Ashley Leeds

@ricepolisci.bsky.social lost a giant last week. I was lucky enough to work with Bob for 24 years. His deep belief in the power of research to make better policy, and his commitment to involve students in community engaged research will inspire me forever. news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Fall 2025
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Aug 14

Application below:

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Michelle, this means so much to me. ❤️❤️❤️

Today is my last day as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rice University. Academic leadership is about helping good people do good things. It has been my honor and privilege to support our faculty and students over the last ten years. Welcome to Guillermo Rosas who starts tomorrow!

So proud of these students! The next phases of their careers take them to Arizona State University, Wesleyan University, San Diego State University, Universidad de los Andes, and Russell Reynolds.

Erik has had an amazing research impact already, and he is just getting started. I am so honored to work with this remarkable scholar and mentor.

It's wonderful to see our amazing faculty recognized for the investment they make in our students. Libby makes such a difference in providing our students with opportunities to do community engaged research and learning and guiding them through the process.

This is a very well deserved award. Congratulations, Randy!

How should scholars of international politics think about the future of IR in the midst of important shifts in global politics?

We're seeking submissions -- limited to 4,000 words -- for a special section on the future of IR, due June 15, 2025.

Please share!

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I’m so sorry. This is terribly sad.

I gave! I hope @ricepolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. alums will help pay it forward by supporting the current students. The association is extremely well organized and managed, and they are using the funds in very positive ways.

Great to see this out! This review is important for IR scholars as well— under what conditions do women lead and what are the implications of that leadership? Highly recommend!

Know anyone who works on public law, Constitutional law, or political thought and is interested in a career focused on teaching, curriculum development, and advising? @ricepolisci.bsky.social is hiring-- this is a career, promotable track with a focus on teaching and service.

I highly recommend this new JCR article by @ricepolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. student @connerjoyce.bsky.social. It uses a creative empirical strategy to evaluate whether states can control non-state hackers operating from their territory if incentivized to do so-- key to international cooperation.

Women in Conflict Studies will be hosting a reception on Sunday night at the upcoming ISA meeting. Further information is in the ISA conference program. I hope to see many of my WICS colleagues there!

If you are interested in keeping up with the Rice political science department, follow us here at @ricepolisci.bsky.social

Alliances and Civil War Intervention Abstract. Governments have a number of structural advantages over rebel groups in civil wars, one of which is their greater ability to make credible intern

New article with Jesse Johnson and Burcu Savun published online at ISQ. The article advances our understanding of how governments use international security policy to maintain power domestically and how alliances impact civil wars. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...

Thanks to @goodauth.bsky.social for inviting me to write an explainer about U.S. alliances. The whole series is a great resource for syllabi!

Now on #FirstView: Racial Tropes in the Foreign Policy Bureaucracy: A Computational Text Analysis, by @carsonaust.bsky.social, @ericmin.bsky.social and Maya Van Nuys.

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How do contemporary Chinese IR scholars understand international order?

In this #FirstView article, Haoming Xiong, David A. Peterson
and Bear F. Braumoeller compare four modern Chinese IR theories with conventional paradigms.

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Hey polisky-- @iojournal.bsky.social is now accepting "essays" in addition to research articles and research notes. Read more on the website linked here ⬇️

2 days until the March 31 deadline to apply for feedback on a paper at the IO Editorial Cafe, held virtually May 20. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Apply here for the IO Editorial Cafe, this year held virtually! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reference lists are no longer included in the word count at
@iojournal.bsky.social. Our word limits remain generous at 14k for articles and 8k for notes. We want authors to be inclusive in their citation practices and to cite all relevant work. Pass the word!

The Department of Political Science at Rice University has joined us here! polisky

If you haven't read Ayse Zarakol's work, you are missing out. Her @iojournal.bsky.social articles are ungated through the end of the year in honor of this major national award. See links in the thread below. Congratulations, @aysezarakol.bsky.social!

We look forward to answering your questions about publishing in IO at our Ask the Editors session tomorrow. Please join us! (Registration link below.)

Book Talk: Why U.S. Foreign Policy Is More Consistent Than Is Generally Assumed - IGCC The United States has experienced striking changes in leadership in recent years. From Obama to Trump to Biden, Americans have elected presidents with vastly different political commitments and bases ...

Check out this UCIGCC interview with @mattesmc.bsky.social on our Cambridge Element "Domestic Interests, Democracy, and Foreign Policy Change." ucigcc.org/podcast/book...

@laynamosley.bsky.social @peterrosendorff.bsky.social and I look forward to answering your questions about @iojournal.bsky.social. Register for our virtual session below!

@iojournal.bsky.social is on Bluesky! Polisky