Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)

Very much looking forward to giving the TIME keynote lecture on the impact of development research in Dublin next Wednesday

Come along if you're in town!

@tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

Our book, edited with Aldo Madariaga and with insightful contributions from great colleagues on skills, values and development in Latin America is out! Take a look. fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

New piece out today with @profsaunders.bsky.social as part of a 15-article special issue from @iojournal.bsky.social on the future of global governance doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Heroic work by the editorial team to pull this together quickly. Intro essay here: doi.org/10.1017/S002...

#IOFoGG

Brief 01: Female Voting Behavior in Pakistan – EGAP EGAP Researcher: Ghazala Mansuri

Today's featured policy brief about voting behavior highlights a study by EGAPer Ghazala Mansuri and co-author Xavier Giné that asks "What are the reasons for low rates of political participation among women in rural Pakistan?". Check it out!

Really proud of our new article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social!! @nicoravanilla.bsky.social @matthewjnanes.bsky.social

What does citizen contact do to police attitudes in conflict settings?

For those interested in bureaucrats, embeddedness, conflict, mixed methods: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of:

1) cash only

2) cash+group life-skill training

3) cash+group mental health counseling

W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social

Can Communities Take Charge? Testing Community-Based Governance to Sustain Schools in War-Affected Afghanistan | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

New paper in first view @thejop.bsky.social w/ Burde, Middleton, and Rahnama

We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

10 Things to Know About Conducting a Meta-Analysis buff.ly/U2BM1R4 #EGAPMethodsGuide

Brief 06: Voter Benchmarks in Developing Countries – EGAP EGAP Researcher: Jessica Gottlieb

Today in our spotlight on EGAP research into voting behavior is a project by Jessica Gottlieb that assesses whether civics courses in Mali help citizens hold their politicians accountable. Read more here:

10 Things to Know About Measurement in Experiments buff.ly/tbQUj8m #EGAPMethodsGuide

Mass Displacement and Integration: Policy Lessons from Europe Migration & Integration

Ten years after 2015, what have we learned about mass displacement & integration in Europe? Join us on Dec 4 at @ethz.ch for panels with policy experts & researchers on crisis response vs long-term integration. @egap.bsky.social
Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/mass-displ...

Spatiotemporal causal inference with arbitrary spillover and carryover effects: Airstrikes and insurgent violence in the Iraq War Social scientists now routinely draw on high-frequency, high-granularity ''microlevel'' data to estimate the causal effects of subnational interventions. To date, most researchers aggregate these data...

🚨New paper🚨: Are you interested in key debates about civil war and counterinsurgency? Like questions about causal inference but wish you had a better method for dealing with spillover and carryover effects? Then check out our new paper:

arxiv.org/abs/2504.03464

Brief 45: The Effect of Informing Voters About Incumbent Malfeasance in Brazil – EGAP EGAP researchers: F. Daniel Hidalgo, Taylor Boas, Marcus Melo

This month we are featuring policy briefs on voting behavior. First up is a study about the effects of informing voters about incumbent malfeasance in Brazil from EGAPer @dhidalgo.bsky.social and co-authors Taylor Boas & Marcus Melo.

10 Things to Know About Pre-Analysis Plans buff.ly/VSO11X0 #EGAPMethodsGuide

Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 #ELB An elucidating conversation. Watch:

Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 electionlawblog.org?p=152856 @brendannyhan.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social

‼️Deadline today for @egap.bsky.social Innovation Grants. See below

🚀 FINAL DAY TO APPLY— EGAP's 2025 Innovation Grants 🚀

Today is the final day to submit your proposal for innovations pushing the boundaries of governance and politics research!

⏰Deadline: TODAY, October 31, 2025.

See instructions for submission here: buff.ly/hR0NZfX

Small Grants Spotlight: Loreto Cox & Natalia Garbiras-Díaz – EGAP Author: Ayuko Picot

For our final spotlight on research in #LatinAmerica, we are featuring Loreto Cox & Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, recipients of EGAP’s Priority Theme Small Grants Fund. Read about their examination of citizen anti-establishment sentiments in Colombia & Peru here:

Happy to share that my article with Miguel Rueda and Shuning Ge is out for early view at @bjpols.bsky.social.

We show that the level of aggregation at which electoral results are published affects election integrity.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Review of applications begins November 10 - please apply! apply.interfolio.com/172357

New career opportunity!

CEGA is #hiring a Research Project Manager to join our new Data Privacy Lab to explore how privacy-enhancing technologies can be implemented in low- and middle-income countries.

🔗 Apply here: go.cega.org/dpl-rpm

10 Things to Know About Survey Implementation buff.ly/SSVVJw9 #EGAPMethodsGuide

🚀 ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY— EGAP's 2025 Innovation Grants 🚀

There is one week remaining to submit your proposal for innovations pushing the boundaries of governance and politics research!

⏰ Apply by: October 31, 2025.

Learn more: buff.ly/hR0NZfX

(PDF) Comparative Methods for the Study of Waste PDF | Current scholarship on the governance of waste has focused on various ways in which waste can be used, reused, and reintegrated into the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...

My chapter on comparative studies of waste can be helpful to you or your students, as I offer a framework to conduct comparisons across cases, sites, units. It works beyond issues of waste (can be applied to other areas):

#RPVMethods

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Priority Theme Spotlight: Omar García-Ponce and Isabel Laterzo – EGAP Author: Max Méndez Beck

Today we are sharing our conversation with @garciaponce.bsky.social ‏and co-author Isabel Laterzo about their paper, “Who is to Blame? Youth Crime and Attribution of Responsibility in Urban Mexico”.

Check it out: buff.ly/6n4yjKY

🚨One week left to apply for @egap.bsky.social innovation grants. Looking for really creative ideas in need of incubation. Relatively simple application process. ⬇️

bsky.app/profile/maca...

@awilke.bsky.social

* Research Design / Analysis
* Open Science
* Aggregation
* Transfer
* Your idea here

Today at @lsegovernment.bsky.social we are welcoming
@aalrababah.bsky.social to the Political Behaviour Seminar, run by our team with @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @florianfoos.bsky.social & @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social. Ala is presenting new research on the political consequences of the Tour de France👇

Congratulations to @pge-sis.bsky.social Professor @sumitra.bsky.social, winner of the @apsa.bsky.social experimental research section Best Paper Award!

🚨Postdoc altert 🚨

Come to @upenn.edu for a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social.

Pass it on.

perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/opportunitie...

10 Types of Treatment Effect You Should Know About buff.ly/e9OO9VR #EGAPMethodsGuide