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How do dictators manage elites to prepare for succession? In a new World Politics article, Peter Ward, 워드 피터，皮得 and I examine this question using quantitative & qualitative data on North Korea: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 🧵 about the article & related work. 1/12

Thrilled that the special issue in POQ on Global Trust in Elections, edited by Michael Wahman Bridgett King and myself, is now available: academic.oup.com/poq/issue/88/SI

For an overview of the SI contents see the introductory essay by Michael Wahman Bridgett King Nicholas Kerr: academic.oup.com/poq/article-ab…

Evan Lieberman & Sarah Lockwood consider whether financial incentives increase participation in surveys. They find that material incentives depress response rates overall but also find some heterogeneity in estimated effects by political party in South Africa. doi.org/10.1177/205316…

Yet another shameless plug for this fantastic collection of work on trust in elections, including my and Kyle Saunders's piece on the consequences of election trust + ideology on non-voting participation in 2020. POQ's largest special issue to date! doi.org/10.1093/poq/nf…

I am honored and humbled to receive the biennial ASAUK Best Thesis Prize - an award for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies successfully examined in a UK University from 2022-2024. Queen Mary Politics and IR

Very nice write-up by Nieman Lab on our new special issue on global trust in elections featured in Public Opinion Quarterly (aapor) Camila Mont’Alverne Amy Ross Arguedas Benjamin Toff Rens Vliegenthart Carolien van Ham Sanne Kruikemeier @KristofJacobs1 Yiming Wang Porismita borah Nicholas Kerr Bridgett King

In first-view AJPS, Elizabeth Sperber O'Brien Kaaba + I examine the impact of different digital civic education courses on youth pol participation in Zambia. Our partners eg Council of Churches in Zambia Caritas Zambia CCMG Zambia and we were interested in whether… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Excellent article, and really looking forward to seeing the entire issue : ) Thrilled that Niloufer Siddiqui and I are part of it! Big thanks to Dr Christine Cheng 鄭穎茵 and Chris Day for co-editing. Our paper is here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I'd like to recommend @aditimalik_'s extraordinary new book on parties and election violence in India and Kenya. She and I will share a book roundtable at APSA this Thursday at 8 am. We have some fantastic discussants, too: Yonatan Morse, S. Birch, A. Pitcher, and I. Nooruudin

Welcome to APSA 2024 conference! We are kicking off our presentations with Dr. Michael Wahman at 8 a.m.who will discuss his book in Frankin 4. Don't miss it! tinyurl.com/2ycylltj #MSUSocialScience #YesPLS

Meet our MSU PLS PhDs on the market! We will be featuring them here. First is Alejandra López Villegas who is completing her doctoral degree in Comparative Politics & Research Methods. Learn more here: polisci.msu.edu/graduate/hire-… #MSUSocialScience #YesPLS

Congratulations to Nikolaos Frantzeskakis for winning this well-deserved award for his fabulous dissertation on parliamentary representation in Africa. We have great students at MSU!

Come work with me at Michigan State! We're hiring someone who can contribute to our law curriculum - which could include courts, human rights, judicial elections, international law, civil rights and civil liberties, etc. Tenure track, any subfield. careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5195…

This is such an excellent book, and can’t recommend it enough. Electoral Commissions are so important in African elections and this is the definitive account.

Nominations for the Liphart/Przeworski/Verba Best Dataset Award is open. Consider (self)nominating an exceptional dataset (by March 1). We hope for a diverse set of nominations across the field of Comparative Politics. Dr. Zeynep Somer-Topcu Jose Antonio Cheibub APSA apsanet.org/membership/org…

Congratulations to PhD candidate Alejandra López Villegas! She has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Lake Forest College starting next fall. We are so proud of you! #MSUSocialScience #YesPLS

Join us for a critical policy roundtable: "What is Next for Syria? Challenges and Opportunities" Date: February 5, 2025 Time: 16:00 CET Platform: Zoom (No registration required) Speakers: - @MarwaDaoudy - Aziz Hallaj - ezra karmel Moderator: Ellen M Lust gu-se.zoom.us/j/65384004970?…

A new blogpost on our recent article in JOP.

Thank you, Paige, for your generous and thoughtful review!