Bilyana Petrova
@bpetrova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech. Inequality, redistribution, and political economy.
William Shakespeare, 400 years ago. 👏
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
William Shakespeare, 400 years ago. 👏
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Look at how being diagnosed with cancer impacts people's involvement in crime!
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Look at how being diagnosed with cancer impacts people's involvement in crime!
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Major loss of manufacturing jobs during Trump 2.0's first year in office. Unsurprisingly, clean energy manufacturing hit especially hard ...
www.eenews.net/articles/us-...
www.eenews.net/articles/us-...
US green manufacturers lost at least 10,000 jobs last year
Employment losses across the clean energy sector undercut the Trump administration's broader push to revive U.S. manufacturing.
www.eenews.net
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Major loss of manufacturing jobs during Trump 2.0's first year in office. Unsurprisingly, clean energy manufacturing hit especially hard ...
www.eenews.net/articles/us-...
www.eenews.net/articles/us-...
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📢 Publication alert: Governments are investing in digitalization intensively, but we know little about who supports this policy. We investigate this question in this new article with Alex Kuo, @retobuergisser.bsky.social, and @siljahausermann.bsky.social published at JEPP
doi.org/10.1080/1350... 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1350... 🧵
Who wants to accelerate digitalization? Evidence from the next generation EU program
Post-industrial governments around the world are increasingly prioritizing policies to accelerate digitalization, but despite the growing literature on technological change and the knowledge econom...
doi.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
📢 Publication alert: Governments are investing in digitalization intensively, but we know little about who supports this policy. We investigate this question in this new article with Alex Kuo, @retobuergisser.bsky.social, and @siljahausermann.bsky.social published at JEPP
doi.org/10.1080/1350... 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1350... 🧵
New article by Ayelén Vanegas. It explores how redistributive attitudes react to citizens' evaluations of policy results. It is a fascinating analysis of the conditions under which beneficiaries of social policies cease to support them. Fantastic work.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 AM
New article by Ayelén Vanegas. It explores how redistributive attitudes react to citizens' evaluations of policy results. It is a fascinating analysis of the conditions under which beneficiaries of social policies cease to support them. Fantastic work.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Copies arrived, finally! Thanks @oxunipress.bsky.social Thanks to all contributors to this thoughtful volume.
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Copies arrived, finally! Thanks @oxunipress.bsky.social Thanks to all contributors to this thoughtful volume.
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Excited to share my latest article, in first view at Political Research Quarterly: doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Redistributive Policy Preferences: The Effects of Family Income and Poverty Attributions - Moriah Harman, 2025
As economic inequality and poverty continue to be a concern in the United States, it is imperative to explore the factors shaping attitudes toward policies desi...
doi.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Excited to share my latest article, in first view at Political Research Quarterly: doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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We are looking for a postdoc!
‼️If you are an early career researcher interested in CPE and related field and focus on Eastern Europe, the great team around @dorobohle.bsky.social at the Department of Political Science @univie.ac.at is looking for a postdoc 📣 Deadline 27.02. 📯Details here👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
We are looking for a postdoc!
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Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Austerity and Populism
A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...
www.annualreviews.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
The president of Bulgaria, who has been in office for the last 9 years and has had to appoint 7 caretaker governments, just resigned.
The country is currently governed by a caretaker government in anticipation of the parliamentary elections scheduled for March / April.
www.dw.com/bg/rumen-rad...
The country is currently governed by a caretaker government in anticipation of the parliamentary elections scheduled for March / April.
www.dw.com/bg/rumen-rad...
Румен Радев ще подаде оставка, Йотова ще стане президент
"Днес за последен път се обръщам към вас като президент на нашата България", заяви Румен Радев в днешното си обръщение към партията. Ето какво още каза той:
www.dw.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The president of Bulgaria, who has been in office for the last 9 years and has had to appoint 7 caretaker governments, just resigned.
The country is currently governed by a caretaker government in anticipation of the parliamentary elections scheduled for March / April.
www.dw.com/bg/rumen-rad...
The country is currently governed by a caretaker government in anticipation of the parliamentary elections scheduled for March / April.
www.dw.com/bg/rumen-rad...
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ACA Signups Drop over 800,000 in 2026, as consumers face increase in premiums siftingandwinnowing.substack.com/p/aca-signup...
ACA Signups Drop over 800,000 in 2026, as consumers face increase in premiums
Second interim report shows effects of higher ACA marketplace (Obamacare) premiums; customers less likely to sign up for plans in 2026 than one year ago
siftingandwinnowing.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
ACA Signups Drop over 800,000 in 2026, as consumers face increase in premiums siftingandwinnowing.substack.com/p/aca-signup...
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📣Thrilled to share our new article with @beckerbastian.bsky.social in JESP on attitude polarization around UBI. We show that despite high aggregate support for UBI, attitude polarization over policy design strongly shapes its political feasibility.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
📣Thrilled to share our new article with @beckerbastian.bsky.social in JESP on attitude polarization around UBI. We show that despite high aggregate support for UBI, attitude polarization over policy design strongly shapes its political feasibility.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for PBS and NPR.
Nonprofit That Funded NPR and PBS to Dissolve After 58 Years
The decision was expected after federal funding for public media was eliminated last year.
on.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for PBS and NPR.
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On the 34th anniversary of the end of the USSR, I’m reposting my article from earlier this year, which argued that we should have understood the moment as liberation rather than only as collapse: www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
Liberation, not collapse
The fall of the Berlin Wall, and not the human chain across the Baltics, is emblematic of 1989. But what if this show of unity had become iconic of communism’s disintegration? Could acknowledging East...
www.eurozine.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On the 34th anniversary of the end of the USSR, I’m reposting my article from earlier this year, which argued that we should have understood the moment as liberation rather than only as collapse: www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
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Cutting the funds to deliver 116,000 medical kits to treat victims of rape saved U.S. taxpayers $2 million. But it meant many women in eastern Congo could not longer get the pills they needed to prevent medicine, HIV, and deadly sexually transmitted diseases.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Cutting the funds to deliver 116,000 medical kits to treat victims of rape saved U.S. taxpayers $2 million. But it meant many women in eastern Congo could not longer get the pills they needed to prevent medicine, HIV, and deadly sexually transmitted diseases.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
"Now, those symbols of economic progress — mortgages and car payments, property taxes and tuition costs — are bills that thousands of Tyson workers won’t have an income to pay." apnews.com/article/tyso...
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"Now, those symbols of economic progress — mortgages and car payments, property taxes and tuition costs — are bills that thousands of Tyson workers won’t have an income to pay." apnews.com/article/tyso...
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Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Um, ok...
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY.
This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations.
And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.
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Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.
👇Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...
👇Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...
World Inequality Report 2026
YouTube video by World Inequality Lab
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.
👇Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...
👇Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...
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My study of 🇪🇺 public opinion is now published! Check it out if you want to know how attitudes towards European integration really covary with political ideology, which policy views predict EU support, and how party positions structure public opinion.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My study of 🇪🇺 public opinion is now published! Check it out if you want to know how attitudes towards European integration really covary with political ideology, which policy views predict EU support, and how party positions structure public opinion.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
“Faculty will be required to submit the materials to department chairs, university administrators and ultimately the Board of Regents for their review and approval.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
Texas Tech System restricts race and gender teaching
Tech, now the second Texas public university system to add similar teaching restrictions, had earlier directed faculty to follow state and federal guidance recognizing only two sexes.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Faculty will be required to submit the materials to department chairs, university administrators and ultimately the Board of Regents for their review and approval.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...
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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
How Texas Tech is incentivizing us to complete grading on time.
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How Texas Tech is incentivizing us to complete grading on time.
Two million Americans will lose access to food stamps next year. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Replacing Fresh Food With Junk
The Trump administration has cut nearly a billion dollars in food aid, creating a scarcity crisis at food banks across the country. We traveled to Georgia to observe how a decades-old emergency food s...
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two million Americans will lose access to food stamps next year. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?
College 'sticker prices' have risen dramatically. Here's why
It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?