You don’t need more ideas.

You need a better question.

A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better.

🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...

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In our survey, @carlokoos.bsky.social and I examine Israeli perceptions of the humanitarian situation in Gaza—and reveal a striking gap between what Israelis believe and what is reported by reputable sources. theconversation.com/israelis-hav...

WarEffects is hosting the next EuroWEPS conference at the University of Bergen. Looking forward to your applications

Want to work with us? stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8...

From our new issue: "From Protest to Child-Rearing: How Movement Politics Shape Socialization Priorities" by Allison Anoll, Andrew Engelhardt, and Mackenzie Israel-Trummel. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looking forward to reading this. Despite being involved in many RCTs, there is always this lingering feeling that the (parts of) interventions we randomize and evaluate aren't the most impactful part of a program as it often excludes activities taking place at the institutional and aggregate level.

This new paper is so cool!

It shows that the media use passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs that obscure responsibility in cases of police killings.

Because they do this, citizens are less likely to hold police officers responsible for bad behavior.

The 2024 Best Visualization Award goes to Masanori Kikuchi (Washington University in St. Louis) for his article ‘How does war affect cultural tolerance? Evidence from concert programs, 1900-60’. Congratulations to the author!

If you have not explored this research initiative for early-career scholars studying the micro-dynamics of conflict, peace, and resilience, now is the time! 🌍✨ Check it out and help us spread the word! 📢 #ResearchOpportunity #ConflictStudies #EarlyCareerResearchers

🚨 In the "The Gendered Costs of Stigma", we explore the gendered responses of survivors to sexual violence in the DRC, Liberia, and Sri Lanka. The use of #list_experiments shows that respondents need anonymity for sensitive questions in surveys.

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🚨 We're rejuvenating this account, and happy to share recommendations!

Check out "Gender after Genocide", an outstanding article in World Politics and read how the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia reshaped women's roles in politics and the economy in the long run.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Kindly help sharing this call for young scholars working on conflict: @apvjustino.bsky.social, @annekreft.bsky.social, @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @miweintraub83.bsky.social, @sebastianvanbaalen.se, @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @ajpseditor.bsky.social,

Are you an early-career social scientist exploring the impacts of conflict, insecurity, or war? Apply to the WarEffects Global Fellows Network:

✨ Research grants
✨ Workshop opportunities
✨ Publication support

📅 Deadline: 7 Feb 25
🔗 Apply now: www.wareffects.eu/get-involved...

We’re very happy you could join the workshop and explore Bergen a bit, too!

The #WarEffects project workshop is underway. We’ve brought together 20 scholars studying different aspects of civil wars, violence, and/or gender.

We are very happy to share that three young scholars will join the workshop: Yajna Sanghuan, Hüsne Akgöl and Francisca Castro @fcastrog.bsky.social! They work on gendered legacies of violence in Northern Sri Lanka, Algeria, and Peru.

The #WarEffects team is looking forward to our kick-off workshop. We’ll host about 20 scholars between October 9-11 to discuss recent advances in research on war and gender.