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Upcoming Democratic Erosion Consortium roundtable on election-related misinfo in the US. Join us!

I'll shut up after this, but despite some improvement of late, political science continues to have a big issue with the study of right-wing politics. It's still being treated as a pathology by default, which means that there are huge blind spots in the literature.

I'm just glad to hear your pet theory of the election was vindicated, congratulations

Global South countries have more choice of #globaldev partners than ever before. What do they prioritize? Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social, Phil Roessler & I ran a survey #experiment to observe how elites respond to project offers with varying conditions. Learn more here: bit.ly/aid_curse_expe…

What do elites want from the foreign aid they receive? Conjoint experiment in 141 countries w/ Samantha Custer and Phil Roessler, now online AJPS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Great work by Samantha Custer, Philip Roessler, and Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social in AJPS -- surprising results on whether elites in developing countries prefer #China vs other donors. And whether they like #transparency. AidData, PEIO/RIO, IATI, Deborah Brautigam, Eric Olander

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

New Trending Globally #podcast: The surprising causes and effects of democratic erosion — Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social discusses the nuanced reality of democratic erosion in the U.S. and globally, exploring its causes, signs, and potential solutions. ow.ly/zZtI50Up6Iq

Incredible discussion at yesterday's panel co-hosted by National Democratic Institute. Thank you to Tamara Cofman Wittes Tamara Wittes, Tom Carothers Carnegie Endowment, Danny Choi Donghyun Danny Choi, Agustina Giraudy Agustina Giraudy, and all who joined to explore 2025 global trends for resisting democratic erosion!

Please submit your papers for the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE), scheduled for May 16, 2025, Brown University with the generous support of Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Submission deadline: March 28, 2025 Link: forms.gle/vTGSfp4kEpuJWi…

Over the last decade, there has been a lot of great research on perceptions of foreign aid in aid receiving countries. Here is a 🧵with some relevant references on foreign aid and soft power.

My paper with Erica De Bruin Gabriella Levy & Livia I. Schubiger, "Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia," has been published online at American Political Science Review. A 🧵on our paper.

Over 100 scholars of foreign assistance have signed a letter to Congress expressing our grave concerns about the closure of USAID and the current discourse surrounding U.S. foreign aid (docs.google.com/document/d/1wa…). The letter will be delivered on Thursday.

"The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research. Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully to protect their rights." — President Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic. bit.ly/4iDZ2Fx

The deadline for submission of papers to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) is March 28 (Friday). Please consider applying! Mai Hassan Noah Nathan Evan Lieberman Pia Raffler Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social

1/ Why do citizens support military policing—a common security policy—even when it doesn’t reduce crime? In our new AJPS paper, we experimentally evaluate the effect of military policing on citizen attitudes. Thread. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

DEC’s PS article “An Events-Based Approach to Understanding Democratic Erosion” highlighting our DEED Dataset is now featured in APSA’ new collection: Why Political Science? The Science of Democracy. Check it out here: apsanet.org/why-political-…

Planning to teach on democracy next AY? Join as a Faculty Affiliate to access our cross-university Democratic Erosion syllabus and materials (you can use 1 week or all). We also support cross-university assignments. New version launching this fall! democratic-erosion.org/teaching/teach…