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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · 13d

CALL FOR PROPOSALS | Open Worldwide 🌍

9th Annual GLD Conference

📍 Aspenäs Herrgård, Gothenburg, Sweden
📅 June 10-12, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Participation and Decision-Making: Studies on Citizen Engagement and Mobilization in Local Governance"

Apply Here: bit.ly/4gxyjdO

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · 22d

Join us for the GLD Virtual Annual Conference 2025!

Our fall series covers the big topics: Conflict, Climate Change, Pandemic response & Political Reform.

Open to all attendees. Join discussions on critical global issues with leading researchers and practitioners

Register now 👉 bit.ly/VACGLD25

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comppolsection.bsky.social @comppolsection.bsky.social · 28d

The Comparative Politics Newsletter Is Out Now!

♦️Four interviews with Pathbreaking Women in Comparative Politics: Valerie Bunce, Barbara Geddes, Margaret Levi and Susan Rose-Ackerman

♦️2025 Section Awards

♦️Announcements

…and more: bit.ly/PBWiPGLD

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 15

New Episode Alert🚨

In this special edition of Governance Uncovered Nyché Andrew and Manasi Rao sit down with Professor Susan Rose-Ackerman. Come join us in exploring her impactful career and her pioneering research on corruption and democratic accountability.

Listen Here: bit.ly/4lpVxDl

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 24

🎙️NEW FELLOW INTERVIEW🎙️

Meet Dongshu Liu, Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on Chinese politics and political behavior in authoritarian regimes. Liu also studies political survival, and public opinion in China.

Click here for more: bit.ly/FIDLGL

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 22

GLD Summer Newsletter

📅 GLD Virtual Annual Conference: Register now!

📝 Working Paper No. 81: The Costs of Exit: Female Labour Migration and Gender Equality in Source Countries

📗Ellen Lust’s Everyday Choices is now available in Spanish!

📰 GLD Fellow Interviews

... and more: bit.ly/ksf76

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 20

New Episode of Governance Uncovered is Live!

In this episode, we are joined by Ryan Knox, Souraya Hammoud, and Gunnar Andersson

Their insights highlight the ongoing efforts to build local governance from the ground up.

Listen Here: bit.ly/GLDGU68

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 19

GLD June Newsletter Highlights

📊Join our Dataset Initiative

📑 NEW Working Paper No.80 explores new patterns of urban political reform in Southeast Asia

🎙️New Governance Uncovered podcast on lessons on decentralization and Inequality in the MENA region
... and more: bit.ly/GLDJUN25

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Prisca Jöst @priscajoest.bsky.social · Jun 17

🌍 Excited to share that our paper on local context and mobilization in poor communities has been published in World Development. Grateful to the collaboration with Ellen Lust and support from @gldinstitute.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local context and mobilization in poor communities: Lessons from Kenya, Malawi and Zambia

Why are some actors better able than others to mobilize the poor? Some scholars approaching this question focus on leaders, suggesting that different …

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 9

🖊️ Meet GLD Fellow Ashrakat Elshehawy, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s King Center on Global Development, whose work combines political economy with computational social science across Western and Arabic languages.

Read more: bit.ly/3Hke19W

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 31

New Governance Uncovered episode🔊

In this episode we discuss "Mirages of Reform: The Politics of Elite Protectionism in the Arab World" with author Steve Monroe. Uncovering the gap between reform rhetoric and reality in Arab economies from Jordan to Morocco. Listen now! bit.ly/3SKOZTU

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 27

Working Paper 79 “Territorial Regimes Meet Crisis Management” analyzes Colombia's COVID-19 traffic-light system, revealing that effective territorial crisis governance requires more than smart frameworks. It demands robust informational capacity.

Read more 🔗: bit.ly/4jz6i5X

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 23

GLD May Newsletter Highlights

📝 NEW Working Paper No.79 explores Colombia's COVID-19 strategy and territorial governance approaches

🎙️ Latest New Governance Uncovered podcast on protectionism in the MENA

🖋️ Apply by June 8 for our Fall WiP Workshop Series!

... and more: bit.ly/GLDMAY25

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 22

📣 Seeking feedback on your governance or local development research? Join GLD's Fall 2025 Work-in-Progress Workshop Series! These hour-long sessions spotlight YOUR research, helping you build valuable connections while strengthening your work.

Apply by June 8, 2025, 11:59 PM CEST: bit.ly/3HkdZik

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 12

Are you looking for data on governance and service delivery in Tunisia? Check out our Local Governance Performance Index 2015 - Tunisia!

Access data: bit.ly/3YyKUWa
Supplemental Materials: bit.ly/3G9kXq1

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 12

Need data on parliamentary representation in Malawi? Check out our GLD Malawi Member of Parliament Survey Dataset - 2021-2022

Access data: bit.ly/4lztF12

Supplemental Materials: Policy Brief bit.ly/4jd7sEx

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 12

Need comprehensive governance data from Malawi? Explore our Local Governance Performance Index 2016 - Malawi

Access data: bit.ly/4cJ52uY
Supplemental Materials: bit.ly/3EiVxFX

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 1

Looking for Covid-19 impact data in Zambia? Check out our GLD-SAIPAR Covid-19 Survey in Zambia - 2020-2021

Access data: bit.ly/3Y7GhlT
Supplemental Materials: bit.ly/3EiWj5P, bit.ly/4ifbcnp

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · May 1

Interested in pandemic response data during political transitions? Discover insights from our GLD-IPOR Malawi Covid Panel Survey - 2020-2021

Access data: bit.ly/3EzMSPm
Supplemental Materials: bit.ly/3GnIvaB, bit.ly/4ifbcnp

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are you researching voter behavior during political transitions? Learn more about our Zambian Election Panel Survey - 2021

Access data: bit.ly/4ijLrTf
Supplemental Materials: bit.ly/42tx5cP

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 25

🌍 Are you looking for comparative governance insights across African nations? Take a look at the findings from our Local Governance Performance Index 2019 - Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia

Access data: bit.ly/4cE3hPy
LGPI Video: bit.ly/44oTQkL

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 25

📰NEW FELLOW INTERVIEW

Meet Anustubh Agnihotri from Ashoka University. Agnihotri offers unique insights as his research explores public bureaucracies, service delivery, and tech adoption in resource-limited settings.

Read More ➡️: bit.ly/4ilEYqJ

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 18

Last chance to register for "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the MENA region."book launches:

Stockholm (Apr 22): SALAR International

Register: bit.ly/44ojFkW

London (Apr 24): Chatham House

Virtual: bit.ly/3XZ18YA

In-person: RSVP to [email protected] by Apr 23

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 18

Fieldwork roadblocks? Join our research data exchange network! Share your datasets or request data from peers worldwide. All academic levels are welcome.

Submit via our form: bit.ly/42FcLWi.

Browse our public data at Harvard Dataverse: bit.ly/4jfbFaJ

Questions? [email protected]

Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 18

GLD's April Newsletter Is Out Now!

🔹 Upcoming Book launches for "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in MENA"

🔹 Apr 24 Workshop: Iraq’s Hydrosocial Conflicts w/ Ariel Ahram

🔹 New Dataset Initiative: Share or request research data through our network

…and more: bit.ly/3GbhNlJ