Excited that "Coercive Legacies: From Rebel Governance to Authoritarian Control" is finally out with an *issue number* Journal of Politics @[email protected]! 🙂 Access the article here: doi.org/10.1086/729947 + thread on the paper/argument below.

Submission deadline is Sept 13! An amazing venue to present work and receive feedback, especially for junior scholars/job market candidates etc.

Excited that my new book with Danny Hill, "Positioning Women in Conflict Studies: How Women's Status Affects Political Violence, is out with Oxford University Press news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0… If you assign chapters, Danny and I are happy to do guest lectures!

Universal pre-K is more cost-effective as a childcare device than as an educational intervention . Evidence based on lottery.

My only hot take about this year’s Economics Nobel is that everyone talks about big game about institutions yet the field of international development remains inherently anti-institutionalist, with most interventions designed to circumvent and/or undermine institutions.

This nice The New Yorker piece on Radio Campesina tells us that for some ethnic media it’s all about civic engagement My work AJPS shows quantitative evidence of this dynamic: entry of UK ethnic radio increases immigrant turnout in local elections onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Do you want to see how much the margin in a pre-election poll can vary based on "reasonable" decisions by a pollster? Check this out: disq.us/t/4rd8rfy

A quick blog post for my recent article on the long run legacies of rebel governance! Thanks Journal of Politics @[email protected] for the opportunity to share. Full article here: doi.org/10.1086/729947

Excited to share findings from Tariq Thachil and my citizens survey on air pollution with colleagues Duke Center for International Development.

ESOC will host its first Asia meeting in Taipei 2-4 June, 2025. Please send in proposals here! forms.gle/tp1U8Y6HrTFKW9… We welcome submissions on topics related to conflict, broadly defined, from political science, economics and adjacent disciplines.

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe today with Cambridge University Press - Politics! 🎉🎉🎉 📚[Amazon link: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] Every year, millions are displaced by war, repression, disasters, and climate change. My book shows that

I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton University Press) had such a strong 1st week! What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n

As we witness the extraordinary events in Syria, I recommend reading work by Shelley Liu on what happens when rebels take power after civil war. She highlights how wartime experiences shape post-war patterns of governance 👇🏽 dukespace.lib.duke.edu/server/api/cor…

In the Peace Lab component of the Intro to Peace & Conflict Resolution course, taught by Shelley Liu, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill grad students draw on their lived experiences, local contexts and professional work to develop peacebuilding innovations. 🔗dcid.sanford.duke.edu/news/power-con…

🚨 Call for Proposals! 🚨 Seeking junior scholars of conflict & violence for a multi-method mini-conference: ✨ March 21-22 @ FSU ✨ $1,250 honorarium ✨ Eligibility: <3 yrs tenure track 📄 Full CfP: bit.ly/M2C2-CfP 📅 Apply by Jan 10: bit.ly/M2C2-Submit

I'm excited to now be a co-editor in the Cornell University Press Studies in Security Affairs book series, joining a great team of Alex Downes, Austin Carson, @ProfSaunders, & ProfTalmadge. We will be holding a panel on the series at the ISA conference in a couple of weeks:

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Sustaining Exposure to Fact-Checks: Misinformation Discernment, Media Consumption, and Its Political Implications - cup.org/432PvTG - JEREMY BOWLES, KEVIN CROKE, Horacio Larreguy, Shelley Liu & JOHN MARSHALL #FirstView

Just published on APSR First View: "Sustaining Exposure to Fact-Checks: Misinformation Discernment, Media Consumption, and Its Political Implications" by Jeremy Bowles, Kevin Croke, Horacio Larreguy, Shelley Liu, and John Marshall. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🧵 How do criminal organizations expand to strong states? My paper in Journal of Politics @[email protected] explains how mafias successfully moved to Northern Italy—by striking deals with local actors and exploiting migrant labor. Thread: ⬇️

After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field. I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with an overview of many essential contributions to this growing field. (1/4)