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Krzysztof Krakowski

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Political scientist at DPE, King’s College London, studying conflicts: https://krzyskrakowski.github.io/

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Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · 8d

Worth checking out:

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Real-World Sanctioning of Stigmatized Political Preferences

A growing body of literature is preoccupied with the role of norms for democratic outcomes. Yet, given the inherent difficulties in observing social sanctions, we lack real-world evidence of whether a...

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 10d

📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.

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Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · 18d

Superb! Looking forward to reading the papers

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Volha Charnysh @vcharnysh.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...

HPE candidates on the job market

Job market season is here.

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)

(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)

👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Most important findings in this thread:

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Aug 27

Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”

The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…

Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”

The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced scholarship of the highest quality on the subject of democracy. Citation from the Award Committee: The Robert A. Dahl Award honors an untenured scholar whose work makes an outstanding contribution to the study of democracy and broadens our understanding of how democracies function.

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Department of Government, Essex @uniessexgov.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨New ‪paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.

👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - Volume 55

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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · Nov 21

Delighted to share the fantastic lineup of upcoming speakers for our @kcl-spe.bsky.social Comparative Politics Speaker Series @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social!

Thanks to Raluca Pahontu for co-organizing many of the speakers

Feel free to reach out to @ninaobermeier.com or me if you'd like to attend

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Jul 17

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called: 
Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write

I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · Jul 16

@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @charasz.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, and I are closing down #IPSA with the last panel of the conference - come if you still have energy and want to see some intriguing projects using historical evidence in a variety of ways! ‪‪‪‪

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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 The most recent volume of the Annual Review of Political Science is now online. Take a look at the table of contents arevie.ws/45pJ0f1

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Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 14

By not making plans and improvising 🙂

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 10

What a cool paper: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies

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Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sounds like promising ERC shot :)

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 30

Oby

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 25

Maybe the world is becoming a better place 🙂

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 22

Completely agree but please don’t forget to share your outrage when Palestinian civilians are getting killed

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 15

🏙️What happens when a city loses its capital status? #MyPhDPitch

In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · May 13

🆕 Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina

Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...

Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina

Both sanctions and social norms reduced fare evasion at metro stations in Buenos Aires, but only the latter increased accountability-seeking. What does this mean for civic engagement in developing cou...

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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Apr 28

🆕 Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a study co-authored by our academic, Dr Krzysztof Krakowski 🤝

Read more 👇

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/policy-...

Policy that appeals to sense of civic duty encourages citizens to seek accountability

Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a new study.

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Bouke Klein Teeselink @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social · Apr 23

We are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London.

Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...

Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!

QPE research group - QPE Early Career Workshop

5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London Monday 19 May 15:30 to 16:00 Welcome 16:00 to 17:00 Keynote lecture Prof. Sonia Bhalotra (Universit...

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · Apr 9

My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.

Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).

doi.org/10.1086/736113

Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 29

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The Imperialism Has no Clothes

JD Vance in Greenland

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Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social · Mar 25

What a treat. Prof Adam Przeworski (NYU) at our Department of Political Economy distinguished lecture series. A true giant in his field and such an honour for our community to host him. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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NBER @nber.org · Mar 24

Over a century ago, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox refugees reshaped Greece. While initially lagging, they outperformed natives in education, favoring transferable degrees over local fields, from Michalopoulos, Murard, Papaioannou, and Sakalli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33586

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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Mar 24

🆕 research co-authored by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election 🗳️

Read more below ⬇️

(@polbehavior.bsky.social)

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...

Black Lives Matter movement had a significant and decisive impact on US politics, study finds

New academic research provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Mar 22

Maine caved and enacted a trans sports ban at the University level but it's still not enough.

Stop capitulating, they won't stop taking from you. They'll keep going until there's nothing left.

A screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated March 22, 2025, at 7:39 AM. The post discusses the State of Maine apologizing for a statement made by their Governor regarding men playing in women's sports at the White House Governor’s Conference. Trump asserts that the Governor herself has not apologized and demands a direct apology and a commitment to avoid such "unlawful challenges" to the Federal Government. The post ends with “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! DJT.” Below the post, engagement metrics show 2.29k ReTruths and 9.58k Likes.

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Vincenzo Bove @vincenzobove.bsky.social · Mar 22

Come work with me. Apply to our PhD program in Economics, Analytics, and Decision Sciences.
✅ Double-degree options (KU Leuven, Univ. of Alicante & more)
✅ International mobility
✅ English-speaking environment
✅ Full scholarship+ Free accommodation & meals in Lucca.

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EADS@IMT School - How to apply

Information for applicants

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
From @vinpons.bsky.social, Marx and Rollet.

The companion paper: www.restud.com/electoral-tu...

#EconSky #Elections

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