🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

📢📢CALL FOR PAPERS!📢📢 Do you work on autocracies, want to present your ongoing research, and receive in-depth feedback? We are organising our *5th Series*, starting Spring 2024! Please, submit your application by *30 October* here: forms.gle/UmtQS4uxGbFotd…

CP/IR scholars in the Southeast: the sixth edition of SoWEPS is on the way, hosted in-person by Vanderbilt on March 22, 2024. The call for papers is here: soweps.org/call-for-papers and a general description of the meeting is here: soweps.org/home James Bisbee

Colleagues in political science, please share this opportunity for a full-time position at UCR Political Science for a recent graduate who will support the NSF-funded MSIRA program. Will be especially beneficial for someone considering a PhD in political science! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01805

Publication day! Over the moon to see my new book, out with Oxford Academic. The book is available through the UK site (US a bit longer), and can be shipped to the rest of the world. I also have a 30% discount code ( below). Who do I want to read this book?global.oup.com/academic/produ…

With Sarah Bush Pär Zetterberg, we are excited to announce this article. Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights?

The Center for African Studies is participating in Berkeley's #DEIBJ23 November crowdfunding campaign. Our goal is to support undergraduate students research in Africa. Learn more here: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/39844 #UCBAfrica

I'm hosting a poli sci PhD info session on Nov. 15th at 5:00pm pacific time. Folks can attend virtually or in person. We will discuss how to prepare your app, what to expect in grad school, career prospects, etc. Please register with the QR code, or link below.

This study was 10 years in the making; so very happy to see it out American Political Science Review! Brigitte Zimmerman and I examine what politicians know about constituents, and how spending decisions change in response to policy-relevant data. Brief thread (1/n) LSE Government

Looking to study an African language? Check out the options at UC Berkeley and UCLA: Amharic, Arabic, Igbo, Swahili, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics, and Arabic, Swahili, Tigrinya and Yoruba at UCLA. UCLA African Studies, African American Studies, UC Berkeley and melc.berkeley.edu africa.berkeley.edu/news/african-l…

(1/2) As a reminder, we are seeking applications for the Fall 2024 term of Berkeley Social Sciences’ new one-year Master of Computational Social Science (MaCSS) program.

📚🚨 My book, "Governing After War: Rebel Victories and Post-war Statebuilding", will be out on Feb 22 and available for pre-order! bit.ly/govafterwar ❓: How does rebel governance & social control shape rebel victors' post-war strategies for consolidating power?

This piece was a long time in the making and concludes a trilogy of work about authoritarian legislatures and Cameroon. In this one my colleague Suh I Fru Norbert and I examine how changes in candidate selection impacted legislative recruitment. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Back from spring break to see my book in PRINT!! 😱🥳 Avail Oxford Academic: bit.ly/govafterwar or amzn.to/3TGF0R9 The Qs: How do rebel victors consolidate power after war? Why do some fail? And, what role does *rebel governance* play? 🧵 1/8

Excited to share my new article, with Leonardo Arriola & Aila Matanock, just published in Political Communication 📓 Heard the claim that Facebook caused a genocide by fanning the flames of hate in #Myanmar? The reality may be more complicated… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… A brief 🧵 1/15

Is #Facebook *the* breeding ground for intolerance? My new Political Communication 📓 piece w/ Oren Samet & Leonardo Arriola challenges common assumptions, shows FB users in #Myanmar are more tolerant of diversity. Social media can be a bad tool but more nuance is needed: doi.org/10.1080/105846…

My words of farewell as EIC of Africa Spectrum reflecting on improving quality, access and voice in #AfricanStudies: doi.org/10.1177/000203… "Knowledge [...] lives and breathes with those who share and receive it, and those who use it to induce change" a 🧵 Akosua Adomako Ampofo #StopGalamseyNow

New online @CPS: Leonardo Arriola, Donghyun Danny Choi, @jsteendavis, Melanie L. Phillips PhD & @li63ra on how gender and wealth affects how policymakers view abortion journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

WARA - West African Research Association and the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley are pleased to present the Second West Coast Regional Conference on West Africa on Monday, 10 June and Tuesday, 11 June. Registration link: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #WestCoastWARA2024 #UCBAfrica