Neeraj Prasad
@neerajprsd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. PhD, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Ex-World Bank (Dev Research). Website: www.neerajprasad.com
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Neeraj Prasad
@neerajprsd.bsky.social
· Sep 8
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 ...
doi.org
This introduction article sees political violence as collective violence aimed at achieving political goals, encompassing electoral, ethnic, criminal, and terrorist violence. It reviews what we know about variation in political violence across democracies. Contd...
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan - https://cup.org/43SvKxE
- TREVOR INCERTI
#FirstView
How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan - https://cup.org/43SvKxE
- TREVOR INCERTI
#FirstView
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan - https://cup.org/43SvKxE
- TREVOR INCERTI
#FirstView
How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan - https://cup.org/43SvKxE
- TREVOR INCERTI
#FirstView
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NEW -
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEW -
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns
Politicians frequently sponsor misinformation during election campaigns, but its effectiveness in shifting voters' policy preferences and beliefs rema…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Neeraj Prasad
nice coverage of our APSR article in The Print today!
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
nice coverage of our APSR article in The Print today!
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
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Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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October 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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📢 New article📢
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📢 New article📢
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes?
Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.
Reposted by Neeraj Prasad
To get an overview of the special issue, read the introduction to the special issue here: 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 ...
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
To get an overview of the special issue, read the introduction to the special issue here: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Volume 62 Issue 5, September 2025
Special Issue on Political Violence in Democracies, Journal of Peace Research is officially out.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
Special Issue on Political Violence in Democracies, Journal of Peace Research is officially out.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Volume 62 Issue 5, September 2025
Special Issue on Political Violence in Democracies, Journal of Peace Research is officially out.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
Special Issue on Political Violence in Democracies, Journal of Peace Research is officially out.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...
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📢 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.
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.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📢 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.
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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📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
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The killing of right-wing influencer #CharlieKirk is the latest in a spate of acts of #political #violence in the #US.
But what conditions have led to this trend, and what does it mean for #democracy?
Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for @lseusablog.bsky.social
But what conditions have led to this trend, and what does it mean for #democracy?
Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for @lseusablog.bsky.social
Why political violence is on the rise in the United States and where it might lead | USAPP
Hostile rhetoric from political elites is combining with the growth of political influencers and often violent associates and feeding a self-reinforcing cycle of political polarization and political…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The killing of right-wing influencer #CharlieKirk is the latest in a spate of acts of #political #violence in the #US.
But what conditions have led to this trend, and what does it mean for #democracy?
Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for @lseusablog.bsky.social
But what conditions have led to this trend, and what does it mean for #democracy?
Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for @lseusablog.bsky.social
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Thanks @lseusablog.bsky.social for guesting a reflection of ours on the recent political violence in the USA (but not only). For those who want to read our open access special issue intro on political violence in democracies @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social : journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thanks @lseusablog.bsky.social for guesting a reflection of ours on the recent political violence in the USA (but not only). For those who want to read our open access special issue intro on political violence in democracies @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social : journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Why political violence is on the rise in the United States and where it might lead | USAPP
Hostile rhetoric from political elites is combining with the growth of political influencers and often violent associates and feeding a self-reinforcing cycle of political polarization and political v...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
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Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
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 ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
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New article out in World Development! 🚨
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
Inclusive reforms as levers for social exclusion: The paradoxical consequences of quotas for women in rural India
Why do radical institutional changes to democratize who accesses power fail to change who realizes power in practice? We argue that disjunctures betwe…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New article out in World Development! 🚨
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
🚨🚨🚨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 ...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨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...
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And here it finally is: Thankful that our paper "Gender in elections: The consequences of killing women activists" is out in the Journal of Peace Research (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...)
September 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
And here it finally is: Thankful that our paper "Gender in elections: The consequences of killing women activists" is out in the Journal of Peace Research (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...)
When you have to wear a high visibility orange vest over your camouflage fatigues!
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
When you have to wear a high visibility orange vest over your camouflage fatigues!
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NEW -
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW -
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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politicalsciencenow.com/kevin-d-pham...
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Kevin D. Pham Receives the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award for “The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization” -
The Ralph J. Bunche Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. Citation from the [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
politicalsciencenow.com/kevin-d-pham...
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
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Congratulations @kdpham.bsky.social! 🥳
politicalsciencenow.com/kevin-d-pham...
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
So proud of my colleague @kdpham.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award!!
@aissr.bsky.social
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Kevin D. Pham Receives the 2025 Ralph J. Bunche Award for “The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization” -
The Ralph J. Bunche Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. Citation from the [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Congratulations @kdpham.bsky.social! 🥳
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
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Now out: new article w/ @niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social - "Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence" - takes stock of the rapidly growing literature on election violence, identifying points of agreement and disagreement across studies on how the concept is defined and disaggregated into sub-types.
Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence
Electoral violence has become an increasingly common manifestation of political violence around the globe. Reflecting the growing significance of this form of violence, there has been a sharp rise ...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now out: new article w/ @niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social - "Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence" - takes stock of the rapidly growing literature on election violence, identifying points of agreement and disagreement across studies on how the concept is defined and disaggregated into sub-types.