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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by: Sona Golder, Seema Jayachandran, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more

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The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration.

First H-1B visas.

Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation.

I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Just began teaching about the economic determinants of democracy & dictatorship. A student's thoughtful question after class has prompted me to re-read this smart article by @jeanhong.bsky.social which is on my list of recommended materials for the week: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
How Natural Resources Affect Authoritarian Leaders’ Provision of Public Services: Evidence from China | The Journal of Politics: Vol 80, No 1
This article examines the effects of natural resource extraction on authoritarian governments’ provision of public services, using subnational data from China. Facing no electoral constraint that woul...
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Reposted by: Sona Golder, Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville , and 5 more

mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
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by Sona Golder — Reposted by: Santiago Lago Peñas, Ignacio Lago

sonagolder.bsky.social
It's official! Check out the new International Center for Decentralization and Governance, an interdisciplinary initiative for the study of decentralization, governance, and federalism. Wish I could attend the conference on Asymmetric Decentralization in Santiago de Compostela in early November...
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Santiago Lago-Peñas @santiagolagop.bsky.social · 17d
We are thrilled to announce the launch of IDEAGOV - International Center for Decentralization and Governance. Further information at ideagov.eu
Home | IDEAGOV
ideagov.eu
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by Santiago Lago Peñas — Reposted by: Sona Golder, Ruth Dassonneville, Ignacio Lago , and 2 more

santiagolagop.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the launch of IDEAGOV - International Center for Decentralization and Governance. Further information at ideagov.eu
Home | IDEAGOV
ideagov.eu
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Reposted by: Sona Golder, Ruth Dassonneville, Efrén O. Pérez , and 1 more

ccavaille.bsky.social
It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky

www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
www.iast.fr
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
The other Prof. Golder has an electoral systems data paper - and a couple of updates (w/ Nils Bormann) - that were published in Electoral Studies (in 2005, 2013, 2022). mattgolder.com/elections
Elections
DES Version 5.0 (1919-2020) Nils-Christian Bormann and I are releasing version 5.0 of the Democratic Electoral Systems (DES) dataset. The new dataset is the same as DES 4.2 but expands the time per…
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by Max Grömping — Reposted by: Sona Golder

maxgroemping.bsky.social
Please share widely! Great #PostDoc opportunity at one of Australia's top #PoliticalScience departments, on a #FutureFellowship on electoral resilience. 3yrs, great pay, and a workplace practically next to the Great Barrier Reef!
Closing date is 1 Oct 2025
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why. Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
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Reposted by: Sona Golder

allansikk.bsky.social
If you are in Vancouver this week, do come along to Instaparty presentations @apsa.bsky.social 2025!
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@ibenskasr.bsky.social @sonagolder.bsky.social @paulinasl.bsky.social
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Thanks to @elizabethbitmeehan.com for the solution so that we can easily scroll through ALL the #APSA2025 panels...
[Note that panel locations might not be up to date]

apsanet.org/wp-content/u...
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
For folks heading to #APSA soon - is there a version of the program that one can scroll though and see all the information about panels (without clicking though & back each time)? Not saying I miss those thick printed programs but wanted to check that I'm not overlooking an online version of them.
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by David K. Evans — Reposted by: Sona Golder, Stephen P. Jenkins, Samuel Bentolila

daveevansphd.bsky.social
I'm putting together a talk on a new applied micro paper, and I'm reminded that (I believe) it's very hard to outperform the structure proposed in this piece by Jesse Shapiro. shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Looks fascinating - and a great example to use for my European politics class (which begins with 6 weeks on 20th century history) about why history matters for understanding politics today...

by Sona Golder — Reposted by: Brendan Nyhan

sonagolder.bsky.social
Me, sitting at my desk after teaching two classes, get my (sad desk) sandwich out for a quick lunch, open Bluesky for a few minutes and...
brendannyhan.bsky.social
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 26
LM Arena prompt: make an image of a political scientist bewildered and horrified at recent political events. in a faculty office. photorealistic. looking at a computer. realistic setting

The sad desk sandwich really nails it.
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Sona Golder

brendannyhan.bsky.social
LM Arena prompt: make an image of a political scientist bewildered and horrified at recent political events. in a faculty office. photorealistic. looking at a computer. realistic setting

The sad desk sandwich really nails it.
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Stopped by the library to find the book that @dingdingpeng.the100.ci posted about even though classes start in a few days and I don’t really have time to read it. And then I saw this other book that looked really interesting (and which I also don’t have time to read). Left with 5 books in total.
Two book covers, The Collapse by M.E. Sarotte and Journey to a Revolution by M. Korda
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by Sona Golder — Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer

sonagolder.bsky.social
Feeling nostalgic for the days when I could show students in my European politics class this classic Schabowski moment from my VHS (!) copy of the 1999 documentary "When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World"...
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Aug 1
Feeling betrayed that this moment wasn’t really covered in my high school history classes.
Then, however, Schabowski added, “Anyway, today, as far as I know . . . a decision has been made.” He glanced sideways at the subordinates sitting with him on the stage as if looking for confirmation, but nothing was forthcoming. Schabowski pressed ahead, saying, in between pauses and “uhs,” that the party had decided “to issue a regulation that will make it possible for every citizen . . . to emigrate.” He would now read a text of the new rules, he said, as soon as he could find it. He began digging through his thick stack of papers.54 Now not just Neubert but also the German-speaking NBC sound technician, Heinrich Walling, seemed visibly shocked. Brokaw looked at Walling questioningly. Walling whispered to Brokaw in English, “It’s the end of the Cold War.” In an op-ed in the New York Times ten days later, Brokaw would recount his amazement at that moment. It was as surprising as if “an alien force” from outer space had just invaded the room, he wrote. A frenzy of questions erupted in German.
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Have you been spying on me while I added a new reading because that one week seemed too empty?
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Had a long chat with my MIL yesterday, and she didn't mention it either! But then, I imagine the news blackout could extend to Northamptonshire from Oxfordshire...

Reposted by: Sona Golder

dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Feeling betrayed that this moment wasn’t really covered in my high school history classes.
Then, however, Schabowski added, “Anyway, today, as far as I know . . . a decision has been made.” He glanced sideways at the subordinates sitting with him on the stage as if looking for confirmation, but nothing was forthcoming. Schabowski pressed ahead, saying, in between pauses and “uhs,” that the party had decided “to issue a regulation that will make it possible for every citizen . . . to emigrate.” He would now read a text of the new rules, he said, as soon as he could find it. He began digging through his thick stack of papers.54 Now not just Neubert but also the German-speaking NBC sound technician, Heinrich Walling, seemed visibly shocked. Brokaw looked at Walling questioningly. Walling whispered to Brokaw in English, “It’s the end of the Cold War.” In an op-ed in the New York Times ten days later, Brokaw would recount his amazement at that moment. It was as surprising as if “an alien force” from outer space had just invaded the room, he wrote. A frenzy of questions erupted in German.
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Duo, why are you making me worry about automatic desk rejections?
Picture of screenshot from Duolingo app with a translation of the phrase "Don't reject my article before having read it."
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by Ruth Dassonneville — Reposted by: Sona Golder, Hugo Mercier, Lucas Leemann , and 4 more

rdassonneville.bsky.social
‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
rdassonneville.bsky.social
Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 3
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
I tried to explain Howard Dean's "scream" to a 20-year old who has been following current political developments in the US. I failed.
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by Ruth Dassonneville — Reposted by: Sona Golder, Gijs Schumacher, Hugo Mercier , and 8 more

rdassonneville.bsky.social
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
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Reposted by: Sona Golder

donmoyn.bsky.social
The private sector will not fill the gaps. The size of the cuts is too big, and the incentives does not align to do basic research or train the next generation of PhD students.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
Félicitations, Damien!
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by Sona Golder

sonagolder.bsky.social
This is going on my list of recommended readings for the 20th century history part of my European politics class next semester...
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Reposted by: Sona Golder

jnbarrot.bsky.social
« Aujourd’hui, nous avons le droit de croire à demain. »

Il y a 80 ans, l’Europe renaissait des cendres de la guerre, retrouvait sa liberté, l’espoir. Pour les combattants, les résistants, les millions de victimes : défendons notre Europe.

Leur courage fonde notre mémoire.
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Reposted by: Sona Golder

liranharsgor.bsky.social
Party switching is one of the most impactful things MKs do, sometimes reshaping Israeli politics (hi Idit Silman).
Csaba Nikolenyi's book dives into this fascinating topic, and I had the pleasure of reviewing it for Israel Studies Review.

www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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