Akshay Dixit's Avatar

Akshay Dixit

@akshaydixit

Postdoctoral fellow @ Princeton. Studies political economy and identity in South Asia.

121
Followers
256
Following
2
Posts
20.11.2025
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Akshay Dixit @akshaydixit

The 2026 APSA DDRIG cycle will open on April 1, 2026, and close on June 1, 2026.

Provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

Connect awardees to APSA’s extensive professional development and public engagement networks and resources.

Supports the advancement of national health, prosperity, and welfare.

The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant has made 139 awards to doctoral candidates from 53 PhD-granting institutions since 2020.

The 2026 APSA DDRIG cycle will open on April 1, 2026, and close on June 1, 2026. Provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Connect awardees to APSA’s extensive professional development and public engagement networks and resources. Supports the advancement of national health, prosperity, and welfare. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant has made 139 awards to doctoral candidates from 53 PhD-granting institutions since 2020.

tell your friends: the APSA DDRIG application for 2026 will open on April 1. Updating the FAQ pages with some additional information now.

05.03.2026 19:59 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
Post image

We will host a South Asia APSA pre-conference at Harvard on Sept 2.

If you would like to present a paper, serve as a discussant, or only attend the workshop or happy hour, please submit your info by March 15 (extended deadline):
forms.gle/ZDau8Jm86kJt...

Feel free to circulate widely!

03.03.2026 15:36 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) Call for Applications: 2026-2027 Academic Year OpeningThe Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship positio...

The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2026-2027 academic year. A truly great gig!

casi.sas.upenn.edu/casi-postdoc...

16.01.2026 11:44 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Coauthors Liz Sperber, O’Brien Kaaba and I have published 3 papers about youth civic ed and political participation, based on a WhatsApp experiment and a prior in-person pilot conducted in collaboration w/ Caritas Zambia CCMG Zambia @poverty-action.bsky.social and United Council of Churches Zambia

29.12.2025 21:43 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

Looking for a postdoc in American politics? Come work with us in Ann Arbor! No obligations other than research. Preference for institutions-focused work, but we’re open to a wide range of substantive interests (including local politics!). Happy to answer any questions: apply.interfolio.com/178829

19.12.2025 15:32 👍 23 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Post image

Excited the first paper I worked on in grad school came out @thejop.bsky.social this fall: doi.org/10.1086/734242
I find political competition causally increases deforestation by prompting politicians to weaken bureaucratic capacity. 3 fieldwork rounds,many rejections,~a decade(?) later, it’s out! 🥲

18.12.2025 15:48 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Post image

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

24.11.2025 16:31 👍 421 🔁 177 💬 9 📌 38
Post image

New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵

08.12.2025 22:01 👍 116 🔁 39 💬 3 📌 5

Professors:

07.12.2025 14:50 👍 456 🔁 92 💬 15 📌 2
Research Officer Research Officer, , <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...

🚨Jobs!🚨

3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!

Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

06.12.2025 15:35 👍 65 🔁 58 💬 1 📌 6

Thank you, Emmerich! Thanks especially for your helpful feedback when the project was just getting started.

26.11.2025 20:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Impact of Welfare on Intergroup Relations: Caste-Based Social Insurance and Social Integration in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The Impact of Welfare on Intergroup Relations: Caste-Based Social Insurance and Social Integration in India

New article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social: State-provided welfare increases intergroup ties, by reducing people’s dependence on their own identity group as a safety net. Evidence from caste networks in India.

cup.org/3X3DtWb

24.11.2025 23:26 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0