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Louisa Boulaziz @louisabo.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our paper is forthcoming in @bjpols.bsky.social! You can read it here 👇🏽👇🏽 Super proud to be working with the amazing @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social — they have thought me everything I know!

Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · Jun 3

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in @bjpols.bsky.social! We show the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social neither favors the "haves" nor has a pro-business bias: it consistently levels the odds for disempowered individuals & spotlights support for their rights. Why 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 the haves come out ahead? Read on: tinyurl.com/28662tae

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 4

Jeg har en kronikk i @aftenposten.no i dag om at Kina ikke er supermakten du tror den er. Tidligere har jeg skrevet mye om at Kina ikke matcher USA militært. Ny forskning viser at USA også er økonomisk overlegen. Les mer her: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Kinas vekst er betydelig overdrevet.

Kina fremstilles som en supermakt på linje med USA. Denne ideen faller sammen så fort du ser på tallene som faktisk betyr noe.

www.aftenposten.no

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Miroslav Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social · Jun 2

[1/3] Retrenching the welfare state is unpopular—yet parties that do it often escape electoral punishment. Why don’t voters punish parties for cutting welfare?

@hannawass.bsky.social, Juho Vesa & I investigate this puzzle in @poqjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Ola H. B. Pedersen @olahbpedersen.bsky.social · May 30

Flere lotterier! Det vil gi mer og bedre kunnskap, som igjen kan gi bedre og mer effektiv politikk. Det skriver jeg sammen med @fiva.no, @torewig.bsky.social, @haakongjerlw.bsky.social, Aksel Braanen Sterri og Andreas K. Tveit i @aftenposten.no.

Aprilsnarr, absurd eller tull? Nei. Vi trenger flere lotterier i norsk politikk.

Kritikerne avslører mangel på forståelse for kunnskapsbasert politikk.

www.aftenposten.no

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · May 20

Jeg lurer på hva som er en bedre grunn enn dette til å ikke syns at stemmeplikt er så viktig likevel. Siden hun har over 60% fravær over alle voteringer.

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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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Håvard Strand @haavardstrand.bsky.social · Dec 10

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Kronikk: Hva skjer om Jonas Gahr Støre må gå?

Det store spørsmålet er hvordan regjeringspartner Senterpartiet vurderer situasjonen.

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Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · Oct 17

Excited about our new Code Café for BA and MA students learning to code in R! Friday afternoons, conveniently located at the student bar, Diskuterbar!
www.uib.no/sampol/16557...

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Sep 27

My book on data management is available #OpenAccess at www.cambridge.org/core/books/d... ! Also, check out the companion webpage at dmbook.org. I hope that the book will be useful for your research and teaching.

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Håvard Strand @haavardstrand.bsky.social · Sep 25

A powerful autocratic wave is sweeping the globe.

What will it take to foster a new democratic wave? And how can democratic countries support nonviolent civil resistance movements?

Join us at PRIO next Monday, 13:00, for this seminar.

Sign up here: prio.org/events/9068

A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Global autocracy rises as democracy declines. Reversing this trend is vital. How can democracies better aid nonviolent movements?

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Erik Skare @erikskare.no · Sep 21

I’m looking for a research assistant who is proficient in both Arabic and in R. Preferably based in Oslo, and will be paid. The job is mainly to correct Arabic text output from Google Document AI with @hegghammer.net’s daiR package. Contact me for more info if you’re interested.

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Håvard Strand @haavardstrand.bsky.social · Sep 21

Could you please add me as well? Thanks for organizing this feed!