M.B. Abu Salih

The image shows photos and names of the five speakers of the TADA Speaker Series for the Fall term 2025.

Next Wednesday, we're excited to welcome @lexipalmer.bsky.social, who will present co-authored work with @cbarrie.bsky.social and Arthur Spirling on "Replication for Language Models: Problems, Principles, and Best Practices for Political Science". Paper and information on how to join ⬇️

Very excited to announce the next term of the TADA speaker series!

This term revolves around the validity of LLM generated data in the Social Sciences. We have a set of four great speakers to enlighten us on different aspects of this issue.

If you'd like to join, sign up here: TADA.cool

Asst. Prof. Liza Sulukjian (center), Dr. Rana Tahhan (right), and Dr. Nada Mawwas (left).

I'm thrilled to share that I've joined the Dept. of Sociology at the Uni of Aleppo! A heartfelt thank you to the dept. head, Asst. Prof. Liza Sulukjian, for the warm welcome, and I'm especially excited to co-teach with Dr. Rana Tahhan in our upcoming course. I'm looking forward to this new chapter!

Photo titled "Prague Spring" from the Museum of Military History in Budapest (Hadtörténeti Múzeum), by John W. Schulze on Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0

I’m deeply grateful for the incredible experience I had as a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Aleppo. Special thanks to the department head, Asst. Prof. Haneefa Sermani, for her support and guidance throughout my time there. It was a truly rewarding chapter in my career!

Join us next week!
@javierpadilla.bsky.social (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) will be presenting his work on how oligarchic cleavages shape liberalization and democratization and @alucardi1.bsky.social (@itam-mx.bsky.social) and @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social) will discuss.

Fall 2025 schedule is out!
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Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Aleppo

All the best to my students as they take their spring semester exams! I know you've put in the hard work, and I’m confident you’ll do great.

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Yes,

The fall of the Assad regime.

After the Arab Spring - Is Winter Coming?

"Why do social movements like the Arab Spring fail more often now than before?"

Researchers:
@mariannedahl.bsky.social and @haakongjerlw.bsky.social

www.prio.org/events/9143

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Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel.

Kahneman passed away www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/b...

Measuring and predicting contentious politics by analyzing Wikipedia page edits.

What a brilliant idea!

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Live launch of V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2024. We discuss the main findings of the report and the latest trends for democracy and autocracy across th... Online Launch of Democracy Report 2024

Join the online launch of the #DemocracyReport2024: Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot, and the V-Dem Dataset v14.

Thursday, March 7
15:00 CET

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🚀 Exciting News: We're launching online short courses at #KOMEX2024 today!
💡 There are still few seats available in our main and compact courses. Don't miss out – secure your spot until Monday: tinyurl.com/komexreg

Hi @profmusgrave.bsky.social!
Could you please add me to the Polisky list?
Thanks in advance and thanks for managing the feed.

Congratulations!

"It only takes a quick glance at the world to reach the conclusion that democracy and prosperity are related." Jan Teorell

#HappyNewYear

Demographics have presented a significant challenge to democracy in recent decades. DYNAMICS is a joint project of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Hertie School that aims to address this challenge.

If you are interested, consider joining their efforts.

Congratulations!

Hello "The other place"! Hello Bluesky!