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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 1d

Public/private info on whether you will be doing admissions as usual will also be hugely appreciated!! Thank you

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?

I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.

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Political Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · 9d

The latest issue of PA is out now. We have a great collection of papers by @yamilrvelez.bsky.social, @sysilviakim.bsky.social, @mattblackwell.bsky.social, @sophieehill.bsky.social, @dwlee.bsky.social, @melissazrogers.bsky.social, @kaipingchen.bsky.social, @samuelbaltz.bsky.social (1/2)

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 19d

서울대학교 정치외교학부에서 전임교원을 채용합니다. 미국정치 1명 및 미국 외교정책 1명입니다. 다음 링크를 참고 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.

social.snu.ac.kr/%EA%B3%B5%EC...

사회과학대학 2025년도 제2차 교원 초빙 공고

사회과학대학 전임교원을 다음과 같이 채용하고자 합니다. 1. 채용정보 학과(부) 채용분야 채용인원(명) 비고 정치외교학부 미국정치 1 미국 외교정책 1 경제학부 미시경제학 1 거시경제학 1 계량경제학 1 인류학과 아시아지역(한국 제외) 1 사회복지학과 사회복지 및 관련분야 1 2026. 9. 임용 예정 사회복지임상 및 실천 1 언론정보...

https://social.snu.ac.kr/공지사항/document/3727

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 25d

SWERP is back for fall 2025! Under what international contexts are citizens more likely to support peace with a foreign adversary? Jungmin Han will present about how third-party interactions shape public opinion on rapprochement.

Sep 26, 2025, 10am KST (= Sep 25 9pm ET)

Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · 29d

I'm not at APSA, but my master's student/coauthor, Sangmyung, is presenting! Come see how ideological "incongruence" in the U.S. has changed in the last decade.

Sat, Sep 13, 2-3:30pm local time.

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Aug 12

This was a really fun paper to write (but a pain to collect data!) It took me embarrasingly long to wrap up and submit, so I'm thrilled it's now in the books.

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you for the post Hans!!

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Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ideologically extreme candidates don't solicit more small dollar donations. New at @respol.bsky.social from @sysilviakim.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Political Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · Jul 17

Currently in FirstView: In “Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences,” Yuki Atsusaka and @sysilviakim.bsky.social examine the statistical consequences of measurement error and introduce a framework for improving ranking data analysis.

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Apr 14

SWERP returns with 2025's third presentation. Dr. Kyosuke Kikuta asks: what is the effect of solar eclipses on violence? Find out how armed groups rationally can use darkness for their tactical purposes.

5/2 10am KST = 5/1 Thu 9pm EST. See you soon!
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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Mar 21

Wasn't there a paper recently about how partisans are willing to tolerate cost to themselves and copartisans as long as outpartisans were going to suffer more? Anybody remember which paper this was?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Mar 20

Targeting people for their political views is not going to stop with immigrants.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q

Opinion | They’re coming for immigrants first

And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.

wapo.st

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨 New paper (with Kasey Rhee & Nico Studen). We use a new within-precinct design to isolate how ideology affects vote choice holding turnout fixed, analyzing 3.4M precinct observations across state & fed elections (2016-2022).

tldr: Ideological moderation affects vote shares, but not by much. 🧵⬇️

The Electoral Consequences of Ideological Persuasion: Evidence from a Within-Precinct Analysis of U.S. Elections

Most research on the electoral penalty of candidate ideology relies on betweendistrict or longitudinal comparisons, which are confounded by turnout and ballot c

papers.ssrn.com

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks Michael! @jsievert.bsky.social Here's the link: doi.org/10.1086/735435. Happy to chat if you have any questions.

Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Mar 5

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

A screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated March 4, 2025, at 4:30 AM. The post states:

“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · Mar 10

Citizens can write persuasive messages to those on the other side, especially if they can bridge identity divides through perspective-taking & personal narratives. But unsuccessful senders perceive themselves to be as persuasive as
successful ones
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Carlisle Rainey 👨‍💻📊📚 @carlislerainey.bsky.social · Mar 10

"The Need for Equivalence Testing in Economics"

from Jack Fitzgerald (@jackfitzgerald.bsky.social)

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/met...

We know that "not significant" does not imply evidence for "no effect," but I still see papers make this leap.

Good to see more work making this point forcefully!

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Mar 4

JOP one took 5 years, and PA one, although finished in much shorter timeline, was just as intense. Glad both found great homes.

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Mar 4

Two new pubs this year!

Journal of Politics w/ Zhao Li: Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good
doi.org/10.1086/735435

Political Analysis with Yuki Atsusaka: Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences
doi.org/10.1017/pan....

Keep Winning with WinRed? Online Fundraising Platform as the Party's Public Good | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · Mar 2

Straight up to the top of the queue 🔥

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Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Feb 26

What is the purpose of the excessively emotional delivery of North Korean TV news? SWERP will host Jongyoon Baik on Mar 7, 10am KST (Mar 6, 8pm EST). Put it on your calendars and DM me if you want to be put on the mailing list!

swerp.weebly.com

Seo-young Silvia Kim @sysilviakim.bsky.social · Feb 8

I've written an opinion column on the JoongAng on the parallels between January 6 and the 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot.

www.joongang.co.kr/article/2531...

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