EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

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Two intense weeks of learning about spatial econometrics have come to an end. Thanks to all the participants for stimulating discussions and sharing your projects, to @muzhou-zhang.bsky.social for brilliantly teaching the second week, and to @essexsummerschool.bsky.social for another top production!

Faculty (UWOFA) Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Aid targeting in post-conflict Nepal - Marco Nicola Binetti, Martin C Steinwand, 2025 This study investigates the political underpinnings of aid allocations during Nepal's post-conflict transition. Were post-conflict aid allocations sensitiv...

Voters supporting non-fighting, disenfranchised Madhesi parties see more social aid inflows, but less of lucrative infrastructure aid.
So? Funders who want to support peace building face real tradeoffs between bringing on board former rebels and empowering distributive politics via elections (2/2).

Aid targeting in post-conflict Nepal - Marco Nicola Binetti, Martin C Steinwand, 2025 This study investigates the political underpinnings of aid allocations during Nepal's post-conflict transition. Were post-conflict aid allocations sensitiv...

New article: Marco Binetti and I investigate political underpinnings of aid allocations in post-conflict Nepal.

Fighting pays-former rebel supporting areas receive more aid, but voters supporting the Maoists in the first post-war election don't (1/2)
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The Essex Summer School's First Session runs July 7-18, both online and in person.

Social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and more!

Learn more here:
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Need support with fieldwork prep? Still time to register for our fieldwork course at the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social

There are still places available in our spatial econometrics class this summer @essexsummerschool.bsky.social. If you want to learn the basics or have data with social/political/geographic dependencies, come join us: essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...

Public Opinion, Identity, and Security in Europe The Centre for Comprehensive European Security at the University of Southampton is pleased to invite paper submissions for an upcoming workshop on Public Opinion, Identity, and Security in Europe. The workshop will take place on June 16 at the University of Southampton. Europe is currently navigating a period marked by significant political upheaval and realignments – both domestically amidst the rising tide of populism and internationally with the second Trump Administration. We invite papers that explore the relationship between identity (broadly defined) and public opinion about European security. Globalisation, energy security, and the rise of a multi-polar world (inter alia) significantly challenge the ability of nation states to meet the aspirations of voters in both domestic and international affairs. Yet, the nation state retains its place as the primary site of political contest and preference aggregation. We seek papers that explore the how this space between expectation and delivery has implications for comprehensive European security.

Funded workshop at Southampton on the topic of "Public Opinion, Identity, and Security in Europe"!

Workshop will be held on June 16. Please submit your proposals/abstract by May 21. (Please help circulate widely!)

Kamil Zwolski, John Denham, and I are the coordinators of this event.

Come to @uniessexgov.bsky.social and the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social. World class trainining in politics and methods, with low tuition, and in an environment that embraces diversity and fosters exchange of ideas 💡

Information for the 2025 Journeys in World Politics workshop: www.saramitchell.org/journeysflye...

Applications due on 5/30 for the workshop held at the U of Iowa on 8/24-8/26. Our senior mentors are Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor, along with Kelly Kadera, Jessica Weeks, Christina Schneider.

This is the signal I have been waiting for. If US treasuries are not a safe haven anymore, we might be witnessing the end of the USD as global reserve currency. Implications for global financial architecture and short-term stability would be massive.

The Foreign Terrorist Organization list was created in 1997. For 24 years, it was only “material support,” like sending money, to an FTO that had legal implications. Verbal support - and I’ve seen no evidence of that in this case - was insufficient, not a crime. Free speech.

Until this year. 1/n

Cool to see @universityofessex.bsky.social Government Department in Top 10 of European Poli Sci departments in most categories. Top 10 globally for "recent impact."

Congrats to 3 great colleagues for being ranked among top scholars! Bohmelt, Ezrow, and Gleditsch

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New publication with Bernhard Reinsberg: Examining the temporal dynamics of donor engagement in multilateral trust funds. We contribute a novel dataset & find support for competitive regime creation & bureaucratic politics theory. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

It was always more precarious than people realize. Even in the 2010s Border Patrol was running random road blocks close to the Canadian border. As non-citizen, if you didn't have your green card on you, they could always detain you with no due process rights.