthew Nanes, Trevor Bachus, 2021

Governments build walls to curtail a range of illicit activities like immigration, crime, and terrorism. We argue that while physical barriers effectively preve...

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There’s a sadistic sense of optimism that comes with starting a new IRB proposal. Maybe this time things will be different. Maybe past experiences will help me navigate this bizarre and arbitrary process. Hope springs eternal.

1/4 How do members of a majority group respond to inclusion of minorities in the police? In a new article @JPR_journal, I find no evidence that Israeli Jews respond negatively to Arab police. In fact, exposure to Arab police is associated with increased trust in Arabs.

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Today, November 28th, I received IRB approval for a form I submitted in May. There were no questions, comments, or concerns, nor any communication in the intervening 6 months. I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I think the system might not be working correctly.

I have some credits with Cambridge University Press to spend. Any suggestions for recent books on policing, immigration, conflict processes, religion and politics, Middle East, or Southeast Asia? Self-promotion welcome! polisky conflictsky

I know it's easy to get frustrated by the time commitment of letters of rec, but not every student is equally good at advocating for themself, and this "skill" likely correlates with the usual things like gender, SES, etc. A well-executed recommendation provides really important context.