NEW PAPER w/ Jennie Barker and @dshyde - timed well w/ #Election2024 upon us!
With concerns rising about mistrust around US elections, we tested whether nonpartisan citizen observation can strengthen public confidence.
Our findings provide some cause for optimism 🧵..
Today, @GeorgiaTech & @CarterCenter commemorated the new joint Governance and Technology Fellowship. This partnership is not just about confronting challenges, it's about anticipating future threats and innovating solutions.
@IPaTGT@P_AlexanderCEO
More: https://t.co/5gzTKoG1Iz
New from @hsuyumin (Emory) examines effect of recentralization of service provision, which reduced public goods provision, gaining leverage on causal effects thru rare partial policy implementation in Taiwan. https://t.co/yMXK1u3N0l
Conducive legal frameworks are key to protect and promote civic freedoms.
@UNDP and @ICNLAlliance have produced a toolkit on ensuring that national regulatory frameworks are in line with international human rights standards relevant to civic space.
👉 https://t.co/9e3xulFzjs
As repressive laws against civil society increase in across Europe state funding for NGOs shrinks, today’s @coe report on the legal space & vital value of civil society is crucial: at launch hearing views from Kosovo, Poland and harsh repression in Belarus https://t.co/etQ6vRVrcT
9 out of 10 people live in countries where civic rights are severely restricted.
New #PeoplePower2021 report launched today shows where civil society conditions are improving and getting worse. A closer look at top violations & trends 🔴🟡🟢: https://t.co/HVcGbsUTg1
MacKenzie Scott has donated $2.7 billion this year, for a total of about $8.6 billion to almost 800 organizations since her divorce from Jeff Bezos, making her one of the most prolific philanthropists in history https://t.co/Jw1CVCXaIw #Bloomberg50 via @BW
1/n A few days ago this tweet from @TanzaniaUpdates claiming that China took over Uganda's main airport went viral. It was retweeted more than 11,000 times. Tons of verified accounts amplified it.
Lots of productive Twitter conversations about first generation college.
I'm first gen, but bigger divide were friends that had their tuition and rent paid by their parents, and those of us who paid our own way. Working and full time school was really hard.
Time reviewers globally worked on peer reviews > 100 million hours or > 15,000 years. Estimated monetary value of the time US-based reviewers spent on reviews > $1.5 billion in 2020. WOW. Alternative publishing models badly needed. https://t.co/7MH2IJsS5z
Excited to announce the publication of my first book co-edited with @GeorgetownLaw's @SheilaRFoster: The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations published by @CambridgeUP! Thx to all who contributed; what an amazing journey! https://t.co/brOrnZx4pZ @matthewgallaway
The literature is mixed on the symbolic benefits citizens gain when represented by gender-inclusive institutions. Katelyn Stauffer argues this is in part because many perceptions of women's inclusion are out of step with reality. #APSR#polisciresearch
https://t.co/WhBwddAeMR
The APSA Committee on the Status of First Gen Scholars is matching donations up to $2,000 to support First Gen Scholars in the profession!
Donations made to the APSA Annual Fund from November 1 to November 5, 2021 will be matched by the committee. https://t.co/LM9sij8C1u
Eric Gonzalez Juenke receives the 2021 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Graduate Students in Political Science https://t.co/MYznTBjscB
Congratulations to @renzorivaaguero, who has been selected as a 2021 NASPAA (@naspaa) Staats Emerging Scholar! We're incredibly proud to have him as one of our outstanding doctoral students!
https://t.co/ggWKo4cJHV
Tomorrow! Join us at 12:00-1:30pm (EDT) for a free webinar on “Building an Inclusive Syllabus" feat. @LindaHasunuma @VeronicaLaReyna, Todd Shaw & Louis DeSipio, moderated by @Kim_at_APSA. Registration is free to attend!
https://t.co/qRuafLyKQd