Rest in peace Glen Hansard. The best live performance by miles I was lucky enough to see twice (thanks NYU 💜)
Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار
@saadgulzar.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, Global Affairs, and Economics (concurrent) at Notre Dame. Study representation, development, and the environment with a focus on South Asia. http://saadgulzar.com/
Given the air pollution in North America, it is worth thinking about the large health impacts on vulnerable populations. In our @nature.com paper @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social and I show that air pollution exposure in the sub continent significantly increases child and infant mortality.
Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار@saadgulzar.bsky.social · 2y agoIn the final part, we use a meteorological model to isolate the effect of crop burning (from other air pollution factors) on child and infant mortality. A 1-log point increase in pollution exposure from crop burning causes an additional 24 out of 1000 infants to die in their first year of life.
I'm on sabbatical this academic year visiting Bocconi, Milan (Sep-Dec '26) and LSE, London (Jan-June '27). Looking forward to meeting many old friends and colleagues and getting to know new ones!
New in the Annual Review of Political Science (2026), with @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social : "Democracy and the Environment." We survey decades of work asking whether democracy produces better environmental outcomes. Link to open access paper: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Democracy and the Environment
We survey research on the relationship between democracy and the environment. The first part of our review examines how democratic systems influence environmental outcomes. Scholars have found, at bes...
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Upgrading Karachi’s electricity network from bare low-voltage wires to aerial bundled cables significantly reduced theft and feeder losses, leading to improved revenue recovery and fewer power outages. Read today's article to learn more:
VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 5mo ago🆕 The ABCs of electricity theft: Can anti-theft cables improve electricity service? Today on VoxDev w/ Husnain Ahmad (Trinity University), Ayesha Ali (LUMS), Robyn Meeks (Duke University), Zhenxuan Wang (NC State University) & Javed Younas (American University of Sharjah): https://ow.ly/WjVk50Yr7cK
My favorite paper of 2019 has just been conditionally accepted at AER (lmao) The Voting Rights Act rapidly increased Black wages in the South via public employment & redistribution static1.squarespace.com/static/59dc0...
"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week posted a video of himself in which he wore jeans in a hot tub, chugged a glass of whole milk and rode an exercise bike in a sauna. These activities were all performed shirtless and under the supervision of the musician Kid Rock."
Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.
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I'm looking to hire an RA in Lahore for a project with @yasirkhan.bsky.social and Bakhtawar Ali. Please see details below.
Periodic google search: “what sport is Super Bowl?”
When is India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6)- 2023-24 data being released?
Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
ISA-SAWP Colombo 2026: Call for Proposals
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I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
LSE Department of Government@lsegovernment.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨We're #hiring! We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years. 🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Thrilled to have presented our work with @saadgulzar.bsky.social and @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social "Pay-to-Play: Campaign Contributions and Long-term Distortions in Public Procurement" at the XLIII Political Institutions and Economic Policy Conference at Caltech piep.caltech.edu/selected-pap...
UCLA CCPR Faculty Affiliate Professor Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project, highlights new ICE data showing federal crackdowns are arresting mostly immigrants with no criminal record — far more non-offenders than serious criminals. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
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Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings! Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk... Thread follows!
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on.ft.com/4ovCLwn Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire’s comments Maguire… wrote that… Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything. It’s literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda. The West will learn this lesson the hard way.”
Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire’s comments about Mamdani
Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about New York mayoral candidate
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What's the book/article on to read on the farmers' movement 2020-21 in India?
AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries
Very interesting spillover effects into other domains and within families! Congratulations!!
Sumitra Badrinathan@sumitra.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨 ➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation ➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India ➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months ➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms hopeful findings👇🏽
Just posted a new review paper I co-authored with @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social. It is prepared for the Annual Review of Political Science. Comments welcome! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ixtd6...
Just published at PNAS (@pnas.org): “Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration” We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress. 🧵1/4
