NEW BLOG: Time to make lobbying more transparent The EIC has published a report on how to reform how lobbying of government is regulated, reported and monitored. @peterr48.bsky.social welcomes many of the findings and recommendations, and calls for a broad standards bill to be passed.
Time to make lobbying more transparent
The Ethics and Integrity Commission has published a report on how to reform how lobbying of government is regulated, reported and monitored. Peter Riddell welcomes many of the findings and recommendations, and urges Andy Burnham to legislate to implement as many of the report's recommendations as possible, preferably in a broader bill that seeks to make large scale reforms to the wider standards regime.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
Congratulations to the 2026 American Political Science Association (APSA) Award Winners The American Political Science Association (APSA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 APSA Awards…... https://politicalsciencenow.com/congratulations-to-the-2026-apsa-award-winners/
Congratulations to the 2026 American Political Science Association (APSA) Award Winners
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 APSA Awards! APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching and service. Recipients will be honored at the APSA Awards Reception during the 122nd APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts. DISSERTATION AWARDS…
politicalsciencenow.com
I am re-posting what I thought about the prospects for the midterm six months ago because nothing has changed since then. See adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/midterms-887
Midterms
July 14, 2026
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Using RCTs, surveys, & focus groups, the authors demonstrate that registrar visits to high schools increase political interest & decrease anxiety about registering and voting. By @melissamichelson.bsky.social @sldemora.bsky.social & @cruzita.bsky.social! Check it out: shorturl.at/l1XqV #polisky
The second research showcase from the APSA Experimental Research Section Early Career Fellows is around the corner: June 10 11am Eastern time. Zoom link: Horiuchi.org/zoom Exciting new work on (1) housing, (2) depolarization and (3) gendered foreign policy. @experimentsapsa.bsky.social
Miguel Pereira@miguelpereira.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe APSA Exp Research Section @experimentsapsa.bsky.social is excited to announce the first research showcase from this yr's Early Career Fellows. Join us online to learn about the research the fellows have been working on over the past year. May 13 (Wed 11am EST). Zoom link: Horiuchi.org/zoom (1/2)
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 position, this! At Copenhagen Business School, we are hiring an associate professor (tenured position) in economic sociology/political economy. Great environment, great colleagues. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested.
Associate Professorship in Economic Sociology and Market Governance
cbs.dk
Over the last few days, there has been a lot of discussion about the proposed regulation to increase political oversight of grantmaking. Some have argued this represents increased politicization of science. As someone who studies the politics of science, I think that's the wrong argument to make. 🧵
White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
science.org
"Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. But to change it, we first have to expose and prove how unaccountable FIFA really is. Add your name to our complaint to FIFA’s Ethics Committee, demand that Infantino be investigated immediately" (@fairsq.bsky.social)
Act now to stop abuse of power at FIFA | Reboot FIFA campaign
Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name to our mass complaint now >>
rebootfifa.com
As the World Cup approaches, people are using more and more football gifs. This is your reminder that Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of at least five rapes and sexual assaults and admitted one of them in legal documents.
In seven knockout UCL matches this season, the only goals Arsenal conceded were one from a corner and two penalties.
New preprint: Jack Lucas, @breunig.eurosky.social and I reanalyze 70,470 assessments made by 12,860 politicians about their constituents' public opinion and demographics, sourced from every available published study of elite perceptual accuracy, and our own original data. /1 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Politics by Formula: How Congressional Policymaking Creates Disparities is now out! I show how politics shapes and often distorts important federal programs, driving inequalities across states.
🚨 Now out in @bjpols.bsky.social w @busbyj2.bsky.social @jordantama.bsky.social @ckafura.bsky.social: Do American foreign policy elites know what the public wants? Partnering with @global-affairs.bsky.social, we show that elites systematically misread the room 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We need to do more to protect congressional staff rollcall.com/2026/04/28/r...
Report sexual misconduct? It’s not that simple, staffers say
Almost a decade after a workplace harassment overhaul on Capitol Hill, staffers aren’t fully comfortable reporting misconduct — that is, if they even know where to turn, a range of lawmakers and aides...
rollcall.com
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
Our new study on political elites’ partisan climate attitudes is covered today in @axios.com Future of Energy newsletter www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Future of Energy
Make sense of the energy upheavals reshaping our world. By Ben Geman and Amy Harder.
axios.com
Fact (hard to call it fun): The last time the Rules Committee reported a rule allowing any floor amendments was 22 January.
I've got a new paper out today with @timlapira.bsky.social and @salilb.bsky.social in ERC showing that party ID strongly structures political elites' beliefs about climate change. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Ever wonder if political elites’ beliefs about climate change are partisan? If so have I got a new article for you! Elites believe climate science more than voters, but there’s still a partisan divide. w/ @salilb.bsky.social & @alexanderfurnas.com iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Political elites’ partisan beliefs about climate change
Political elites’ partisan beliefs about climate change, Furnas, Alexander C, LaPira, Timothy M, Benegal, Salil D
iopscience.iop.org
🚨 New paper accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social: we were in the field while Brexit dominated British politics. Do MPs respond differently when constituents disagree with the party line? What we find surprised us: a null! url: osf.io/preprints/os...
None of you are going to give a shit about this at the parade.
“The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency.” — NEH.gov The NEH has $207 million for FY2026. War in Iran? 1 billion per day. We go through 4.83 NEHs a day for what?
I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
nature.com