Nazita Lajevardi

@nazita.bsky.social

4.8K followers 1.4K following 6 posts

Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.

Videos

Political science 55%

Sociology 27%

Posts Replies Media Videos

Reposted by Mark A. Lemley, Jo Barraket, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more Mark A. Lemley, Jo Barraket, Nazita Lajevardi, Nicole Guenther Discenza

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking on MS NOW: The House just PASSED Democrats' discharge petition for a three year extension on enhanced Obamacare subsidies, 230-196.

17 Republicans voted with Democrats.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani: Today is an incredible win for working people. We’re talking about a $1.2 billion commitment to make universal childcare a reality.

What today’s commitment shows is that working families will no longer have to choose between the city they love and the family they want to raise.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda, Nazita Lajevardi , and 5 more Alan Richardson, Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda, Nazita Lajevardi, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Robert B. Reich, Meredith Farkas, Ernesto Castañeda, Jesse R. Lasky

Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 2d

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Robert West, Rebecca Solnit , and 34 more Timothy Snyder, Robert West, Rebecca Solnit, Dorothy Bishop, Will Jennings, Samuel L. Perry, Tom Shakespeare, Valerie P. Hans, Henning Melber, Philip Nel, Peter Holmes, Joni Lovenduski, Trevon D. Logan, Robert C. Richards, R. M. Wilson, Gerald Friedman, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Michael H. Whitworth, Anne Norton, Eric D. Knowles, Michael Müller, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Daryl Adair, Mark Priestley, Kate Starbird, Pauline Stafford, Björn Heile, Umut Özkırımlı, Greg Linden, Tim Stephens, Christina Pagel, Colin Talbot, Markus Haverland, Jeannette Sutton, Virginia Sapiro, Jim McManus

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2d

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Brian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 2d

i have a new article out in @psrm.bsky.social with Scott Blatte exploring respondent attentiveness in the Cooperative Election Study. we find fairly low rates of inattentiveness but our intervention failed to nudge respondents to pay more attention (thread)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Surviving the screens: the problem of hidden inattentive respondents in online surveys | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Surviving the screens: the problem of hidden inattentive respondents in online surveys

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

ICE has long used the latest spy tech to pursue immigrants — but now it’s also targeting anti-ICE protesters. Here's what you need to know:

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Nazita Lajevardi, Sara K. Johnson , and 1 more Elizabeth Saunders, Nazita Lajevardi, Sara K. Johnson, Daxton R. Stewart

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3d

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in the aftermath of ICE agents murdering a US citizen.

“To ICE, get the f*ck out of Minneapolis.”

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Nazita Lajevardi, Michael H. Whitworth , and 1 more Fabián Muniesa, Nazita Lajevardi, Michael H. Whitworth, Dunlap

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 3d

The video shows ICE agents removing the woman's body from the car & carrying her down the road, no ambulance. An onlooker tried to approach to help, identified himself as a doctor & ICE pointed guns at him.

Reposted by David Lazer, Michael J. Nelson, Erika Franklin Fowler , and 5 more David Lazer, Michael J. Nelson, Erika Franklin Fowler, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Nazita Lajevardi, Michael Jones‐Correa, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…

dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io

Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social

Welcome to the Dynamic Democracy App
This app lets you manipulate, explore, and download the Dynamic Democracy datasets with information on state policies and public opinion assembled by Devin Caughey and Chris Warshaw. Click on the triangle next to each category for more details.
• State Policies: This dataset includes information on approximately 200 policies in place in at least one state between 1936 and 2024.
• State Policy Ideology : Measures summarizing aggregate policy outputs in each state/year between 1936-2024.
• Public Opinion: Measures summarizing state publics views on approximately 80 issues, covering 1936-2024.
• Mass Ideology.: Measures of state publics' economic and cultural ideological preferences, 1936-2021.
• Policy Proximity.: Measures of how closely state policies match public preferences.

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Lisa W. Fazio, Ben H. Ansell , and 48 more Stephen M. Walt, Lisa W. Fazio, Ben H. Ansell, Brendan Nyhan, Gavin A. Schmidt, Wolfgang Crämer, Richard Price, Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, Robert W. Wallace, Steven S. Smith, American Library Association, Helen King, Bruce D. Baker, Ryan Enos, Kevin Carey, Felicity Callard, Robert C. Richards, Michelle Dion, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, McKenzie Wark, Adrian Daub, Caroline T. Schroeder, Jacob T. Levy, Nazita Lajevardi, Margot C. Finn, Samantha Brennan, Anne Norton, Brian Keegan, Paulo Drinot, Mark Rice, Brian Weatherson, Susan Strasser, Andrew Rudalevige, Nathan Richardson, Judith Pollmann, Sean P. Corcoran, Klaus Oschema, Daxton R. Stewart, Aviel Roshwald, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Susan D. Amussen, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Clark Gray, David Spurrett, David Lay Williams, David Darmofal

AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 4d

From an email to one of our faculty members....

Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants.

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented.

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing.

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting.

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles.

Background in social science research or data curation.

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support.

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools.

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows.

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish.

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously.

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams.

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000.

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

Reposted by David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann , and 3 more David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann, Ingo Rohlfing, Nazita Lajevardi, Matthijs Rooduijn

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 4d

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026

We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Magda Teter, David Darmofal

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

OUT: Helping you pay for health care.

IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.

Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 5d

AYFKM?

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, David Darmofal

Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 5d

AYFKM?

Reposted by David H. Kaye, Nazita Lajevardi

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 8d

OpenAI Co-Founder Donates $25M To Trump Super PAC

www.huffpost.com

Reposted by John McLaren, Nazita Lajevardi

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 9d

Minnesota just launched our statewide paid leave program.

Starting today new parents, small business owners, and people recovering from illness or injury will have the security to take needed time off work without risking their paycheck.

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson , and 3 more Jan W. Mueller, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Nazita Lajevardi, Greg Linden

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14d

Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:

Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”

Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon

Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Will Jennings, Jon Green , and 7 more Anna O. Law, Will Jennings, Jon Green, Edgar Morgenroth, Aaron Sojourner, Nazita Lajevardi, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 15d

The Wisconsin component of the analysis here is revealing. Evidence is consistent with DOGE strategically delaying contract terminations in WI until after the 2025 state Supreme Court elections to mitigate electoral risk.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 16d

Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California

Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.

www.latimes.com

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 21 more Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, Alistair Munro, Nathan Nunn, Christian E. Weller, Guy Grossman, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Michael D. McDonald, Brian Keegan, Jens Rydgren, Aurélien Mondon, Josh Pasek, Alessandro Rigolon, Thomas J. Hayes, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Simon Lester, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal, Roman Senninger

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 16d

DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17d

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.

"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Alistair Munro, Michael A. Clemens , and 12 more Scott L. Greer, Alistair Munro, Michael A. Clemens, Rosemary A. Joyce, Efrén O. Pérez, Aaron Sojourner, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, David J. Berri, Hannah Walker, Paul Nightingale, Catherine J. Frieman, Claire L. Adida, David L. Anderson, David Darmofal

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17d

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget."

Public Universities FTW!

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 17d

2025 will see the warmest Chirstmas on record in many parts of the U.S., with some areas of the Central US experiencing temperatures more than 40°F (22°C) above average.

The Climate 8-Ball is too busy reading some unredacted files to comment.

Source: www.tropicaltidbits.com

Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 20d

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

🧵 1 of 9

Reposted by Juan Cole

Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 27d

what it feels like to be gaslit by bezos et al

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

The Washington Post, everyone

Reposted by Paul Glasziou, David Lazer, Scott L. Greer , and 5 more Paul Glasziou, David Lazer, Scott L. Greer, Erica Chenoweth, Juan Cole, Nazita Lajevardi, Michael Jones‐Correa, Matthew Bodie

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 27d

For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.

~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.

We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.

Infographic titled “2025 Billionaire Gains vs. Grocery Spending.” On the left, a large gold square shows that the top 100 richest Americans gained $995 billion in wealth in 2025, about $7,595 per U.S. household, representing wealth gains for just 100 individuals. On the right, a slightly smaller green square shows total U.S. grocery spending of $775 billion, about $5,916 per household, covering roughly 131 million households. A callout at the bottom reads “The Scale of Inequality,” noting that billionaire wealth gains exceeded national grocery spending by $220 billion. Sources listed: Bloomberg Billionaire Index and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 27d

From the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council:

Hanukkah invites us to bring light into the world, not through swords or bombs but through acts of enlightenment - using the flames of the Chanukiah to drive out despair.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Sanford F. Schram, David R. Miller , and 3 more Will Jennings, Sanford F. Schram, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi, Daniel Kuehn, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

The Washington Post, everyone

=Q
The Washington post
Business
Economy
Economic Policy
Media
Personal Fina
Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there's a bigger downside to falling prices.
November 30, 2025

Add to Home Screen

Light up
your news

Add to Home Screen

Light upyour news

Sign in to Lightnews

Sign up to start reading

Connect Bluesky

Connect with Bluesky

Light up
your news