Moritz Schmoll
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Moritz Schmoll
@moritzschmoll.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Political Science at
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Rabat.
We are hiring up to three new professors in political science this year. Two at Assistant or Associate level, one at Associate or Full. Fields are Comparative Politics, Governance, and Quant but these are just broad guidelines. I'm happy to answer any questions.

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December 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Une chose que j'avais oubliée de mentionner dans mon tweet en anglais c'est que l'appel à contributions existe aussi en français et qu'il est possible de soumettre un résumé en français.
La date limite pour les soumissions est le 15 octobre.
September 23, 2024 at 9:36 AM
The deadline is on 15 October!
Together with two of my colleagues I'm putting together a panel for the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology which will take place in Rabat in July 2025. It's on the question of social justice in Africa, which we find to be eclipsed by technocratic discourse on fighting poverty.
September 23, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Together with two of my colleagues I'm putting together a panel for the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology which will take place in Rabat in July 2025. It's on the question of social justice in Africa, which we find to be eclipsed by technocratic discourse on fighting poverty.
August 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
We finally released an updated version of our dataset on physical violence in parliaments, the Fistfights In parliamentary Sessions Time Series (aka FISTS). It's on my website and the Harvard Dataverse, so feel free to check it out. We hope it's of use!
. @moritzschmoll.bsky.social _schmoll and I are happy to announce an update to our Fistfights in parliamentary Sessions Time Series (FISTS). The new release extends the coverage to the years 2019-22. We have also made it available on the Harvard Dataverse /1

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January 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM
We're still looking for prospective APSA 2024 participants interested in a panel on the resource curse. Don't hesitate to get in touch (you'll find my email address by googling me).
Together with some colleagues, including @bensmith70polisci.bsky.social and @gswenson.bsky.social, we’re trying to put together a panel on the political resource curse for APSA 2024. If you have a paper that (broadly) fits please don’t hesitate to get in touch! polisky
January 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Together with some colleagues, including @bensmith70polisci.bsky.social and @gswenson.bsky.social, we’re trying to put together a panel on the political resource curse for APSA 2024. If you have a paper that (broadly) fits please don’t hesitate to get in touch! polisky
December 12, 2023 at 3:51 PM
An interesting article by @washingtonpost.com columnist Philip Bump on rising tensions in the US Congress, partially drawing on our recent research (with @kiwiting.bsky.social) on physical violence in parliaments.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | The ominous rise of congressional anger
The United States has witnessed rising anger on Capitol Hill in the past. Then there was a war.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2023 at 11:33 PM
It's obviously very difficult to think and talk about other topics in these dark times but Geoffrey Swenson and I wrote a piece on a success story of democratisation in a prime candidate for the "political resource curse", Timor-Leste.
How Timor-Leste Escaped the Political ‘Resource Curse’
Asia’s youngest nation has shown that resource wealth does not necessary impede the development of a stable democracy.
thediplomat.com
October 20, 2023 at 9:30 AM