Shengqiao Lin | 林声巧

Since 2020 when I was a PhD student, I’ve been writing short Chinese summaries of academic papers on Weibo—nearly 200 in total. This habit has helped me tremendously. I’ve now compiled these posts into a Notion document titled An Invitation to Political Science.

政治学的邀约 | Notion 从2020年读博期间，到现在准备入职正式成为高校教师，我陆陆续续在不同的微博账号写作学术论文的介绍。这个习惯对我个人帮助很大，但因为很多原因，这些内容很分散，有些链接也已经失效。我把不同平台的内容整合在一起，放下这个文档里继续维护。

从2020年读博期间，到现在准备入职正式成为高校教师，我陆陆续续在微博写作学术论文的介绍，累积大约有两百条。这个习惯对我个人帮助很大。我把这些内容整合在这个Notion文档里，取名《政治学的邀约》。欢迎分享，希望有用。
shengqiaolin.notion.site/8f0e84b28189...

Stack of coins on currency notes.

This paper analyzes how authoritarian governments use selective enforcement of administrative penalties to generate revenue during periods of fiscal stress.
http://spkl.io/63320A89yE
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A lecture series organized by the International Economic Association on the Economic Consequences of Automation and AI. Watch the videos by Pascual Restrepo, David Autor, and Joshua Gans. www.iea-world.org/automation-a...

I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Toronto this fall as an assistant professor. Deeply grateful for the opportunity and for all the support along the way!

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library How does the opposition govern under autocracy? Most authoritarian regimes tolerate some degree of internal opposition, allowing it to contest and even take power. Yet we know little about how such p...

🚨New paper alert! 🚨

What happens when the opposition takes power under authoritarian regimes?

What can Putin-era Russia teach us about how to challenge dictators?

tl/dr: create a credible alternative and fight corruption

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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My latest #ThoughtoftheDayonChina: China's anger over Panama ports sale is a wake-up call for Hong Kong tycoons Reprinted from CNA, Singapore's leading media platform.

I happen to be teaching HK politics this and next weeks. This is a landmark case in state intervention to shape state-business relations in HK by labeling undesirable business activities as “unpatriotic”. open.substack.com/pub/wangxian...

Call for papers! Weatherhead Center Research Cluster on Business and Government invites submissions for a conference on the political economy of business and government on May 9 at Harvard. Please see the attached call for papers for more details. forms.gle/RYZu9B1Rmfmz...

Next time I am asked whether my findings might apply to other contexts, especially democracies, I am going to show them this case.

South Korea's president briefly declared martial law. President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday.

goodauthority.org/news/martial...

Come join my online book talk/discussion next Friday EST.
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This Dan Murphy paper is highly informative & also a great example of data driven policy research. It lays out the governance of the entities of interest plus data on their links w domestic and foreign universities and scholars. A great example for us all rajawali.hks.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

2025-26 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at the @fairbankcenter.bsky.social will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Society in Global China, led by Ya-Wen Lei and Moira Weigel.

Full announcement below. Please share.

fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/affiliation-...

Click, Trust, Prosper - The Wire China In this book excerpt, Lizhi Liu takes a look at how e-commerce platforms filled a crucial void in China's political economy.

If you're wondering how American (and Japanese, probably European too) online shopping and banking platforms are likely to fare in developing economies, and wondering how they will compare with Chinese versions, you will find this story very interesting....(1)
www.thewirechina.com/2024/11/24/c...

Few people more know more on this topic than Andrei Yakovlev. Tuesday 1:00 PM East Coast - on line and in person. harriman.columbia.edu/event/busine...