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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 9h

Go Bears! That’s our second Nobel this year (Physics and Chemistry). Counting across the UC system, that makes four. More broadly, go public universities!

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 20h

The full moon over the lake

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 22h

Love it 😍

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 1d

New jobs for computational social scientists at UNC and USC: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... amd uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 1d

Will there be an online book launch party??? 🥳

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 16d

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Uncivil Democracy

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

press.princeton.edu

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 1d

We've also created an interactive map that can help you explore these datasets: snfagora.github.io/agora_dashbo...
Many related projects are underway, so stay tuned!

snfagora.github.io

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 1d

FYI, if you try to measure the strength of civil society (what Hahrie, Milan, and I call civic opportunity in our 2023 Nature Human Behaviour paper), you may want to consider using our org-, county-, and ZIP code-level datasets published in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 2d

Fellow political scientists: I don’t know why we’re so obsessed with 2×2 matrices, or why every PS presentation involving such a matrix starts with the same joke, “We all love a good 2×2 matrix, hahaha.”

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

Oops, sorry for the typo: environmental!

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

Please feel free to reach out to me during APPAM if you have questions! I'm not on the search committee, but I'm happy to share my own perspectives.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

As someone doing engaged and applied research, I also value that not only does the school support that, but also the broader community, including local governments and nonprofits, is eager to partner with academics.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

It is also an exciting place if you are interested in data science (I wear both of those hats).

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

Be my colleague! UNC, and especially our Department of Public Policy, has particular strengths if your research on poverty takes an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 6d

My department is hiring! We have one TT-line focusing on environemntla policy, international development, and poverty: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

The talk title is "Move Fast Without Breaking Things." You can register and find more information from here: www.eventbrite.com/e/move-fast-...

Move Fast Without Breaking Things: How Smarter AI Procurement Can Transform

Join the T&I Focus area and the SAIS Technology Club on how AI procurement is shaping the future of digital government with Jae Yeon Kim

www.eventbrite.com

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

The talk will be held in person at the Bloomberg Center (555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW).

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

DC friends: I'm excited to share my ongoing research on procuring AI technologies at the state and local level in the U.S. government (joint work with Aniket Kesary, Fordham Law) at Johns Hopkins SAIS on October 15, 1–2 pm EDT.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

They tell a story that has not been systematically documented in the literature and show how local administrators and communities solved problems together through sharing information as well as negotiating power.

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

My current book project (lnkd.in/gGFnjEKP) has many stories like this. Writing a book is exhausting, but cases like this remind me why this project is exciting.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

I call this the classification cost: the cost governments face when trying to identify and categorize communities during implementation. Building on administrative burden theory, I extend the focus from individuals struggling with paperwork to groups that are hard for the state to define and reach.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

Local governments knew there was always a gap between the map and the territory. Campaigns like this one were attempts to close it, but they were costly and difficult to sustain.

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

I found that OEO, the city’s Planning Department, and Social Services each drew different maps of Chinatown, reflecting their own program goals and agendas.

Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

In San Francisco, for example, Chinatown and Manilatown historically overlapped. Japantown did too before the 1906 earthquake pushed it into the Western Addition.

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 7d

Chinatown, or any ethnic enclave, is a misnomer in two respects. First, there is no fixed physical boundary; such places evolve as groups move in and out. Second, enclaves often overlap.

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