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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Jun 25

And also by signing up to her substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

Respect the Marble | Catherine E. De Vries | Substack

Catherine E. De Vries's Respect the Marble is a space for exploring how we write, think, and lead with clarity in a world that often rewards noise over depth. Click to read Respect the Marble, by Cath...

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Jun 25

Are you looking to cultivate a healthier relationship with the creative process—both in academic research and beyond? I highly recommend checking out @catherinedevries.bsky.social's reflections and practical advice here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...

How to write even when the words won’t come

Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements. Here, Catherine De Vries explains how to develop ‘skill pow...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Alice Xu @alicexu.bsky.social · Apr 3

🚨New paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Torben Iversen: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵

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Michael Allen @mikeallen.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very happy to see that my paper with Ken Scheve and @stasavage.bsky.social is online! it's about democracy, inequality and antitrust: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Jan 13

Thank you so much!

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Dec 6

Curious about how public service delivery fuels far-right support?

Don’t miss this 🧵 by the best ERC PI @catherinedevries.bsky.social on our newly published article in @ajpseditor.bsky.social! 👇

And follow my amazing co-authors @marcocappelluti.bsky.social & @paularettl.bsky.social

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Dec 5

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

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Marco Cappelluti @marcocappelluti.bsky.social · Dec 6

Incredibly proud to share that our paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @paularettl.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social has been published in @ajpseditor.bsky.social!

We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Dec 5

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Nov 28

#Polisky

🗂️ Call for papers Bocconi University-Columbia Universiy Conference on Political, Social, & Economic Inequality

🔄 Yearly occurring conference, inaugural conference at Bocconi, June 19-20, 2025.

📆 Deadline: December 31, 2024

ℹ️ 500 words abstract form: accounts.google.com/v3/signin/id...

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Dec 5

I am so excited that our paper on how public service deprivation helps to explain the success of the far right in Italy is now out @ajpseditor.bsky.social!

cc @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @marcocappelluti.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Dec 5

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Dec 3

You made my day, Alice! This means so much coming from you. Thank you!

Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you so much @draliceevans.bsky.social for such a careful and insightful engagement with our work!

Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · Dec 1

Does women's rise threaten men's status?

Rettl et al find that although Swiss women's employment has surged, and triggered men's private anxieties, this hasn't been politicised.

So is "the battle of the sexes" just something politicians manufacture?

open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our piece focus in perceptions of humanness of social media content. We use pair-wise models to compare platform and AI-generated content. We find:

- humans can in general separate real platform from AI content

- human rely on emotional cues to identify AI vs Human content

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Nov 19

What an amazing collection, and an enormous undertaking to get all of these edited and published just days after the election. Kudos to the editorial team!

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Nov 14

Our paper on how reduced access to public services (public service deprivation) increases electoral support for the far is forthcoming at @ajpseditor.bsky.social.

Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Nov 14

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

Our paper about public service deprivation and far right support with @paularettl.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social is forthcoming at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! 🎉

👉 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

#polisky

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Nov 12

We have a new WP on the effect of increasing female labor market participation on gender attitudes. See the thread below!

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Nov 11

New paper on gender backlash: shorturl.at/8eiZw

Findings: ⬆️ female labor market participation ⬆️ private grievances among men, but does NOT automatically translate into support for conservative gender policy or for far-right parties.

For this, you need activation by political elites.

A 🧵

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OSF

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Michael Allen @mikeallen.bsky.social · Dec 7

Very happy to share that my paper has been published in @iojournal.bsky.social! I argue that outsourcing public judicial services to transnational, private actors can harm domestic legal development. Thanks so much to everyone who gave me feedback and support!

doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Unbundling the State: Legal Development in an Era of Global, Private Governance | International Orga...

Unbundling the State: Legal Development in an Era of Global, Private Governance - Volume 77 Issue 4

doi.org

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Dec 1

2/6 🧵WP by @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social & De Vries on effect of public services on far right support in 🇮🇹 exploiting a policy that reduced provision in small towns. Diff in diff estimates show more far right support. shorturl.at/AGH15

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Dec 5

There will be many important elections in Europe next year, what can we learn from the recent results in the Netherlands? My take (feat. recent poli sci research, incl that of @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social & yours truly)

on.ft.com/46GsPqx

Migration crackdowns won’t help Europe’s moderate right

Recent electoral inroads for the far right reflect public dislike of government cuts in public services

on.ft.com

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Nov 6

PSJMInfo ; Polisky - pls share widely.

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Nov 6

🚨Job alert 🚨

(PDRI-DevLab) @UPenn invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship (2024-2025). The postdoc would be working with me on joint research projects (50% of their time). There's no teaching.

To apply see apply.interfolio.com/136018
Please consider applying, or sharing widely.

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Oct 18

Applications for Roberto Franceschi research grants open until 15 December: 6,000 euros to finance data collection on poverty, inequality and social distress. MSc and PhD students in Lombardy (and all PhD students who got their MSc in Lombardy) can apply
www.fondfranceschi.it/notizie/fond...

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Nov 6

⚠️New WP alert⚠️
With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us!
HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2
OSF: osf.io/5s2cu

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Paula Rettl @paularettl.bsky.social · Nov 3

I have a book chapter on Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond: books.google.com/books?hl=en&...

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