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@supolisci.bsky.social
Political Science Department at Syracuse University
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Professor Margarita Estevez-Abe reacts to Japan's $135-billion stimulus package: “We are already seeing the negative reactions from the market... Further depreciation of the yen will hit ordinary Japanese households with higher prices.” @supolisci.bsky.social
Japan's Takaichi insists $135 bn stimulus fiscally 'responsible'
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi insisted that a $135-billion stimulus package approved Friday was fiscally responsible and that she would reduce the country's colossal debt burden.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Professor Margarita Estevez-Abe reacts to Japan's $135-billion stimulus package: “We are already seeing the negative reactions from the market... Further depreciation of the yen will hit ordinary Japanese households with higher prices.” @supolisci.bsky.social
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🍂 17.4
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes - Volume 17 Issue 4
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🍂 17.4
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
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Less than 2 weeks to apply to the Open Pool Fellowships of the Institute for #Qualitative & #Multi-Method Research (IQMR)
Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
web.apsanet.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Less than 2 weeks to apply to the Open Pool Fellowships of the Institute for #Qualitative & #Multi-Method Research (IQMR)
Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
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🚨 New article alert🚨 our colleague @minjulisettekim.bsky.social has a new article out in RIO on how transparency affects international bureaucrats. See the 🧵 below for more.
How does transparency affect the behavior of international bureaucrats tasked with facilitating negotiations? In new work with Sojun Park in the Review of International Organizations (doi.org/10.1007/s115..., it’s open access!), we provide an answer in the context of the WTO.
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🚨 New article alert🚨 our colleague @minjulisettekim.bsky.social has a new article out in RIO on how transparency affects international bureaucrats. See the 🧵 below for more.
We were delighted to host @jztidecat.bsky.social at the @cprmaxwell.bsky.social seminar series today to hear about his book project on situational trust among Black Chicagoans.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We were delighted to host @jztidecat.bsky.social at the @cprmaxwell.bsky.social seminar series today to hear about his book project on situational trust among Black Chicagoans.
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My piece in The Conversation:
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
theconversation.com/polarizing-p...
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
theconversation.com/polarizing-p...
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My piece in The Conversation:
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
theconversation.com/polarizing-p...
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
theconversation.com/polarizing-p...
@maxwellsu.bsky.social is offering a new AI Minor at @syracuseu.bsky.social, co-led by our own Baobao Zhang with colleagues from all over campus: news.syr.edu/2025/10/27/n...
New AI Policy Minor to Grapple With Analytical, Ethical Questions
Taught by a team of faculty experts, the minor is offered to undergraduates from across the University starting this academic year.
news.syr.edu
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@maxwellsu.bsky.social is offering a new AI Minor at @syracuseu.bsky.social, co-led by our own Baobao Zhang with colleagues from all over campus: news.syr.edu/2025/10/27/n...
Check out the latest Campbell conversation where SU Prof Grant Reeher interviews @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on his new book about these disunited states:
www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...
www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...
Ryan Griffiths on the Campbell Conversations
Ryan Griffiths, a political scientist at Syracuse University, talks about his new book, "The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work."
www.wrvo.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Check out the latest Campbell conversation where SU Prof Grant Reeher interviews @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on his new book about these disunited states:
www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...
www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...
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Congratulations to Colin Elman, professor of @supolisci.bsky.social, on being elected to the American Political Science Association’s governing council!
His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social
His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social
Colin Elman Elected to APSA’s Governing Council
Colin Elman Elected to APSA’s Governing Council
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Congratulations to Colin Elman, professor of @supolisci.bsky.social, on being elected to the American Political Science Association’s governing council!
His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social
His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social
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My first post on Bluesky!
Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!
Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!
Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association
PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My first post on Bluesky!
Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!
Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!
Congratulations to our colleague Colin Elman on being elected tothe @apsa.bsky.social Governing Council! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
Colin Elman Elected to APSA’s Governing Council
Colin Elman Elected to APSA’s Governing Council
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to our colleague Colin Elman on being elected tothe @apsa.bsky.social Governing Council! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
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Committed to public service and public servants, the #1-ranked Maxwell School is offering current or former U.S. federal government employees a fee waiver and guaranteed tuition discount for qualifying professional graduate degree programs.
➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/49d5odi
➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/49d5odi
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Committed to public service and public servants, the #1-ranked Maxwell School is offering current or former U.S. federal government employees a fee waiver and guaranteed tuition discount for qualifying professional graduate degree programs.
➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/49d5odi
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Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social faculty colleague @sgadarian.bsky.social on a new grant studying individual vaccine decisions: “The Association of State Vaccination Policies with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States.” www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
Political Science, Public Health Faculty Partner on Vaccine Study
Political Science, Public Health Faculty Partner on Vaccine Study
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social faculty colleague @sgadarian.bsky.social on a new grant studying individual vaccine decisions: “The Association of State Vaccination Policies with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States.” www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
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2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…
2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. The following PhD candidates have been awarded grants for the 2025 award cycle.
politicalsciencenow.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…
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Great new contribution from @advincensorship.bsky.social to the literature on backlash to LGBT rights advances, featuring 3 cases studies of 1990s campus conflicts over recognition of LGBT student orgs
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The straight college strikes back: 1990s backlash against inclusive campuses
In the literature on social change and rights, the backlash narrative plays an enormous role. Advocates of the backlash theory posit that judicial declaration of rights stimulate a backlash from po...
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Great new contribution from @advincensorship.bsky.social to the literature on backlash to LGBT rights advances, featuring 3 cases studies of 1990s campus conflicts over recognition of LGBT student orgs
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.
NEW -
Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - https://cup.org/3JaiZYj
"priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent party"
- Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg
#OpenAccess
Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - https://cup.org/3JaiZYj
"priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent party"
- Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg
#OpenAccess
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.
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Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨
@maxwellsu.bsky.social hosted an excellent panel with UM's Rob Mickey & @jamellebouie.net, moderated by @faricy.bsky.social. @jamellebouie.net shared some of the insights from the Q&A on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZBwVR...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@maxwellsu.bsky.social hosted an excellent panel with UM's Rob Mickey & @jamellebouie.net, moderated by @faricy.bsky.social. @jamellebouie.net shared some of the insights from the Q&A on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZBwVR...
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I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war.
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war?
More than a dystopian thought experiment, it's a chance to recognize the signs — and change course.
www.timesunion.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war.
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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New blog!
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce'
Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce'
Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
There is a growing interest in secession, or what some refer to as a national divorce, between Red and Blue America. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for it on multiple occasion...
edin.ac
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New blog!
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce'
Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce'
Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association
PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association
www.maxwell.syr.edu
September 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
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By Dennis Rasmussen, one of my colleagues here @supolisci.bsky.social -- also got a very enjoyable audiobook version, highly recommended.
What a magnificiantly charming #book!
Accounts for the deep friendship between two historical giants - David Hume and Adam Smith.
Even though their ideas changed the world, as people they were both deeply committed to friendships and good humor that comes with it.
Accounts for the deep friendship between two historical giants - David Hume and Adam Smith.
Even though their ideas changed the world, as people they were both deeply committed to friendships and good humor that comes with it.
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
By Dennis Rasmussen, one of my colleagues here @supolisci.bsky.social -- also got a very enjoyable audiobook version, highly recommended.
Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.
- @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am
1/x
- @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am
1/x
September 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.
- @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am
1/x
- @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am
1/x
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🚀 Generative AI is transforming the workplace—and Maxwell’s Baobao Zhang is leading the research.
She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW
@supolisci.bsky.social
She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW
@supolisci.bsky.social
Baobao Zhang Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Study Generative AI in the Workplace
Baobao Zhang Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Study Generative AI in the Workplace
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August 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚀 Generative AI is transforming the workplace—and Maxwell’s Baobao Zhang is leading the research.
She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW
@supolisci.bsky.social
She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW
@supolisci.bsky.social