Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds and experiences of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
🧵on my new paper "Synthetic personas distort the structure of human belief systems" w Roberto Cerina I'm v excited about...
🚨 Do synthetic samples look like human samples?
We compare 28 LLMs to the 2024 General Social Survey (GSS) to find out + develop host of diagnostics...
“In the Gulf, only 9% say Israel is the greatest threat…the most telling number in the survey in these highly autocratic countries is the whopping 42% who said don't know/decline to answer.. the mukhabarat (secret police) is, in fact, the greatest threat.”
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/mena-academy...
Applications are now open for the 2026 APSA MENA Research Development Group!
Who: Early career scholars of MENA in polisci/similar field
When: Sept 2
Where: APSA conference in Boston
Why: Feedback + mentorship from senior scholars, engage with a great cohort
Apply: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Join us in-person or via Zoom on Wednesdays for this term's edition of the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Contentious Politics Workshop! Topics to be covered include mobilisation, democratisation, protest exposure, and more. DM for Zoom links and our mailing list!
📢 We're thrilled to announce our open call for applications to TIMEP's 2026-2027 Nonresident Fellowship program!
If you're an early or mid-career advocate keen on engaging in the MENA policy space, don't miss this unique opportunity. Apply by Feb 27: timep.org/2026/02/02/o...
graphic for Seminar Series, Dr Iman Dawood, LSE Fellow, 13 Feb 2-3pm
We are thrilled to have Dr Iman Dawood present our next Seminar Series💡
🌎How Ideologies Become Invisible: Methodological Reflections on the Study of ‘Common Sense’
🕙13 Feb, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Secure your place➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/department...
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)!
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y...
Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!
📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
“By contrast [to 1979], the 2025-6 uprising reached mass demonstrations in some major cities and attempts to seize state buildings within roughly two weeks. The sequence collapsed into simultaneity.” - fascinating on “Iran after the massacre” by Ali Kadivar
open.substack.com/pub/alikadiv...
Index for UK vacancies, June 2016 = 100. Graduate jobs defined as those explicitly described as a graduate job or entry-level jobs where there is a degree requirement
Scariest chart I've seen in a long time. If this is real, UK graduate vacancies have fallen 70% relative to 2017 and are as low as at the bottom of the pandemic. Data is from job matching platform Adzuna.
www.ft.com/content/c894...
Join us in-person or via Zoom on Wednesdays for this term's edition of the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Contentious Politics Workshop! Topics to be covered include mobilisation, democratisation, protest exposure, and more. DM for Zoom links and our mailing list!
📣 Call for Papers:
🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE
Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p
Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
📣 Call for Papers:
🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE
Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p
Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
📢 Public Event Announcement
Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm
In-person and online tickets available 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja...
#LSEEvents
@lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social
Trump is probably about to bomb Iran. But this piece lays out the reality of dwindling American hard power in the region - not to mention that most of the Gulf states who might share the burden are against it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
It's finally here! Remember that weird group of Emirati influencers you keep seeing online. Well I've done a VERY deep dive, & the story is even weirder than you can imagine!
"Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory"
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Jasmine English, @arielrwhite.bsky.social @eckhouse.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that!
It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac
What’s the book all about? A 🧵
On this first anniversary of the stunning fall, I'm proud to be in
@pomeps.bsky.social just-released collection on Syria with an essay on The Question of Return. Despite its liberatory potential, the regime’s end also exposes the deep vulnerability of Syrian refugees
pomeps.org/the-question...
🚨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/...
Had a great time presenting my findings at @campaign-lab.bsky.social!
Key takeaway: AI fact-checking effectively reduces Republican engagement with pro-Trump misinformation on social media.
You can read more about last week's presentation and discussion in this blog post:
Apply by 12/14! Early-career scholars in the #MENA region are invited to apply for the 2026 #IQMR, held at the @maxwellsu.bsky.social of Syracuse University, supporting up to three MENA scholars to attend.
Apply Now!
📢 Call for Submissions
UK-based early career researchers in political science, political economy & public policy: apply to our January Early Career Workshop at LSE.
🗓️ Deadline: 28 Dec 2025
🔗 forms.gle/HXU4DnBq9HmX...
Delighted to share that my co-authored article, “Chinese Online Views of Sweden as a Bastion of the ‘White Left’,” is now published in the latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia!
🔗 You can find the article here: koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO...
#China #digitalpolitics #media
Only a few days left to apply for this fully-funded collaborative PhD with @lsegovernment.bsky.social and @campaign-lab.bsky.social!
It's a pretty unique position sat right between academia and "real world" campaigns - please share with someone who might be interested (and/or apply)!
🚨 New in the Cambridge Elements in Contentious Politics series 🚨
'The Contentious Politics of Global Health Movements' by Donatella della Porta & Stella Christou is out now and free to read until December 5th.
https://cup.org/44cMH6g
#Politics #Sociology #PoliSky #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth 🗺️
📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Spring 2026
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Fridays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Dec 5
Application below:
#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies
