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Daniel McDowell
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Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org
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Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social · Aug 6
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January 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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What a cool job!
conradhackett.bsky.social Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d
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.
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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lisadellmuth.bsky.social
New Special Issue in @the-peio.bsky.social: Public Opinion and International Organizations. In the SI intro, we map the field, place the SI papers & identify ways forward: rdcu.be/eXt2R with @jonastallberg.bsky.social, 🙏 @adreher.bsky.social, reviewers & SI authors #Polisky #InternationalRelations
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
Obligatory end-of-year retrospectives are my least favorite media form.
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
"Russia is repaying China’s help [in Ukraine] by sharing advanced technologies in...undersea warfare..., advocat[ing] for greater Chinese involvement in governance of the High North...[and] invit[ing] China to develop infrastructure in Arctic Russia"

www.wsj.com/world/china-...
China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.
National-security officials say Chinese submarines and icebreakers pose a new military threat from the High North.
www.wsj.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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bdtaylor-su.bsky.social
GWU is home to some of the best scholars of Russia, and multiple important research initiatives related to Russia and the region, so of course the Russian state considers it "undesirable."
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
“There’s still that anxiety in people. It’s scary to talk about how one day this beautiful life may be over, and we have to adjust to some new realities.”

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Russia’s Threats Put Europe’s Borderlands on Edge
The Baltic countries are fortifying their frontier regions as a deterrent to Russian aggression. Close to the border, communities now have to reckon with the price of peace.
www.bloomberg.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
wait for it
cpsc.gov U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 25d
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"

Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
New work exploring how elite discourse shapes public views of democracy from @seaytac.bsky.social
seaytac.bsky.social S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 26d
Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Viktor Orbán — on the war in Ukraine:

"It’s not entirely clear who attacked whom."
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
It took three days of work, but iteration two of my Geoeconomics & Statecraft PhD seminar is ready to launch in Spring 2026.

Syllabus link: drive.google.com/file/d/1u3p6...
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that the Fed has a dual mandate, we should give thanks Jay Powell has taken it so seriously, & so many of his harshest & still unrepentant critics have confused their idiosyncratic personal inflation preferences with the idea that it were otherwise

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fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Dec 10
Fed's Powell: If we didn't have to worry about the labour market, the policy rate would be higher
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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bdtaylor-su.bsky.social
This longer-term view very much undercuts the Putin/Trump claim that “Russia has the upper hand.”
agathedemarais.bsky.social Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.bsky.social · Dec 11
Since late 2022 Russia's battlefield advances in Ukraine have remained slow
• Over past three years Russia has captured only an additional 1.45% of Ukraine’s land
• Russia’s advance also comes at enormous cost, with 1-1.35m Russian soldiers killed or wounded so far
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
Since I'll be trading in a pair of my vintage Advent Loudspeakers over the weekend, I decided to stack them in accordance with Hi-Fi lore.

My wife told me I have 24-hours before I must take this monstrosity down.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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bjpols.bsky.social
From October 2025 -

Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - cup.org/3JaiZYj

"priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent"

- Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of high inflation on recent elections, voting behavior, and potential impacts on different political parties in the United States.
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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volberg.bsky.social
Europe must act now. We should use Russia’s frozen assets to provide a reparations loan that strengthens Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. This is fair, feasible and urgent. Leaders of 🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇮🇪 to 🇪🇺 in the name of 🇺🇦
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
"Tariff" has one R and two Fs
"Terrific" has two Rs and one F.
That is all.
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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bdtaylor-su.bsky.social
From this a.m. on the talks in Florida, as they were starting. Not much optimism from me, and a suggestion that the US needs a different strategy.
Russia-Ukraine war: Talks underway in Florida
Top US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Sunday in South Florida with a Ukrainian delegation ahead of Witkoff's meeting this coming week...
www.livenowfox.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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jeremywallace.bsky.social
my most dad-core belief is that the IRA should have been called the Defeat Inflation Program (DIP) so that it better paired with the other signature Biden policy -- the CHIPS act.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
I realize this is not the sophisticated opinion but:

Wonderful Christmastime is legitimately a top five Christmas song, in my book. It's catchy and fun. It makes me happy every time I hear it. I love the synthesizer. I love the overdubbed vocals. When the song comes on, I turn up the volume. 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
We used to have nice things
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
Chart showing that since 2016, a vast majority of U.S. adults have said healthy children should be required to get the vaccine to attend public school because of the potential risks for others when children are not vaccinated. But support for school MMR requirements dropped from 82% in 2019 to 69% in 2025. This decline is largely because of a steep slide in support among Republicans. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, 79% of Republicans said healthy children should be required to get the MMR vaccine to attend school. This share sunk to 57% in 2023, then to 52% in 2025. In contrast, Democrats’ views on school MMR requirements have remained stable, with solid majority support.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
There are too many alternate uniforms in sports.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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robin-j-brooks.bsky.social
US stocks are feeling very iffy. We're only down 5% from the all-time high in October, but the narrative around the AI boom has definitely changed. I'm getting more and more questions if Fed rate cuts can bail out the market, which tells you something...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
danielmcdowell.bsky.social
Cool research!
bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Nov 20
NEW -

Hide and Seek: Offshore Financial Centers and Targeted Sanctions - https://cup.org/4i925GJ

- Menevis Cilizoglu & Chelsea Estancona

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the movement of capital across borders, the impact of financial liberalization, and the role of offshore financial centers in economic and illicit activities.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM