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Ada Johnson-Kanu

@adajkanu.bsky.social

Assistant professor of political science, University of Kentucky. I study political economy and distributive politics in Nigeria. https://adajohnson-kanu.github.io/

476 Followers | 378 Following | 10 Posts | Joined: 20.09.2023 | 1.8035

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⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️

@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!

06.10.2025 11:10 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

We are hiring! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

22.09.2025 22:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is super cool. Congrats!

01.05.2025 22:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Congrats Guillermo!!

08.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Already?

21.03.2025 02:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Please consider submitting to this workshop. The feedback is top-notch!!

13.02.2025 01:53 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

SoWEPS - Call for Papers We are excited to announce that the 8th edition of the Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science (SoWEPS) will take place at the University of Kentucky on Friday April 25th. The SoWEPS-8<http...

Political scientist in the southeast? Have cool research that you want feed back on? Want to network with other scholars? Consider applying to SoWEPS!

Deadline February 17th!

www.soweps.org/call-for-pap...

13.02.2025 01:32 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

This is a remarkable paper. Substantively, it convincingly argues that what looks like weak state capacity is often *captured* capacity. Methodologically, it’s a triumph of mixed qualitative and quantitative approaches. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

27.11.2024 15:21 — 👍 109 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 2

Congrats Alex!!

14.11.2024 10:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

APCG Online Colloquium: Reginas Ndayiragjie (May 23, 12PM EST) Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring the work of Reginas Ndayiragjie (University of Antwerp) to be...

Join us for the next APCG online colloquium on Thursday, May 23, 12pm EST w/ Reginas Ndayiragjie on Power-sharing, and regional representation in cabinets in Burundi. W/ discussants Carl Levan and Martha Johnson. Sign up here for paper and link: forms.gle/7Uc2FNo1xevo...

09.05.2024 15:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

APCG Online Colloquium: Patrick Kwasi Brobbey (November 28) Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring the work of Patrick Kwasi Brobbey (LSE) on Tuesday, November ...

The next APCG Online Colloquium is on November 28 @ 10 am ET. Dr. Patrick Kwasi Brobbey (LSE) will present his paper, "Internalising Electoral Management: The Bureaucracy of EMBs and Electoral Quality in Kenya" with discussants Andy Harris & Justin Willis. Sign up here: forms.gle/DqsNbpBewhwe...

13.11.2023 19:56 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Alice Kang and Erin Herb will serve as discussants.

Lateef’s paper gives us insights to how women navigate campaign spaces that are male dominated in an old and politically active city like Ibadan, Nigeria.

30.10.2023 16:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

APCG Online Colloquium: Lateef Aremu (November 7) Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring Lateef Aremu (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) on Tuesday, Nove...

Please join our APCG Online Colloquium on November 7th, 3-4 pm GMT (11 am – 12pm EST). We will discuss Lateef Aremu's work on "Navigating the Patriarchal Space: Women in Active Politics and Violence During Election Campaign Rallies." Sign up here for the Zoom link and paper:

Polisky

30.10.2023 16:45 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to polisky?

30.10.2023 13:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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