Susana Tavares
@susanadptavares.bsky.social
PhD student researching social movement organizations and protests against UN peace missions at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Peak Swiss Lobbyism: The Swiss parliament has just decided to cut subsidies for new night trains by 10 million CHF due to "budget constraints".
The day before, it was decided that Swiss vine farmers would receive even more subsidies. Guess the amount? 10 million CHF 🫠
Peak Swiss Lobbyism: The Swiss parliament has just decided to cut subsidies for new night trains by 10 million CHF due to "budget constraints".
The day before, it was decided that Swiss vine farmers would receive even more subsidies. Guess the amount? 10 million CHF 🫠
Wintersession 2025 - Parlament streicht Subventionen für Nachtzüge nach Malmö
National- und Ständerat debattieren während drei Wochen in Bundesbern. Die wichtigsten Entscheide finden Sie hier.
www.srf.ch
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Peak Swiss Lobbyism: The Swiss parliament has just decided to cut subsidies for new night trains by 10 million CHF due to "budget constraints".
The day before, it was decided that Swiss vine farmers would receive even more subsidies. Guess the amount? 10 million CHF 🫠
Peak Swiss Lobbyism: The Swiss parliament has just decided to cut subsidies for new night trains by 10 million CHF due to "budget constraints".
The day before, it was decided that Swiss vine farmers would receive even more subsidies. Guess the amount? 10 million CHF 🫠
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I used MEMES as a teaching tool:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I used MEMES as a teaching tool:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings.
The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun.
The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich
A selection:
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If the credibility revolution in political science is mostly survey experiments then it is largely based around finding that when you tell people topic (a) is good not bad, they become more supportive of topic (a).
An inglorious revolution
An inglorious revolution
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Every academic has one superpower: the ability to turn a five-minute task into a three-month digression
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Every academic has one superpower: the ability to turn a five-minute task into a three-month digression
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Statement comes hours after warring Sudanese Armed Forces leader al-Burhan rejected ceasefire proposal as biased.
RSF announces unilateral three-month ‘humanitarian truce’ in Sudan
Statement comes hours after warring Sudanese Armed Forces leader al-Burhan rejected ceasefire proposal as biased.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Studying the logic of state surveillance based on the universe of Italian files finds that states target educated and subaltern groups, with mobilization and radical change potential, from Gemma Dipoppa and Annalisa Pezone www.nber.org/papers/w34492
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Studying the logic of state surveillance based on the universe of Italian files finds that states target educated and subaltern groups, with mobilization and radical change potential, from Gemma Dipoppa and Annalisa Pezone www.nber.org/papers/w34492
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Apply to join the Transparency International EU (@transparency-eu.bsky.social) team as an Illicit Financial Flows Policy trainee, monitoring anti-corruption and anti-money laundering developments and trends at EU level.
Applications due by 7 December 2025
transparency.eu/illicit-fina...
Applications due by 7 December 2025
transparency.eu/illicit-fina...
Illicit Financial Flows Policy - Traineeship - Transparency International EU
Transparency International EU (TI EU) is an international non-profit association under Belgian law (AISBL) based in Brussels (Belgium). We work closely with Transparency International national chapter...
transparency.eu
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Apply to join the Transparency International EU (@transparency-eu.bsky.social) team as an Illicit Financial Flows Policy trainee, monitoring anti-corruption and anti-money laundering developments and trends at EU level.
Applications due by 7 December 2025
transparency.eu/illicit-fina...
Applications due by 7 December 2025
transparency.eu/illicit-fina...
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I'm delighted to announce that my paper "How terrorism affects support for democracy" doi.org/10.1007/s111... is now published in Public Choice.
Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀
Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my paper "How terrorism affects support for democracy" doi.org/10.1007/s111... is now published in Public Choice.
Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀
Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀
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Ugly campaigns hurt voter trust. Weak institutions make it worse.
New research on negative campaigning in Africa reveals what really undermines democracy.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/ugly-ne...
New research on negative campaigning in Africa reveals what really undermines democracy.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/ugly-ne...
Ugly campaigns hurt voter trust. Weak institutions make it worse.
New research on negative campaigning in Africa reveals what really undermines democracy.
goodauthority.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ugly campaigns hurt voter trust. Weak institutions make it worse.
New research on negative campaigning in Africa reveals what really undermines democracy.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/ugly-ne...
New research on negative campaigning in Africa reveals what really undermines democracy.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/ugly-ne...
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It's really really frustrating to realize that many economists still don't know that political science exists.
It's really really frustrating to realize that many economists still don't know that political science exists.
«Viele Politiker sind kulturell zu weit links für ihre Wähler und wirtschaftlich zu weit rechts»
Die Wählerschaft fühle sich von der Politik schlecht vertreten, sagt Politökonom Laurenz Guenther. Er macht einige radikale Vorschläge.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It's really really frustrating to realize that many economists still don't know that political science exists.
It's really really frustrating to realize that many economists still don't know that political science exists.
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The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
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Papyrus or vellum perhaps? Looking forward to the next “call for parchments”
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Papyrus or vellum perhaps? Looking forward to the next “call for parchments”
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Attacks on trans rights are often framed as efforts to "protect women."
But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.
But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.
Big tech firms are shutting down programs aimed at supporting women in STEM careers. Signaling once again that the spine of corporate America is as hollow as its pockets are deep.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...
‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech | CNN Business
Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity a...
www.cnn.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Attacks on trans rights are often framed as efforts to "protect women."
But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.
But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.
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New paper: LLMs are increasingly used to label data in political science. But how reliable are these annotations, and what are the consequences for scientific findings? What are best practices? Some new findings from a large empirical evaluation.
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New paper: LLMs are increasingly used to label data in political science. But how reliable are these annotations, and what are the consequences for scientific findings? What are best practices? Some new findings from a large empirical evaluation.
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
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New podcast on Fela Kuti spotify.link/fWGbrRitIXb
1: To Hell and Back
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October 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
New podcast on Fela Kuti spotify.link/fWGbrRitIXb
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10 years, a tenured prof (a women) told me that the solution to a peaceful (straight) relationship was for the 👩 to be with a younger 👨: "you will be more senior so no tension around the fact that you earn the same/more." This paper echoes this convo:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/izaiza... (1/2)
econpapers.repec.org/paper/izaiza... (1/2)
EconPapers: Relative Income and Gender Norms: Evidence from Latin America
By Ercio A. Muñoz, Dario Sansone and João Tampellini; Abstract: Using data from over 500,000 dual-earner households in Mexico, we provide evidence of discontinuities in the
econpapers.repec.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
10 years, a tenured prof (a women) told me that the solution to a peaceful (straight) relationship was for the 👩 to be with a younger 👨: "you will be more senior so no tension around the fact that you earn the same/more." This paper echoes this convo:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/izaiza... (1/2)
econpapers.repec.org/paper/izaiza... (1/2)
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This was a predictable outcome. Israel armed & supported clan-based militias in Gaza. Some of these groups had previously been stealing humanitarian aid. Now, Hamas can go after them as collaborators & use that narrative to go after others who oppose them. Civilians will be caught in the crossfire.
A video this week captured Hamas fighters in Gaza executing Palestinian rivals as the militant group tries to assert that it is still the dominant force in the territory, no matter how weakened it is after two years of war with Israel.
With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza
A video this week captured Hamas fighters in Gaza executing Palestinian rivals as the militant group tries to assert that it is still the dominant force in the territory after two years of war with Israel.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This was a predictable outcome. Israel armed & supported clan-based militias in Gaza. Some of these groups had previously been stealing humanitarian aid. Now, Hamas can go after them as collaborators & use that narrative to go after others who oppose them. Civilians will be caught in the crossfire.
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"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "
But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."
But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."
The Illusion of Order:
Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.
barbarafwalter.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "
But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."
But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."
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New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
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This sets me thinking if the current pattern concentration of wealth is a key contributor to authoritarianism because it means there are monopolies that are very sensitive to political pressure and few enough of them that you can blackmail them one by one
New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This sets me thinking if the current pattern concentration of wealth is a key contributor to authoritarianism because it means there are monopolies that are very sensitive to political pressure and few enough of them that you can blackmail them one by one
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This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)