My interview with Democratic Erosion Consortium Directors @robertblair.bsky.social, Laura Paler, Jessica Gottlieb, and Julie Anne Weaver on their *new global dataset* on democracy! And on how to measure and understand democracy today, in the US & abroad michaelalbertus.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...

Q&A with Directors of the Democratic Erosion Consortium

How their work helps us understand democracy & democratic erosion in the US and globally

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Your Monday morning podcast is my conversation with @robertblair.bsky.social. Substantive discussion of democratic erosion AND concrete ways for YOU to do something about it. FREE resources from the @demerosiondec.bsky.social #PoliSky #LawSky #AcademicSky newbooksnetwork.com/peacekeeping...

Planning to teach on democracy next AY? Join as a Faculty Affiliate to access our cross-university Democratic Erosion syllabus and materials (you can use 1 week or all). We also support cross-university assignments. New version launching this fall! democratic-erosion.org/teaching/tea...

Hi there -- if you are interested in #democratic erosion and democratic backsliding -- consider following the Democratic Erosion Consortium @demerosiondec.bsky.social as well as @robertblair.bsky.social #History #PoliSky #LawSky #PolicySky #AcademicSky

New from @insidehighered.com: A powerful series on canceled research grants & how these cuts are derailing critical work. SSN supported 4 of the pieces by connecting SSN members with editor @elizabethredden.bsky.social and helping edit their drafts. 🧵 Read the full series. ⤵️

Federal Grant Cuts in Researchers’ Own Words (opinion)

Researchers whose federal grants have been terminated since the start of the Trump administration describe some of the myriad impacts.

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The deadline for submission of papers to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) is March 28 (Friday). Please consider applying! #polisky #EconSky @nlnathan.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @robertblair.bsky.social

Donghyun Danny Choi@dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please submit your papers for the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE), scheduled for May 16, 2025, at Brown University with the generous support of Brown's PPE Center. Deadline: March 28 Link: forms.gle/vTGSfp4kEpuJ... #polisky #EconSky

Incredible discussion at yesterday's panel co-hosted by @ndidemocracy.bsky.social. Thank you to Tamara Cofman Wittes @tcwittes.bsky.social, Tom Carothers, Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social, Agustina Giraudy, and all who joined to explore 2025 global trends in resisting democratic erosion!

New Trending Globally #podcast: The surprising causes and effects of democratic erosion — @robertblair.bsky.social discusses the nuanced reality of democratic erosion in the U.S. and globally, exploring its causes, signs, and potential solutions.

The surprising causes and effects of democratic erosion

Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

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Just published on APSR First View: "When Migrants Mobilize against Labor Exploitation: Evidence from the Italian Farmlands" by Gemma Dipoppa. @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Would you sooner use ChatGPT to (a) grade student papers or (b) write an academic peer review? Assume forced choice

Still accepting applications to work with me as a postdoc next year. Remote work possible. Will review files beginning in Jan. Pls apply / share apply.interfolio.com/142214

Great work by Sam Cuter, Phil Roessler, and @robertblair.bsky.social -- surprising results on whether elites in developing countries prefer #China vs other donors. And whether they like #transparency. #AidData, @the-peio.bsky.social, @iatistandard.org, @ryancbriggs.net, @ryanjablonski.bsky.social

Rob Blair@robertblair.bsky.social · 2y ago

What do elites want from the foreign aid they receive? Conjoint experiment in 141 countries w/ Sam Custer and Phil Roessler, now online @ajpseditor.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What do elites want from the foreign aid they receive? Conjoint experiment in 141 countries w/ Sam Custer and Phil Roessler, now online @ajpseditor.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Democratic Erosion Consortium is hiring a Data Research Assistant. Applications still open. Ad is here: www.democratic-erosion.com/join-the-tea... Ideal for a current grad student. Please share / consider applying

Experimental Research Section Award nominations are open! Deadline for nominations is April 15. I'm on the dissertation award committee with @robertblair.bsky.social and Love Christensen -- we want to read your dissertations whose main inferences are grounded in experimental design.