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Nazita Lajevardi
@nazita.bsky.social
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Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 6h
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer , and 8 more

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 1d
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.

Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Jan W. Mueller, Will Jennings , and 18 more

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ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 3d
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Kornelis Blok, Brendan Nyhan , and 14 more

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com

Reposted by Steven French, Nazita Lajevardi, James Connelly

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.

Meanwhile in Denmark:

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Patrick Präg

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Emanuel Deutschmann @deutschmann.bsky.social · 6d
New #openaccess study

We made >16,000 visa appointment requests at German embassies and consulates worldwide

Key finding: The poorer the country, the longer the wait time and the lower the chance to get an appointment.

"A time panelty for the Global South?"
shorturl.at/ZiAFb
Visas are a key tool for states to regulate incoming mobility from abroad, which can have ramifications for the establishment and perpetuation of global inequalities. In this article, we systematically analyze visa appointment wait times in German embassies and consulates worldwide. Using computational methods, we collect—and publish—fine-grained longitudinal data on the closest available appointment dates for various visa types, covering a total of 16,182 visa appointment requests. Our analysis reveals strong and systematic variance: the poorer the country a diplomatic mission is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an available appointment (which ranges from almost 0 to 100 percent). We also argue that Germany’s system is quite opaque compared to other established immigration countries such as the U.S. These core findings raise important questions in light of current debates about global justice, legal pathways to migration, and efforts to attract foreign talent. Graph that shows that 44.1 percent of requests did not lead to an appointment that could be selected. For the 55.9 percent where an appointment was available the distribution of wait times follows a steep curve with short wait times in many cases and a long tail of few cases with very long wait times of up to 98 days. The average wait times and chances to find an appointment varied a lot between Germany's diplomatic missions. The latter range from almost 0 to 100 percent. This variance is not random. Rather, economic wellbeing (GDP per capita) is a key predictor of wait times and chances of finding an appointment. The poorer the country a German embassy/consulate is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an appointment.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

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Anna Gunderson @annagunderson.bsky.social · 6d
Hot off the presses @polbehavior.bsky.social with stellar coauthors: "Gender Stereotypes Across Electoral Contexts" asks whether and how candidates use feminine + masculine stereotypes differently across office type. More here: 👇
Gender Stereotypes across Electoral Contexts - Political Behavior
We examine how the office a candidate seeks influences their use of feminine stereotypes in campaign messaging, focusing on the interplay between government branches (legislative and executive) and ju...
link.springer.com

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Nazita Lajevardi

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 7d
Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.

We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?

And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.

www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org

Reposted by Benjamin Braun, Nazita Lajevardi, Sebastian Kohl , and 1 more

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 7d
Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this

Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt , and 6 more

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 7d
Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
psyarxivbot.bsky.social PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 8d
Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Cathy N. Davidson, Robert C. Richards , and 2 more

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9d
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”

Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist

newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Cathy N. Davidson, Karen Benjamin Guzzo , and 5 more

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10d
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.

I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Michael W. Kraus, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more

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Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social · 10d
Doctoral students! We now offer grants under our Dissertation Research Grants program.

Meet Anwuli Okwuashi (St. Louis University), a 2025 DRG grantee! She will examine how limited access to banks widens racial homeownership gaps.

#APPAM25 #APPAM2025

www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Nazita Lajevardi

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 12d
The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Joanna L. Grossman

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 12d
"Millions of younger American women are increasingly imagining their futures elsewhere." In a new @gallup.com survey, 40% of younger women in the US (those ages 15-44) say that, if they had the opportunity, they'd like to move permanently to another country. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Line chart showing a sharp increase in the share of younger women in the United States (those ages 15 to 44) who say that, if they had the opportunity, they would like to move permanently to another country. The chart is based on Gallup surveys.

Reposted by Julia Lynch, Nazita Lajevardi

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12d
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @journalrep.bsky.social -

Federal Enforcement and Black Political Representation: Evidence from Reconstruction and the Voting Rights Act - cup.org/4drlmAz

- @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social & Jasmine Carrera Smith

#JREP10
JREP abstract discussing the importance of the 15th Amendment and federal enforcement for Black representation in U.S. politics, analyzing periods from 1866 to 1993, and its impact on democracy and political participation.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Nazita Lajevardi, Ann Bartow , and 4 more

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, American Library Association, Robert C. Richards , and 7 more

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 12d
This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, John Holbein, Justin H. Kirkland , and 2 more

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 12d
New today at Science Advances from @kshoub.bsky.social and me. We revisit the question of whether a local tragedy (mass shooting) influences voter behavior. They do, at least at the local level, with some important caveats and implications for policy. Short thread...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Mark J. Brandt, Mary Feeney , and 3 more

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 13d
Three preregistered experiments with prolific participants (N = 2,254) found no evidence for experimenter demand effects

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 13d
🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!

Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, Alan Richardson , and 4 more

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 13d
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
Table showing the five richest men in the U.S from Bloombergs billionaire list ., all in technology. Elon Musk tops the list with a net worth of $461B and a year-to-date gain of $28.2B. Larry Ellison is second at $300B with a $107B YTD gain. Jeff Bezos has $268B (+$29.5B YTD), Larry Page $250B (+$81.9B YTD), and Sergey Brin $234B (+$75.5B YTD). Each row also lists last-day change, country (all United States), and industry (all Technology).

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

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PRRI @prri.org · 14d
A growing number of white progressive faith leaders are entering Democratic races ahead of 2026, aiming to counter the Christian right.
PRRI finds that Trump took 85% of the white evangelical vote and 57% of the white mainline/non-evangelical Protestant vote in the 2024 presidential election.
"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026
"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."
www.axios.com

Reposted by Cathy N. Davidson, Nazita Lajevardi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15d
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”

Reposted by David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15d
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
The Democratic base clearly does NOT want Senate Democrats to do this deal and re-open the government. And yet -- they are going to do this deal. Not listening to your base is a very interesting choice -- especially days after your base delivers you a giant win.

Reposted by Will Jennings, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15d
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 15d
Fight don’t fold.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15d
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Richard S.J. Tol, Joe R. Feagin , and 15 more

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Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 16d
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...