A lack of weather data in Africa is thwarting critical climate research wapo.st/3i3WBPA

🎉And it's (finally) live!🎉 Explore the nearly 3,000 election violence events in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 between 1832-1914 on our interactive map at victorianelectionviolence.uk/interactive-ma… Explore the electoral past of your local area and read about 🗳️🔪🥷. More on the map's functionality in the 🧵👇1/7

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Firefighters launch tense rescue after pet tortoise traps pet dog in underground burrow washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021…

Paris’ crisis in its relations with the countries of the Sahel is much more than a matter of failed counterinsurgency or even so-called nation-building, writes Howard W. French in his weekly column. worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/30225…

At the Bottom of an Icy Sea, One of History’s Great Wrecks Is Found nyti.ms/3CpiKAW

Turkmenistan will soon become the first Central Asian state where the government becomes a family inheritance. buff.ly/3CIcXqp

Teaching about human trafficking today, focusing on measurement & using Richard Frank 's important data article on the HTI dataset, published in International Interactions in 2021. Also includes the finding that foreign troops increase risk of sexual exploitation. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

David Halberstam’s ‘The Best and the Brightest’ at 50 still casts a long shadow washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

Excited to have won the postgraduate paper prize APSA Australia 22. Grateful to my amazing supervisor Richard Frank and the excellent faculty ANU School of Politics & International Relations.

Do open borders create more opportunity for human trafficking, or do they diminish the likelihood that vulnerable individuals are trafficked? Sam Bell & Richard Frank show that regional freedom of foreign movement decreases trafficking flows. doi.org/10.1080/147548…

My new plan B... abc.net.au/everyday/mandy…

Working in Public Policy and/or Public Management, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region (including Australia)? ANU School of Politics & International Relations and ANU Crawford School of Public Policy are hiring for a joint position, level B or C, continuing. Come and join us! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecturer-…

I am very happy to see this with Richard Frank open access Political Behavior

Yesterday, I found out that my PhD thesis passed with no corrections required. I’m extremely grateful to my supervisors (Richard Frank, Ben Goldsmith) for their guidance and the examiners for their insightful comments. Also thanks to everyone who contributed to my journey.

Enjoyed tonight's ANU School of Politics & International Relations roundtable at ourANU unpacking last week's election with Nick Biddle, Ian McAllister, Marija Taflaga, and Pat Leslie. Ballots still being tallied, but the expert analysis is already in full swing! #AusPol

📢A #NewResearchArticle by #ANUExpert Dr. Richard Frank Richard Frank provides new insights into election violence: His meta-analysis of 581 models reveals key predictors and future research ideas related to specific triggers, perpetrators and targets. ℹ️ doi.org/10.1177/002234…