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Thrilled to see this paper with @NeilKetchley and Jeroen Gunning in FirstView at Journal of Peace Research. Using the 1977 Egyptian Bread Intifada, we demonstrate how labour market segmentation shaped mobilisation against austerity. You can find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Our Emory Political Science doctoral candidates are researching and publishing SOLO like mad! Note: Yumin is entering the 2023-24 academic job market. Subfields: CP & Political Methods, focusing on Asia, particularly 🇨🇳. Y’all will be fools to not fly him out if he applies for your jobs!

Would the rich pay more in tax if public opinion decided? My new article "Taxing the 1 per cent: Public Opinion vs Public Policy" is now available in FirstView at British Jnl Poli Sci. (cambridge.org/core/journals/…). Here's a thread 🧵 on the main findings

Our CPRP Fall schedule is all set. Hope to see you in one of these exciting talks in the fall.

Thank you Chinese Politics Research in Progress for inviting me to present my research! It was great to see again Yujeong Yang and @PaulSchuler10, who saw the project idea started and evolving from the very beginning :D

Why do some authoritarian regimes contribute more to climate change than others? I examine this question in a new article in Perspectives on Politics : doi.org/10.1017/S15375…

NEW - The Demand Side of Democratic Backsliding: How Divergent Understandings of Democracy Shape Political Choice - cup.org/3FJESvm - Natasha Wunsch, Marc S. Jacob & Laurenz Derksen #OpenAccess

🚨Why do masses support democratic backsliding?🚨 A new AJPS paper with Yotam Margalit, Lior Sheffer and Itamar Yakir explores this question in the Israeli context. Our findings emphasize the role of leader attachment and affective polarization. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

After five years from the first draft, my job market paper is finally forthcoming World Politics. I greatly appreciate all who helped and commented. I hope it offers something to those interested in transparency, institution development, authoritarianism, or contentious politics.

Thrilled to see our work out in Journal of Politics! We theorize how autocrats use redistributive messaging to claim democratic legitimacy—and show it can shape public opinion. Grateful for the journey with @eddySFYeung and the support we received throughout.

In December 2022, Chinese official propaganda on COVID policy made a sharp U-turn. How did these contradictory messages from the policy shift impact citizens’ perceptions? We find "soft" ones lost persuasiveness while "hard" ones more strongly deterred protests. PSRM Journal