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Michael Rubin

@rubinmichael.bsky.social

Asst Prof, UConn. Political Science & Human Rights. Researching civil wars, armed conflict, political violence, human rights. Web: http://www.michaelarubin.com/

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We use Iris' Armed Group Dataset, which includes a treasure trove of information on armed groups both above and below conventional thresholds for inclusion in datasets used in the study of civil wars. For more info on the data see the data feature paper:
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

10.04.2024 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Sorry, incorrect link above

10.04.2024 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New piece at ISQ w Iris Malone: "Foreign Sponsorship of Armed Groups and Civil War"
doi.org/10.1093/isq/sq…

Preliminary evidence suggesting armed groups' organizational attributes, rather than foreign support on its own, are critical to explaining civil war risk

10.04.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

That is, @rjschoner.bsky.social . Some day I'll learn how to use this app.

17.01.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us in Dodd 162 on Thurs, January 25 (12:30-1:45pm) for what will be a fascinating event with @rjschoner (@tulane). We'll learn about her research on how victims of human rights abuse engage in UN institutions to pressure repressive govts. Register here:
events.uconn.edu/human-rights...

17.01.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! Not a Mac user but will look into Windows equivalents

21.12.2023 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! This is helpful and useful to know about the tradeoff with privacy. I appreciate these recommendations and will look into it.

21.12.2023 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any polisky friends that do interview based research have recommendations for the best apps or programs for recording and transcribing audio of interviews?

21.12.2023 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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News from Home: How Local Media Shapes Climate Change Attitudes Abstract. Highlighting the local impacts of climate change has the potential to increase the public’s awareness of and engagement with climate change. However,

Thrilled to share my new paper (with Jeong Kim and Cana Kim)! We find the local news is more likely than national news to highlight the local impacts of climate change. And, this coverage increases Republicans’ willingness to help stop climate change!

06.12.2023 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Call for Applications: Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, Postdoctora...

Polisky: please help us spread the word about the Saltzman Institute’s postdoc, and tell your best students to apply!

www.siwps.org/programs/cal...

04.12.2023 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I wrote a thing:

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

26.11.2023 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 29

Thanks, Megan! Hope you're doing well and we have the chance to catch up soon.

21.10.2023 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Seb! Appreciate your interest in the research! Hope to reconnect soon.

20.10.2023 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Conflictsky polisky

20.10.2023 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
They’re Still There, He’s All Gone: American Fatalities in Foreign Wars and Right-Wing Radicaliz... They’re Still There, He’s All Gone: American Fatalities in Foreign Wars and Right-Wing Radicalization at Home

Finally published online in First View at APSR, our paper (with @rickmcalexander.bsky.social and Rob Williams) in which we show a link between right-wing radicalization and Iraq and Afghanistan war fatalities:
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

20.10.2023 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Introducing Conflictsky, a new feed for political conflict and violence!

Like and pin the feed here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...

To post, tag with 'conflictsky' or 'violencesky'

It's a polisky sub-feed, so request to join that list if you haven't already: www.paulmusgrave.info/how-to-use-p...

30.09.2023 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

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