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UToronto poli. sci. Behavio(u)r/policy/Europe/methods. Director, Munk MPP & MGA. Dayton born, Fordham/Princeton/EUI educated. Book: https://bit.ly/3sbvfwX www.michaeljdonnelly.net

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Semuhi's comparative work is depressingly relevant to current events in the US: www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...

07.10.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ #๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ #๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ?

They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.

My research shows why.

07.10.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm glad he specified the window was "of time" because I was worried they were discussing stained glass.

07.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. Itโ€™s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor

๐Ÿค˜๐ŸผI wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city councilโ€™s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. Thatโ€™s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ

04.10.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Congrats! I've long enjoyed the show, which is a regular in my workout/dishes rotation. I recently got my 10yo and 8yo on board. 10yo is currently listening in bed (school PA day) while I work at home.

Looking forward to the new one.

26.09.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why is this man, who clearly has no sense of remorse for acting in a way that endangers fellow citizens, being given a sympathetic ear instead of being jailed?

24.09.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Going into tomorrows data viz lecture slides right now

22.09.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of Through the Roof featuring a home on an increasing price arrow

Cover of Through the Roof featuring a home on an increasing price arrow

Unveils divergent American and German housing policies over the past century and their major impact on each country's capitalist model.

Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing

https://cup.org/47L03JF

21.09.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
An ancient photograph shows four fresh-faced teens seated at a table as they pose for the camera. They don't believe time will come for them, but it will. HARD.

One child pretends to be asleep as he  flips off the camera. He is not as cool as he thinks he is.

An ancient photograph shows four fresh-faced teens seated at a table as they pose for the camera. They don't believe time will come for them, but it will. HARD. One child pretends to be asleep as he flips off the camera. He is not as cool as he thinks he is.

Oh no, @mjdonnelly.bsky.social, we got old.

20.09.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
All the white chess pieces vs a king and pawn

All the white chess pieces vs a king and pawn

A lone black king trapped in a draw position

A lone black king trapped in a draw position

Me vs the 8yo with appropriate handicap: how it started, ended

20.09.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Registration Registration is now open for the 2025 Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop, taking place November 7 & 8 at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy The deadline to ...

๐ŸšจRegistration is open for the TPBW๐Ÿšจ

Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

19.09.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

All three positions are meant to be senior. The Munk School is a great place to work. People are happy, research is fun, students are great... I'm on one of the committees, but happy to chat with people about any of them.

18.09.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Three jobs! In a functioning liberal democracy! In academia! Climate policy (any discipline): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
China (any discipline): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Economics of technology (economics): jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

18.09.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I made a comment last year about how โ€œpost 9-11 politics was a bit crazy, as you remember,โ€ and got rudely reminded that none of them remembered it

18.09.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A particular pet peeve of mine. Looking forward to it

15.09.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Drunk guy near me at the bar in the airport explaining opportunity cost to his neighbor. Not going well.

10.09.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#polisky

09.09.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahh, but you see they are light and refreshing. Light is the opposite of dark, so they're really just keeping democracy alive here.

09.09.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor, Political Science APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

The Department of Political Science at Penn State is hiring in CP/IR, for a position focused on non-democratic politics. Link to apply: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

08.09.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Associate Professor/Professor - Lawson Chair in Climate Policy Innovation Associate Professor/Professor - Lawson Chair in Climate Policy Innovation

It's that time of year again: We're hiring! The Munk School at U of T is hiring a Chair in Climate Policy - open field, open specialty. Political scientists, economists, public policy specialists, etc. should all apply! Happy to answer questions.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

08.09.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

2) As you'd probably guess, I'm a bit more skeptical about the larger impact on Canadian attitudes. Last fall we saw the first uptick in a while in anti-refugee sentiment, coupled with a much bigger uptick in anti-immigration sentiment. www.environicsinstitute.org/docs/default...

04.09.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is good. A couple of comments:
1) I like the population decline point. I think you imply the equivalent in a few places but to make it explicit - church groups can use it to offset attendance declines.
and

04.09.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, @mattpolacko.bsky.social and I have been puttering around something about accountability and provincial politics. Not there yet, but we should have something this fall. A good measure of provincial political knowledge would be great.

02.09.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NEW! Browser Tabs/Simultaneous use of multiple browsers: SSHRC's system does not support browsing simultaneously with multiple browsers or multiple tabs. Doing so will result in loss of data.

NEW! Browser Tabs/Simultaneous use of multiple browsers: SSHRC's system does not support browsing simultaneously with multiple browsers or multiple tabs. Doing so will result in loss of data.

Dear @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, this seems silly (and can't be hard to fix):

02.09.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fisher Hall, home of the Department of Politics on Princeton University's campus. Robertson Hall, home of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs and many of the offices for faculty who are jointly appointed between the two groups is in the background. In the bright blue sky with only a few clouds hovers the text We're hiring!

Fisher Hall, home of the Department of Politics on Princeton University's campus. Robertson Hall, home of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs and many of the offices for faculty who are jointly appointed between the two groups is in the background. In the bright blue sky with only a few clouds hovers the text We're hiring!

well-qualified individuals for a tenured or tenure track faculty position in public law.
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

01.08.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As an American, I must ask: ยฟPor que no los dos?

14.08.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A couple: I'm curious if there is more "off-diagonal" action among young men than in the past. I'd hypothesize that the dominance of culture war discourse has pushed the most online young men into the pro-redistribution, anti-women's rights/anti-immigrant box.

13.08.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fascinating. Would love to see the cross-tabs on this q and some culture war stuff.

13.08.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

8 hours to prep 16 hours of lecture time + 4 hours of tutorials is going to produce some pretty bad teaching for anyone who hasn't done a class >3 times.

12.08.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks cool. I've been thinking about doing a "problems in cross-national survey work" course at some point, so I may have to refer back to this.

08.08.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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