Virginia Oliveros
@viroliveros.bsky.social
Mujer. Argentina. Y algunas cosas más. Author of Patronage at Work: https://bit.ly/344DWyU Trabajo y Favores: https://bit.ly/43fUSxV (versión en castellano)
🚨 Coming soon: “The Political Economy of Public Bureaucracy” 🚨 My book is forthcoming in 2026 with @universitypress.cambridge.org. A preview of the cover art is below. Thanks to D. Carpenter, @sean-gailmard.bsky.social, and J. Gingrich for their endorsements! 🙏 More detailed info in the future. 😊
En la misión Artemis vuela el cubesat Atenea, desarrollado por estudiantes e ingenieros de universidades nacionales en coordinación con la @CONAE_Oficial mientras el gobierno la asfixia 👇El personal resolvió suspender medidas de fuerza para garantizar el apoyo operativo
Congrats @anriasantiago.bsky.social and Ken Roberts! "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out! Timely, important, and brilliant!
Santiago Anria@anriasantiago.bsky.social · 5mo agoHappy to share that "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out now with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and available in multiple formats. If it looks interesting, please consider requesting it at your university library! Check it out 👇 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Happy to share that "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out now with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and available in multiple formats. If it looks interesting, please consider requesting it at your university library! Check it out 👇 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Polarization and Democracy in Latin America
An insightful examination of Latin America’s contemporary democratic landscape and how it is marked by patterns of polarization and volatility. Although Latin American democracies have shown considera...
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My book with Alejandro is now out in all formats. Go request it at your university's library! If you want to buy instead, use the code LMUA2025 to get a 20% discount in CUP's website
Authoritarian Political Systems Group@apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew Publication Alert! Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful and influential than in others? In their book, Alejandro Bonvecchi and @emisimison.bsky.social answer this question by analysing past dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain www.cambridge.org/9781009676243
As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments. Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?
Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in
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🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record. As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.
Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 📍 ICC Belfast 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
This is fantastic! The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com
From April 2025 - Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - cup.org/4clGHLw - @gustavodiaz.org, @viroliveros.bsky.social, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters #OpenAccess
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025. In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:
🚨The Social Sciences dept @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program, an initiative to attract researchers to Madrid. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 yrs (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz
🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid! The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz 1/n
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...) w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
National Elections Database
The National Elections Database provides detailed national election results for parliamentary and presidential elections worldwide from 1789 to 2023. The version 1.0 of this dataset was first built to...
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Vincent Pons@vinpons.bsky.social · last yr.We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
"Respetuosamente: no nos entreguen". @MarioPecheny, miembro del directorio del Conicet, pide a los senadores que no sean cómplices de la destrucción de la ciencia en la Argentina: youtu.be/T3YuiKT3RcU?...
MARIO PECHENY - COMISIÓN DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA 04-06-25
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📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? socialsciences.department@uc3m.es 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...
Visiting Professor in the area of Political Science | UC3M
Contenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es
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Very honored to receive the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for the best book on South Asian Politics from APSA. Many thanks to the award committee. And it is a privilege to receive this alongside scholars like Adam and Tariq whose work I have long admired.
Alexander Lee@alexandermlee.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to @sandipto.bsky.social, Tariq Thachil and Adam Auerbach for winning the South Asia Section's Francine Frankel prize for their books Machines and Migrants and Legalizing the Revolution Prizes will be presented at APSA 2025
My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule."
Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · last yr.@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.
Proud of my colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social and @stano.bsky.social for calling out Tulane, demanding more. We stand by all students, esp intl students, & defend freedom of speech. Foreign students and faculty make American higher ed great. Free assembly & speech make this country great.
Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · last yr.@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.
@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.
Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students
Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.
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If I were a parent, I would not pay $87,000 per year to send my kid to a school that would expel them for exercising their First Amendment rights ***off-campus.***
29 U.S.C. § 157@organizingpower.bsky.social · last yr.Tulane University is suspending or expelling students for doing nothing other than protesting genocide www.nola.com/news/educati...
