[STCI: ] I've just released a new chapter in my online textbook on Causal Inference on Placebo Tests chabefer.github.io/STCI/Placebo.h… One cool novelty is that I propose a test for the validity of matching that is the reverse of the one proposed by guido imbens and Jeffrey Wooldridge 1/n

Another paper on anti-China protests w/ Yujeong Yang Do Young Gong @shen_shuyuan now out World Development We explain variation in anti-China protests worldwide. We find greater effects of China's FDI on protests, esp in less competitive countries. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join us next Monday noon for Seung-Uk Huh (UIUC)'s presentation on his co-authored work, “Failed Coup Attempts and Fading Foreign Direct Investment in the Extractive Sector”! Yue Lin (UC, Berkeley) will moderate. DM for the Zoom link.

I'm presenting my paper on rebel leader's exile. Using a new dataset, it talks about when & where rebel leaders seek exile and how int'l justice regime is changing the landscape. Thanks Junior IO Scholars Workshop for the great opportunity, and Reyko Huang for serving as a discussant!

Thank you, MPSA, for awarding me the Harrell Rodgers Travel Scholarship!

What should you do if your research hypothesis also is the null hypothesis? Had this question come up in a recent R&R with a coauthor. I thought I'd write a little post about it (with #rstats code). milesdwilliams15.github.io/methods/statis…

🚨 New dataset alert 🚨 One PhD and two post-docs later, I have completed a global dataset of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs (1980-2020). Here are some data features and findings: 🧵 osf.io/6b385

Editor Jeff D'Alessio of the News Gazette, asked a half-dozen U of I Dept of Poli Sci profs: What’s your level of confidence that Tuesday will go smoothly and we’ll know by the end of Wednesday who’ll be sitting in the Oval Office come January 2025? buff.ly/3YBCJYn

Since 1945, there have been 352 attempted coups, 205 conspiracies, and 443 successful coups globally, and we're still counting. We have one of the largest global registries in the world, and we continue to monitor these political events. Learn more here: buff.ly/3Nm6OG8

I wrote a little something on post-coup politics. In short, more troubling than the military coups themselves is what happens next. In contrast to previous decades, soldiers no longer feel the need to even go through the motions of exiting politics. theconversation.com/gabons-coup-le…

Thank you to Do Young Gong, Alesha Lewis, and Matt Mettler from the University of Illinois for joining us in our graduate student exchange! We're grateful for the opportunity to hear about your research and engage in meaningful discussions. #RooneyCenter #GradStudentExchange

I received the Schroeder Fellowship this summer from Cline Center! clinecenter.illinois.edu/get-involved/S…

The Cline Center is pleased to announce the Cline Center’s 2024 Schroeder Summer Fellowships. Congrats to Larissa Migotto Brandolt (Larissa Migotto) and Do Young Gong (Do Young Gong)! To read about their interesting projects visit: buff.ly/kej5XQJ

Thanks to all the organizing members who generously devoted their time and energy to making the workshops happen this semester! Wishing everyone all the best moving forward! Sky Kunkel (they/them) Myung Jung Kim Jeffery Shih-Chieh Wang Nila Zarepour-Arizi Do Young Gong Anne Della Guardia

Want to easily scrape data from news media sites? There's an R package for that! paperboy "paperboy offers writers of web scraping scripts a clear path to publish their code and earn co-authorship on the package, while promising users to deliver news media data from many

Just finished two incredible weeks at IQMR! It was an intellectually stimulating and rewarding experience. I’m especially grateful for the generous funding support from IQMR that made my participation possible. #iqmr2025

Master’s in Applied Statistics — done!

🚀Call for New Organizing Members!🚀 Are you passionate about International Organizations #IntlOrgs? Join us in shaping the future of the Jr. IO Workshop—apply now! 🗓️ Deadline: July 22 forms.gle/Fjm6LxiTfmsGVN…

📢 Call for Presenters! The Jr. IO Scholars Workshop (Fall 2025) is now accepting submissions from grad students, postdocs & junior faculty. Work on IOs, international law, and policies? Submit by Aug 13! 🔗 mailchi.mp/e4f639a2bb0c/c… #IntlOrgs