Rachel M Gisselquist (@rgisselquist) 's Twitter Profile
Rachel M Gisselquist

@rgisselquist

Professor in Governance and Development; Director of @GSDRC - @iddbirmingham @unibirmingham. Formerly @UNUWIDER

Moved to @rgisselquist.bsky.social

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linkhttps://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/gisselquist-rachel calendar_today04-12-2012 15:05:00

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Andreas Fuchs (@fuchs_andreas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

APPLY NOW FOR POSTDOC: We invite applications for the 4th postdoc cohort of the Stephan Klasen Fellowship that honors Stephan's commitment to support young researchers from the Global South. More at uni-goettingen.de/klasen-fellows… @wiwiunigoe Uni Göttingen GLAD #KlasenFellowship

APPLY NOW FOR POSTDOC: We invite applications for the 4th postdoc cohort of the Stephan Klasen Fellowship that honors Stephan's commitment to support young researchers from the Global South. More at uni-goettingen.de/klasen-fellows… @wiwiunigoe <a href="/uniGoettingen/">Uni Göttingen</a> <a href="/glad_1723/">GLAD</a> #KlasenFellowship
African Cities Research Consortium (@africancities_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW | Understanding the politics of informal settlements 📄 Literature on the politics of development in #AfricanCities has advanced in recent years, highlighting how democratisation, clientelism and ethnicity shape prospects for development within specific urban contexts.

NEW | Understanding the politics of informal settlements

📄 Literature on the politics of development in #AfricanCities has advanced in recent years, highlighting how democratisation, clientelism and ethnicity shape prospects for development within specific urban contexts.
Wendy Pearlman (@wendy_pearlman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💥💥Call for papers!!💥💥 Perspectives on Politics seeks articles for a special issue titled "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY." With guest editors Anja Neundorf Robert A. Pape & Nicholas Tampio. Spread the word & submit your work! APSA Details here: 👉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

💥💥Call for papers!!💥💥
<a href="/PoPpublicsphere/">Perspectives on Politics</a> seeks articles for a special issue titled "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE UNIVERSITY."  With guest editors <a href="/AnjaNeundorf/">Anja Neundorf</a> <a href="/ProfessorPape/">Robert A. Pape</a> &amp; <a href="/NTampio/">Nicholas Tampio</a>. Spread the word &amp; submit your work! <a href="/APSAtweets/">APSA</a>
Details here: 👉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Harvard Inequality | HKS Stone Program (@inequalityhks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stone Visiting Scholar applications for 2025-2026 are due today by 11:59PM EST. This fellowship funds a year at HKS for faculty researching topics related to wealth distribution, inequality, and social policy. More information & application instructions: inequality.hks.harvard.edu/visiting-schol…

Alexander Kustov (@akoustov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My book, In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular, now has a cover and publication date of March 25, 2025, with praise from W. Cornelius, Bryan Caplan, Dan Hopkins, and Zeke Hernandez. It is time to make immigration popular. Let's go! cup.columbia.edu/book/in-our-in…

My book, In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular, now has a cover and publication date of March 25, 2025, with praise from W. Cornelius, <a href="/bryan_caplan/">Bryan Caplan</a>, <a href="/dhopkins1776/">Dan Hopkins</a>, and <a href="/profzeke/">Zeke Hernandez</a>.

It is time to make immigration popular. Let's go!

cup.columbia.edu/book/in-our-in…
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join our growing development economics group at Oxford! We are hiring an Associate Professor of Development Economics. econjobmarket.org/positions/11116

International Development Department (@iddbirmingham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Happening today! Join the IDD Seminar Series at 12 noon to hear Tom Goodfellow discuss findings from two research projects on comparative politics in urban Africa Details below👇

Gabi Kruks-Wisner (@gabikw.bsky.social) (@gabi_kw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A true pleasure, as always, to talks with the amazing Ellen M Lust about this new work on the comparative politics of claim-making with @w_k_taylor and Janice Gallagher! Have a listen if you can!

Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics One Ass. Professor Three Post-Docs One Pre-doc One Research Manager csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics

One Ass. Professor
Three Post-Docs
One  Pre-doc
One Research Manager

csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
UNU-WIDER (@unuwider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear billionaire, are you wondering what to do with all your extra money? Read this blog for ways to impact the world for good! 👉 go.unu.edu/ttUKJ With views from our experts @andypsumner @kallehi kunal sen Rachel M Gisselquist

Dear billionaire, are you wondering what to do with all your extra money? Read this blog for ways to impact the world for good!  👉 go.unu.edu/ttUKJ

 With views from our experts @andypsumner @kallehi <a href="/kunalsen5/">kunal sen</a> <a href="/RGisselquist/">Rachel M Gisselquist</a>
Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social (@robert_a_blair) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Still accepting applications to work with me as a postdoc next year. Remote work possible. Will review files beginning in Jan. Pls apply / share apply.interfolio.com/142214

GSDRC (@gsdrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣New Blog📣 Is state capture coming to the United States? In this new blog post, Zenobia Ismail discusses how Americas can learn to recognise state capture from the experiences of other countries. Read the blog here 👉gsdrc.org/is-state-captu… Rachel M Gisselquist

African Cities Research Consortium (@africancities_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In this report, michael danquah, kunal sen and Rachel M Gisselquist present a cross-city analysis of the spatial distribution of economic activities, as well as the drivers and constraints of structural transformation, in Accra, Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Harare, Lagos and Nairobi.

UNU-WIDER (@unuwider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New #OpenAccess book out now! How States Respond to Crisis reveals how state capacity, authority & legitimacy influenced outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic with 7 in-depth case studies from the Global South. 🔗 go.unu.edu/DhF08 Rachel M Gisselquist Andrea Vaccaro Oxford Academic

UNU-WIDER (@unuwider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📖Why did some states manage the COVID-19 crisis better than others? Our book, How States Respond to Crisis, explores how state capacity, authority and legitimacy shaped pandemic responses and outcomes in the Global South. ➡️ go.unu.edu/DhF08 Andrea Vaccaro Rachel M Gisselquist

📖Why did some states manage the COVID-19 crisis better than others?
 
Our book, How States Respond to Crisis, explores how state capacity, authority and legitimacy shaped pandemic responses and outcomes in the Global South. 
 
➡️ go.unu.edu/DhF08 <a href="/anvaccaro/">Andrea Vaccaro</a> <a href="/RGisselquist/">Rachel M Gisselquist</a>