A reminder that if you have any undergrads interested in PhDs in the social sciences, please let them know about our summer internship opportunity at MIT Global Diversity Lab MITPoliticalScience! Our application deadline for US-based students is January 16 and more details are ⬇️ Ariel White

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Who Gets Hired? Political Patronage and Bureaucratic Favoritism - cup.org/3SvmY3o - @maiohassan, Horacio Larreguy & Stuart Russell #FirstView

Really happy to share this article about how civilians weigh their (bad) options when facing political violence. I hope you will consider reading it, citing it in your work, or assigning it to your students. I'd be very grateful. Here's a medium-long thread on the main ideas🧵

I’m excited to be joining Yale’s polisci department as an Assistant Prof in 2025, after a year at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs! Very grateful for these opportunities and to communities, friends, and mentors MITPoliticalScience, in Jordan, and elsewhere 🙏 x.com/lab_diversity/…

Senegal's Const. Court ruled unconstitutional Sall's attempt to postpone election👍🤞 Public law scholar Alioune Ngom & I explain why & how we got there in op-ed Libération. Adrienne LeBas kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) Rachel Beatty Riedl Leonard Wantchekon Sebastian Elischer Leonardo A. Villalon Professor Landry Signé

Interested in leveraging data to transform the machinery of government? Apply to become a World Bank #GovernmentAnalytics Fellow. We will teach you the 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 and help you apply it in your government. youtube.com/watch?v=FyXwOE…

In an article published in American Political Science Review, MIT-Africa faculty director Mai Hassan writes about how dissidents mobilizing against a repressive regime benefit from using public information for tactical coordination but also alerts the regime of their plans. ow.ly/HMcE50QRggU

Mai Hassan, Horacio Larreguy, & Stuart Russell examine biases present in public sector hiring & their explanations. Using Kenyan payroll data, they find evidence of both patronage & bureaucratic favoritism, with variation in bias based on job. #APSRFirstView cambridge.org/core/journals/…

In an article published in American Political Science Review, Mai Hassan writes about how dissidents mobilizing against a repressive regime benefit from using public information for tactical coordination but also alerts the regime of their plans. ow.ly/HMcE50QRggU

SENEGAL RULING COALITION CANDIDATE BA CONGRATULATES RIVAL FAYE FOR WINNING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FIRST ROUND OF VOTING Reuters #Senegal

📢Join us for the #PublicAdministration Global Forum: Transforming Governments for a Livable Planet, 🪐hosted by World Bank's Public Administration Reform Global Program under World Bank Gov! 🗓️TUE, May 28, 2024 📍 World Bank HQ Register here: wrld.bg/TMtJ50RezQW

Interested in learning how to leverage data to strengthen public administration? Join us at the #PublicAdministration Global Forum hosted by World Bank Gov for the official launch of the Government Analytics Handbook! 📘Download a copy here: wrld.bg/k7Gx50REQO8

PoliSci PhDs! Front Row: Nicole Wilson, Apekshya Prasai, Chloe Wittenberg, Matias Giannoni,  Rorisang Lekalake, Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, John Munich Back: Adam Kaplan, Jasmine English, Nasir Almasri, Stuart Russell, Zachary Markovich, Peter Cummings, Jacob Jaffe MIT Commencement

Mission Driven Bureaucrats is (finally) out a month from today! More on the book at danhonig.info/missiondrivenb…, including preorder links (Amazon etc. ) - 20 GBP/30USD on Amazon, or 30% off with discount code below/link on site 👇👇👇

New article with Melina Platas published #openaccess Comparative Political Studies: “National Identity and Democracy Ratings” journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… - here's a short🧵with some of our findings 1/

Very excited for this MIT Center for International Studies webinar on #southafricaelections!

The unit I work with is hosting a conference on public institutions, particularly the ones that shape the private sector (procurement, regulation, subsidies, taxation, etc). Karthik Muralidharan and Rema Hanna giving keynotes. Submissions due Oct 31st. worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

How do we make public services better?? Often, by recognizing the many bureaucrats who want to do good work, empowering, and supporting them. #MissionDrivenBureaucrats is out today**!! 🧵 👇

In time for summer reading season, Robert Christensen reviews our 'Government Analytics Handbook' in PA Journal and calls it "a way to move government analytics from the Information Age to the Digital Age." Free book download: worldbank.org/governmentanal…. Review: doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…