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We conduct a conjoint experiment and find that Americans exhibit a substantively small but statistically significant preference against immigrants posited to move into their neighborhood.

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Political scientists are active in politics, but primarily in ways that share research findings and tend to avoid visible partisan politics.

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A quantitative-forward approach to political science is popular & one that many believe would provide value for students. Djupe and Williams describe such a program that front-loads research methods.

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'Where You Earn Your PhD Matters ' by Benjamin Jepson and Pete Hatemi was the most-downloaded @pspolisci.bsky.social paper in August 2025.

You can read it #OpenAccess here - https://cup.org/46ByAYJ

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"The main idea is to provide the big picture while enabling students to zoom in and see any details they wish, with nothing omitted, and then zooming back out to understand the context."

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This study examines how Japan’s graying influences immigration attitudes–offering insight the country’s unique stance on immigration and the political future of aging Western democracies.

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#APSA2025 - you can find a list of PoliSci & IR journals published by Cambridge University Press that have a presence on Bluesky here -

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Including @apsrjournal.bsky.social @pspolisci.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social & more

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Guess what, political scientists? Small assignments that engage students in politics boost their confidence in their ability to influence the political process!

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Get your APSA snapshot! 📸 Stop by the meeting registration area in the VCC to grab an #APSA2025 photo with your colleagues using the APSA meeting step and repeat!

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Political science interns face secondary traumatic stress (STS) from their fieldwork. This study reveals its prevalence and highlights the need for better support to protect students' well-being.

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Safe travels to everyone traveling #APSA2025 today. If you have not yet submitted to APSA Preprints and would like to circulate your work with others, please take a moment and do so: preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

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"This article presents the first assessment of OSP in the field of DI research from 1970 to 2021 (N=6,384). The only prevalent OSP that we found was the publication of results in OA journals."

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Conflating Lobbying and PACs: The Surprisingly Low Overlap in Organizational Lobbying and Campaign Expenditures Alexander C. Furnas, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA Timothy M. LaPira, James Madison University, USA Clare Brock, Colorado State University, USA ABSTRACT This article investigates whether campaign contributions and lobbying are com- plementary, substitutive, or distinct forms of organizational political engagement. Our study reveals minimal overlap between organizations that engage in lobbying and those that make campaign contributions despite the perception that these activities are interchangeable forms of “money in politics.” Using comprehensive contribution and lobbying report data from 1998 to 2018, we find that most politically active organizations focus exclusively on either lobbying or making campaign contributions. Only a small percentage of organizations engage in both activities. This finding challenges the assumption that these forms of political activity are inherently linked. The majority of organizations engaged in political activity do so exclusively through lobbying. However, the top lobbying groups spend the most money and almost always have affiliated political action committees (PACs). Most lobbying money is spent by a small number of big spenders—organizations that also have affiliated PACs. Organizations that both lobby and make campaign contributions tend to be well resourced and rare.

Excited to see my new paper "Conflating Lobbying and PACs: The Surprisingly Low Overlap in Organizational Lobbying and Campaign Expenditures" with @timlapira.bsky.social and @clarebrock.bsky.social out at @pspolisci.bsky.social!

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"This article presents the first assessment of OSP in the field of DI research from 1970 to 2021 (N=6,384). The only prevalent OSP that we found was the publication of results in OA journals."

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This article presents findings on how political science students view their own experience of SoTL research led by their instructors, and the ethical issues that arise from that participation.

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#APSA2025 papers are rolling in! Make sure to submit your paper, poster, or presentation to APSA Preprints and peruse the papers already submitted. #polisky

Sharing my latest article titled "The Study of Agency in Africa–China Relations: The Case for Typologies" published in PS: Political science and Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social as part of a symposium Rethinking China–Africa Engagements in the Age of Discontent
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Are you a grad student presenting at APSA 2025?! Don't forget to upload your paper to Preprints, get a DOI, become citable, and upload new versions as you go.

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"Relying on multiple research methods extends the use of surveys so that the political experiences & attitudes of marginalized people are not truncated by the available
response options & structural frameworks of the methods."

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It's challenging to motivate young adult civic engagement. William O'Brochta uses experimental and qualitative evidence to show that emphasizing social benefits of engagement can help.

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"Our study is divided into detailed examinations of the utility of GPT for various datacollection tasks. In these examples, GPT’s applications demonstrate its versatility in handling increasingly complex information tasks"

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Applications of GPT in Political Science Research: Extracting Information from Unstructured Text - cup.org/4n6gWTB

- Kyuwon Lee, @simonepaci.bsky.social, Jeongmin Park, Hye Young You & Sylvan Zheng

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"…we present a predation index in political science based on a clear operational definition & coding, thereby providing a tool that every scholar can use to protect the integrity of the
publishing process & their own work."

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In this article, Cuzan completes a general path of incumbency that was partially traced by Cuzán and Heggen’s “cruise and crash” model of the cost of ruling.

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Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously By Edward F. Kammerer Jr., Idaho State University, Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College and Brian F. Harrison, Center for American Political Engagement Drag has a long history in the LGBTQ community as a means of political engagement, activism, protest, and community building. Today, drag is popular in the LGBTQ community and in the rest of society.

Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously

Politics Should Be a Drag: Why Political Science Needs to Take Drag Seriously By Edward F. Kammerer Jr., Idaho State University, Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College and Brian F. Harrison, Center for American Political…

#SurveyReminder for Political Science Graduate Students!⏰ The APSA Research Department, in collaboration with the Graduate Student Committee, is conducting a survey to better understand the experiences and challenges faced today. Check your inbox today! #polisky #gradstudents