Chagai Weiss
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Toronto and faculty affiliate at PASCL-Stanford. (Almost done) writing a book about how institutions can shape intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societies.
www.chagaiweiss.com
www.chagaiweiss.com
Exciting! One of the priority areas is democratic and community resilience 🇨🇦
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Exciting! One of the priority areas is democratic and community resilience 🇨🇦
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New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
Political attacks on the press are ↗️ globally & so is partisan polarization. In a new 📝 @aasiegel.bsky.social & I explore the polarizing effects of attacks on the press using an event study of targeted radio journalists and a series of experiments in Israel!
www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Political attacks on the press are ↗️ globally & so is partisan polarization. In a new 📝 @aasiegel.bsky.social & I explore the polarizing effects of attacks on the press using an event study of targeted radio journalists and a series of experiments in Israel!
www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
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🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Officer
Research Officer,
,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Fascinating work, give it a close read, if you haven't yet!
Out today! I argue companies that dominate local economies can durably shape the capacity of local governments. Read on if you’re interested in business power, local political economy, or (for some reason) how coal companies were (not) taxed by early 20th century local governments.
NEW -
Company Towns: Single-Industry Dominance and Local Government Capacity - https://cup.org/48yJZcG
- @elizabethelder.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Company Towns: Single-Industry Dominance and Local Government Capacity - https://cup.org/48yJZcG
- @elizabethelder.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fascinating work, give it a close read, if you haven't yet!
Devastating news. Kimuli's pathbreaking scholarship on ethnic segregation deeply inspired my research on intergroup relations, and her generous, constructive feedback and sharp sense of humor made every encounter with her meaningful and special.
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Devastating news. Kimuli's pathbreaking scholarship on ethnic segregation deeply inspired my research on intergroup relations, and her generous, constructive feedback and sharp sense of humor made every encounter with her meaningful and special.
That’s a wrap on my 1st semester teaching our PhD course on causal inference @utoronto.ca! It was a joy to teach our amazing students, and incredibly gratifying to see them use various designs to tackle big questions in their final projects. They even surprised me with a heartwarming holiday gift ❤️
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
That’s a wrap on my 1st semester teaching our PhD course on causal inference @utoronto.ca! It was a joy to teach our amazing students, and incredibly gratifying to see them use various designs to tackle big questions in their final projects. They even surprised me with a heartwarming holiday gift ❤️
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🚨 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/...
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/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 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/...
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/...
🏆APSA's Experimental Research Section Best Paper Award🏆
Did you present an experiment at APSA2026? Submit your conference paper for the Experimental Research Section's best paper award by April 15, 2026. @sumitra.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social and I are excited to read your work!
Did you present an experiment at APSA2026? Submit your conference paper for the Experimental Research Section's best paper award by April 15, 2026. @sumitra.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social and I are excited to read your work!
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🏆APSA's Experimental Research Section Best Paper Award🏆
Did you present an experiment at APSA2026? Submit your conference paper for the Experimental Research Section's best paper award by April 15, 2026. @sumitra.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social and I are excited to read your work!
Did you present an experiment at APSA2026? Submit your conference paper for the Experimental Research Section's best paper award by April 15, 2026. @sumitra.bsky.social @talbotmandrews.bsky.social and I are excited to read your work!
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Very cool to see @robbwiller.bsky.social quoted in the
@wsj.com talking about our work (led by
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social) testing the effects testing the #DisagreeBetter ads: www.wsj.com/politics/min...
@wsj.com talking about our work (led by
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social) testing the effects testing the #DisagreeBetter ads: www.wsj.com/politics/min...
Meet the Lawmakers Trying to Bring Civility Back to Politics
In a growing movement, state legislators in Minnesota, Arkansas, Kansas and beyond are taking on America’s political rage. Opponents are “not the devil.”
www.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Very cool to see @robbwiller.bsky.social quoted in the
@wsj.com talking about our work (led by
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social) testing the effects testing the #DisagreeBetter ads: www.wsj.com/politics/min...
@wsj.com talking about our work (led by
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social) testing the effects testing the #DisagreeBetter ads: www.wsj.com/politics/min...
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Last night's @60minutes.bsky.social with
Governor Spencer Cox offers a great chance to learn about the #DisagreeBetter campaign, an effort to encourage respectful and constructive political disagreement: www.cbsnews.com/video/928202...
Governor Spencer Cox offers a great chance to learn about the #DisagreeBetter campaign, an effort to encourage respectful and constructive political disagreement: www.cbsnews.com/video/928202...
9/28/2025: A Lonely Voice; The Mystery of the Eagle S; Dana White
First, a message from Utah Gov. Cox after the Charlie Kirk murder. Then, a report on undersea cable cutting in the Baltic Sea. And, UFC head Dana White: The 60 Minutes Interview.
www.cbsnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Last night's @60minutes.bsky.social with
Governor Spencer Cox offers a great chance to learn about the #DisagreeBetter campaign, an effort to encourage respectful and constructive political disagreement: www.cbsnews.com/video/928202...
Governor Spencer Cox offers a great chance to learn about the #DisagreeBetter campaign, an effort to encourage respectful and constructive political disagreement: www.cbsnews.com/video/928202...
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Our lab partnered Gov Cox & @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social to test their Disagree Better initiative. Their PSAs showed positive impacts in our field experiment (w/ @chagaiweiss.bsky.social & Don Green).
Results: osf.io/preprints/os...
Summary: youtu.be/1hcqJ5g23l8?...
Results: osf.io/preprints/os...
Summary: youtu.be/1hcqJ5g23l8?...
OSF
osf.io
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Our lab partnered Gov Cox & @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social to test their Disagree Better initiative. Their PSAs showed positive impacts in our field experiment (w/ @chagaiweiss.bsky.social & Don Green).
Results: osf.io/preprints/os...
Summary: youtu.be/1hcqJ5g23l8?...
Results: osf.io/preprints/os...
Summary: youtu.be/1hcqJ5g23l8?...
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🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration
Registration is now open for the 2025 Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop, taking place November 7 & 8 at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
The deadline to ...
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration
Registration is now open for the 2025 Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop, taking place November 7 & 8 at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
The deadline to ...
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We also found in survey experiments that ppl liked and supported the govs in the videos across party lines and among strong partisans
These results show you *can* succeed in American politics - on Left and Right - by showing basic decency for those you disagree with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcq...
These results show you *can* succeed in American politics - on Left and Right - by showing basic decency for those you disagree with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcq...
September 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We also found in survey experiments that ppl liked and supported the govs in the videos across party lines and among strong partisans
These results show you *can* succeed in American politics - on Left and Right - by showing basic decency for those you disagree with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcq...
These results show you *can* succeed in American politics - on Left and Right - by showing basic decency for those you disagree with
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hcq...
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Then, as chair of @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social, Gov Cox recruited govs to film bipartisan endorsements of civility, nonviolence, and "disagreeing better." In a field RCT, we found these videos increased interest in pro-bipartisan orgs and openness to convos with those they disagree with politically
September 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Then, as chair of @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social, Gov Cox recruited govs to film bipartisan endorsements of civility, nonviolence, and "disagreeing better." In a field RCT, we found these videos increased interest in pro-bipartisan orgs and openness to convos with those they disagree with politically
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It is great to see Gov Spencer Cox stepping up to turn the temperature down and focus ppl on grieving the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk. Gov Cox has long promoted civility across party lines. Our research finds that his messages are persuasive when Americans see it.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It is great to see Gov Spencer Cox stepping up to turn the temperature down and focus ppl on grieving the tragic killing of Charlie Kirk. Gov Cox has long promoted civility across party lines. Our research finds that his messages are persuasive when Americans see it.
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If you're attending #APSA2025 and interested in applying for a job at IE (see below), @guillermotoral.com, Zoe Xincheng Ge, and me will be at the Career Open House today at 4pm.
Consider dropping by!
connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025/car...
Consider dropping by!
connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025/car...
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you're attending #APSA2025 and interested in applying for a job at IE (see below), @guillermotoral.com, Zoe Xincheng Ge, and me will be at the Career Open House today at 4pm.
Consider dropping by!
connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025/car...
Consider dropping by!
connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025/car...
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Thrilled to announce our 1st Interdisciplinary conference on "The Future of Democracy"— Oct 8–10 @ WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social for researchers (and practitioners), co-hosted w/ Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Michael Zürn.
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/
1st Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference
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www.wzb.eu
September 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our 1st Interdisciplinary conference on "The Future of Democracy"— Oct 8–10 @ WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social for researchers (and practitioners), co-hosted w/ Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Michael Zürn.
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/
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📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid!
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid!
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
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🚨 Job Alert U. de Montréal 🚨
Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China
If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job.
Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing!
Reach out with any Q?s
tinyurl.com/y9trt5va
Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China
If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job.
Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing!
Reach out with any Q?s
tinyurl.com/y9trt5va
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 Job Alert U. de Montréal 🚨
Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China
If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job.
Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing!
Reach out with any Q?s
tinyurl.com/y9trt5va
Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China
If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job.
Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing!
Reach out with any Q?s
tinyurl.com/y9trt5va
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The University of Chicago Department of Political Science is hiring at the junior level in American Politics and Quantitative Methods; links below:
August 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The University of Chicago Department of Political Science is hiring at the junior level in American Politics and Quantitative Methods; links below:
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Come join us at Dartmouth!
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Come join us at Dartmouth!
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Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
Went to meet Jeremy for a 🍺 and bumped into the OG sad dad Matt Berninger ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Went to meet Jeremy for a 🍺 and bumped into the OG sad dad Matt Berninger ❤️