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APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats to our award winners!

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Sep 3

Feeling very honored to receive the 2025 POP Emerging Scholar Award. Grateful to my mentors, co-authors, students, and colleagues who make my work possible. Excited to celebrate together at APSA! @apsa.bsky.social

APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌟🎉 Celebrating @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social (WashU)—recipient of the 2025 Emerging Scholar Award!
Her research is already shaping the field in big ways.
Come and celebrate with her at the business meeting (Sept 12, Friday, @12pm)
#APSA25 @apsa.bsky.social #EmergingScholar

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Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!!!!

Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm thrilled that my book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, is now available for pre-order through CUP and Amazon!

Let me know if you'd like an electronic copy for your class, and I'll send it to you!

www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · Jul 11

Now out in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:

@luciamotoliniac.bsky.social, Marko Klašnja and I show that greater pressures to spend more money on campaigning leads not just to more politicians who are rich, but especially to more politicians who are are *super* rich

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

We provide a comprehensive theoretical and empirical account of the relationship between campaign finance pressures and the wealth of politicians. We argue that the heavily right-skewed wealth distri...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jun 16

From April 2025 -

When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl

- @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social

"I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states"

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of personal vote-seeking incentives on legislative accountability and the introduction of the 2014 Mexican electoral reforms. The text analyzes changes in state legislations and party responses in twenty states.

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Legislative Studies Quarterly @lsqjournal.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre-Electoral Coalitions" by @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social (Washington University in St. Louis) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions

Pre-electoral coalitions are common across diverse political contexts. In this letter, I examine their impact on one of the most consequential functions of political parties: the candidate selection ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out my new publication "Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre-Electoral Coalitions" at LSQ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions

Pre-electoral coalitions are common across diverse political contexts. In this letter, I examine their impact on one of the most consequential functions of political parties: the candidate selection ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Apr 2

NEW -

When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl

- @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social

"I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states"

#OpenAccess

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Apr 2

So excited to see this paper out!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Apr 2

NEW -

When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl

- @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social

"I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states"

#OpenAccess

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Raphael Cunha @raphaelcunha.bsky.social · Jan 28

#PSJMInfo

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our School is hiring two Assistant Professors (Ad Astra Fellows): five-year tenure-track positions with an annual research budget of €5k, teaching reductions, and a fully-funded PhD researcher.

Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 17

Very well deserved Stefan! Congratulations 🎉

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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'm really proud of this paper. We show that greater pressures to spend on campaigns disproportionately (and sometimes exclusively) benefit the super-rich.

Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 15

🚨New publication Alert! 🚨 Conditionally Accepted at
@ajpseditor.bsky.social "The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and the Wealth of Politicians" with my amazing co-authors @simonweschle.bsky.social and Marko Klasnja
Full paper & appendix here: sites.wustl.edu/luciamotolin...

ResearchWashington University in St. Louis

You can access my Google Scholar page here. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 5. “The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and t...

sites.wustl.edu

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 15

🚨New publication Alert! 🚨 Conditionally Accepted at
@ajpseditor.bsky.social "The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and the Wealth of Politicians" with my amazing co-authors @simonweschle.bsky.social and Marko Klasnja
Full paper & appendix here: sites.wustl.edu/luciamotolin...

ResearchWashington University in St. Louis

You can access my Google Scholar page here. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES 5. “The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and t...

sites.wustl.edu

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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · Jan 15

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍

🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations

📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...

Thanks for sharing! 🤝

uni-heidelberg.de

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 10

My sister got me into it, I do this: amindfullmom.com/instant-pot-...
It's very easy!

Instant Pot Yogurt

Instant Pot Yogurt: Step by step directions for making yogurt in an electric pressure cooker. EVERYTHING you need to know about making Instant Pot Yogurt.

amindfullmom.com

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 9

I use it for yogurt, rice, beans, lentils, beef stew, pork stew, and, most importantly, to reheat frozen tamales. I have a friend who makes Instapot flan, but I haven't ventured there yet!!

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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 9

Yes!! I did know that! haha

Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · Jan 9

I'm invested in this. Are there any other insights I need to know as someone who uses the Instapot 3 times a week but has never read the manual? 😆

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David Fortunato @fortunato.bsky.social · Jan 6

PLEASE SHARE!

Thread on EITM Europe where I will teach this summer with my brilliant friend @dzobrien.bsky.social as well as Thomas Bräuninger and Richard Traunmüller.

There is NO TUITION FEE, but students must find funding for travel and accommodation. June 9-20

www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/eitm/

EITM

www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de

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Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social · Jan 7

🏆🚨🏆 Reminder 🏆🚨🏆

Please nominate doctoral dissertations for the @apsa.bsky.social Gabriel A. Almond Award, which honors the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics!

Deadline: February 12, 2025.

Submit nominations here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/organizati...

Nominate doctoral dissertations for the Gabriel A. Almond Award. The award honors the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics. The deadline is February 12, 2025.

Eligibility: Dissertations must have been successfully defended within the previous two calendar years (dissertations for the 2025 award must be defended in 2023 or 2024). APSA will accept only one nomination for the Almond Award per school or political science department. Nominations from non-PhD departments and institutions are welcome if the nominee is currently employed there. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.

The award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and carries a cash prize of $750.

The award was created in recognition of Dr. Gabriel Almond’s contributions to the discipline, profession, and Association. He was a long-time faculty member at Stanford University and former APSA President (1966). Almond’s scholarly work contributed directly to the development of theory in comparative politics and brought together work on the developing areas and Western Europe that prevented splintering into an array of disparate areas studies.

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Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social · Jan 3

If you mean this paper it also has a minor junior coauthor 😉 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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