Here I am again to witness my academic funeral.As I did some years ago with my job at Oxford, here I come to advertise my EUI chair. It has been a great job and I am happy to answer Q's. Also, fyi, I am not (yet) leaving the EUI. I do need, however a new name for my chair:suggestions very welcome.
Gracias, Julián. Abrazo de gol!
🙌 Thanks for sharing these openings with colleagues and networks!
Interested? Question about the Politics and Development Area or EAFIT? Contact us at sdmartines [at] eafit [dot] edu [dot] co, or my colleages cc @papaclimatico.bsky.social @eleodavalos.bsky.social @santiagotobon.bsky.social
3️⃣ 🌍 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Politics and Quant Methods
We’re looking for a scholar focused on comparative politics, with an interest in political institutions and/or political behavior.
Teaching experience in quant methods and causal inference will be highly valued.
2️⃣ 📊 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Economics of Education
We invite applicants in applied microeconomics with a focus on education (and, ideally, health) economics.
Teaching experience in microeconomics and/or quantitative research methods will be highly valued.
1️⃣ 🎓 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Public Administration. Areas of interest include:
- Politics–administration relations
- GovTech & digital government
- State reform, public-sector modernization
- Local government, public finance, integrity, and transparency
📢 Exciting news from EAFIT University in Medellín 🇨🇴!
The Politics and Development Area of the School of Finance, Economics, and Government is opening 3️⃣ tenure-track positions to join our interdisciplinary School.
👇 More details in the next posts.
El candidato a alcalde de NY expone aquí un nuevo ejemplo de gentrificación del fútbol. Entradas con precio dinámico. El ticket más barato del Mundial 2026 arranca en $60, pero puede encarecerse según demanda, como un billete de avión. Una barrera para la working class neoyorquina en su propia casa.
Gran columna sobre la fragilidad de la paz y sus procesos. Para lxs que tengan más tiempo, se recomienda complementar con Disidencias por Dentro (open.spotify.com/episode/4OOQ...) de Akorde Podcast y Fundación Core.
Now Out on First View: "Re-Stigmatizing the Radical Right: A One-Way Street?"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We have a new paper out in @jepsjournal.bsky.social, with @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @sergisme.bsky.social and Ethan vanderWilden.
We test a number of experimental treatments aimed at strengthening social norms against radical-right support, but find mostly null results.
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As these events pile up, there is a risk of desensitization and that they start to seem less shocking.
But each one makes matters worse and should increase our anger and pressure on politicians to take action to end this.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Don’t forget to apply to present your work at MESS! The first edition was absolutely amazing and I can’t recommend it enough.
Feel free to stop by the Junior Workshop in Historical Political Economy tomorrow at UC3M Puerta de Toledo. We can promise you lots of interesting papers and very nice people
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN!
Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!
www.eafit.edu.co/lapss
Details below 🧵
I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025.
In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:
If you are attending #EPSA2025 and are interested in social identities, attitudes about others, networks, violence, and their measurement, I (co-)author 4 papers on the program.
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🎓 Heads up! Apps are OPEN for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Deadline: 15 May (spots = limited!)
💶 Free + support available
www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool #EUISPS #SmartSummer
Should democracies ban parties that threaten democracy?
In the DEMOTRADEOFF project survey we asked people in 15 countries about this.
A short 🧵 with some results
Citizens are deeply divided about this issue
Support for bans is highest in 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇪
www.dw.com/en/germany-i...
In the latest issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social, my article with Jonne Kamphorst in which we propose that educationally homogeneous social networks contribute to the stabilization of political conflict on the cultural dimension. A short thread on the main findings:
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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📢 Special #call for funded research visits for PhD researchers (September-December 2025).
Under #EUIWidening Europe Programme, this call gives the chance to work with faculty members, enriching their research and contributing to the Institute's activities.
📆 #Apply by 31 March 👉 buff.ly/iyabnUF
Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
120 million people are displaced worldwide. Advocates try to promote refugee inclusion by providing information that corrects common misperceptions, and by sharing refugee narratives that try to generate empathy; do these work?
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El otro día @miweintraub83.bsky.social comentaba en el Seminario de Políticas y Desarrollo de la FEG EAFIT cómo podemos evitar la llegada de alguien como Bukele a un país como Colombia. Aquí van algunas pistas:
Does cleaner air improve student performance?
New study by @mvaldes1989.bsky.social @marespadafor.bsky.social & @conteristo.bsky.social finds Madrid’s low emission zone boosted exam scores. Policy rollback raises questions about the future. #Mapineq
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ary5ce77
⌛ The deadline to apply to the EUI's PhD programme is fast approaching.
Complete and submit your application by 31 January 14:00 (CET)!
👉 www.eui.eu/phd
