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Magnus Öberg @magnusoberg.bsky.social · Jul 30

My new article with Mert Can Yilmaz out in Research & Politics! An investigation into what does drive differences between UCDP and ACLED data and a response to a series of unfounded claims made by Clionadh Raleigh et al in a 2023 article. (1/4) Read it here doi.org/10.1177/2053...

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Jun 29

It was such a pleasure to kick off #NEPS2025 with @kmross.bsky.social presenting on mass mobilization and collective music listening behavior, and a fascinating presentation by @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social on police violence!

Amélie Godefroidt @ameliegodefroidt.bsky.social · Jun 16

My dear friend and colleague @chrisdworschak.bsky.social is kicking off #NEPS2025, presenting fascinating work with @kmross.bsky.social on conflict forecasting using… music data! 🎶📈

“Rhythms to riot” is already setting the tone for a brilliant few days of peace science!
#conflictforecasting

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Carlisle Rainey 👨‍💻📊📚 @carlislerainey.bsky.social · May 28

"What Good is a Regression? Inference to the Best Explanation and the Practice of Political Science Research"

from Spirling and Stewart

journal: doi.org/10.1086/734280

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Sverke R. Saxegaard @sverke.bsky.social · May 7

Hyunjung Park, Nathan Timbs and I are organizing a workshop on "Rebel behaviour and external support" at this year's ISA-BISA Conference in Newcastle, UK. We aim to gather a mix of experienced and early career scholars. The call is out! www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · May 14

@kmross.bsky.social and I wrote a small opinion piece on #peacekeeping. We bring attention to this year's #PeacekeepingMinisterial and the opportunity it presents for states to reaffirm their commitment.

IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · May 12

At the upcoming UN Peacekeeping Ministerial, world leaders will discuss the future of peacekeeping. They should reaffirm their commitment to global peace.

Read #TheCurrentColumn by Christoph Dworschak and
@kmross.bsky.social

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · May 8

Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.

Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · Apr 20

Ever felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️

Electoral autocracies, hybrid regimes, and multiparty autocracies: same, same but different?

There is a wide range of labels, such as electoral autocracy, hybrid regimes, or multiparty autocracy, and corresponding empirical measures to describe and measure political regimes that combine au...

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · Apr 6

today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Apr 3

📢 New booklet: Beyond Compliance Symposium - How to prevent harm and need in conflict. Features 14 articles (of 24 blog posts so far) which reflect the BCC's core research conceptualisation.

Read and download the booklet: bit.ly/blog-booklet...

A city street littered with debris, featuring buildings in the background under a clear blue sky

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Mar 2

First day #ISA2025 - join us in the afternoon for an exciting panel on protest trajectories!

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Feb 17

Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 11

📢Applications Open for New Director of the V-Dem Institute
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · Feb 12

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.

tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · Feb 3

🎉 Thrilled beyond words! As a master’s student, I dreamed of publishing in JPR. Never did I imagine winning the Best Article of the Year! 🏆✨ Even more surreal: it’s also the runner-up for Best Visualization! Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🙌 doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Dec 5

This was an interesting piece to work on.

At the @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social, we are looking into armed actors' behavior & how that maps onto IHL. While working on this, we noticed a mismatch between IHL defs and common quant measures. This post summarizes some core points.

shorturl.at/SeeVK

Beyond Compliance Symposium - Quantifying Compliance: Challenges of Measuring Compliance with International Humanitarian Law - Lieber Institute West Point

A fundamental challenge for research on compliance with IHL lies in the development of robust methods to measure compliance.

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jenniferhodge.bsky.social @jenniferhodge.bsky.social · Nov 27

📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀

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Call for papers 2025 - CRS

Call for papers 2025 CRS

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Nov 26

Our current take on #protest in #Mozambique /w Salvador Forquilha and Karina Mross.

German version: shorturl.at/Iubkx
English version: shorturl.at/e8mSG

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Annekatrin Deglow @annedeglow.bsky.social · Nov 21

@hannefjelde.bsky.social and me have a new open access article out in @democratization.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1080/1351...

We study how militarized elections shape citizens’ support for democratic rights – and present evidence from a vignette experiment in India 🪖🗳️

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Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India

Across the world, many citizens go to the polls amidst armed threats from both state and non-state actors. How do militarized elections affect citizens’ willingness to accept restrictions on democr...

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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · Oct 28

📢🎓 PhD position in my new "The future of EUrope" project

💶 Good salary & project money for data collections, travels, etc.
📝 International supervision team
🌍 Trondheim 🇳🇴 lively student city with great nature
🗓️ DL 10.12.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Thanks for sharing and RT!

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Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · Sep 12

Is your Bluesky feed missing in conflict analysis? I made a starter pack of peace and conflict scholars to follow here. DM me if you want to be included.

#Conflictsky

go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thanks Thea! See you soon

Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Apr 24

Beyond happy that @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social and my paper on protest mobilization and political imprisonment was awarded the Will H. Moore prize. Many thanks to PSSI and the award committee! #contentiousky
Paper: shorturl.at/eQRZ3

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you Sabine!!

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Adam Scharpf @ascharpf.bsky.social · Apr 3

Which dictatorships hire Public Relations (PR) firms, under what conditions, and with what effects?

Christian Gläßel, @alexdukalskis.bsky.social, and I offer first answers with data on 7k contracts between autocracies and US-based PR firms (1945–2022).

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Christoph Dworschak @chrisdworschak.bsky.social · Mar 28

We are hiring: shorturl.at/bptuG

Please share widely.

- 3-year quant postdoc.
- 100% research and data collection.
- On violent conflict and humanitarian law.
- Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs).
- Works with me in a large team across politics and law.

Jobs - The University of York

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · Mar 28

The econ paper that found a 42-64% increase in rapes after prostitution banned (in Sweden)? Turns out result from coding error + Stata prioritization rues + seasonality.

* always plot raw data
* always sniff test your estimates
* open science works!

On X or here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1oGP3...

Re-analysis of Ciacci (2024).pdf

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