Scott Matthews

Professor @MemorialPoliSci, retrospective voting, mass pols of economic inequality, campaign FX, experimental methods

[Scott Matthews @jsmatthews99]

ICYMI, 7 more days to grab a free copy of my new book, and you can check out a thread on the key findings here. 👇🧵

[Austin Hart @AustinRHart]

My new book on retrospective voting w/@jsmatthews99 is now out from @CUP_PoliSci!

And it's *free* to download until June 14!

Excited to share some key findings and contributions

https://t.co/585hZrfORn

[Ross Dahlke 🔑 @Ross_Dahlke]

With Trans Day of Visibility entering the culture wars, important research from Lewis et al. finds that perceptions of cultural threat from the LGBTQ community is linked with support for restrictive policies against trans people in @PolBehavior https://t.co/EylJtdFX12

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Clear evidence that employers discriminate against nonbinary individuals.

All-else-equal, disclosing that one uses "they/them” pronouns substantially lowers the chances of getting a job interview.

https://t.co/VJ8LlQR77H

[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs by Matias D. Cattaneo, Nicolas Idrobo and Rocío Titiunik Free access available until 9 April.
https://t.co/wHK3zlZS4u
#cambridgeelements #politics

[European Social Survey @ESS_Survey]

Users of our Data Portal can now view results for individual questions without leaving their web browser.

The variable viewer tool allows users to see weighted responses to all #survey questions (2002-22) in a downloadable bar chart, map and #data table.

https://t.co/lEAPNsgF5V

[Charles Franklin @PollsAndVotes]

Pre-post SOTU polls. Polls conducted in 2 weeks before & 2 weeks after. All national RV.

[Yasmeen Abu-Laban @yasmeenabulaban]

My colleague @WAndyKnight1 developed an online micro course on Black Canadians that is open for all to take. This is history that we should all know!

https://t.co/6dbMriHasT

[MUNSU @MUNSU35]

Extremely disappointing Budget 2024 for @MemorialU students. @GovNL continues their disastrous plan to defund our only public university. @PremierofNL continues to make clear that the young people of Newfoundland and Labrador are not a priority with #NLBudget2024

[Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl]

‘Everyone, together, against fascism’: protests sweep Germany after exposé of AfD party’s deportation ‘masterplan’ https://t.co/z1kXl6sn79

[🇨🇦 CPSA-ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa_acsp]

We are all deeply saddened to learn of the death of Prof Emeritus Peter H. Russell @UofT_PolSci-Fellow Emeritus @Trinity_College 1990-91 CPSA President–Member CPSA Reconciliation Cttee
Prez Address: Can the Canadians Be a Sovereign People? @CJPS_RCSP Vol 24 I 4
CPSA Board

[Hye Young You @hyeyoungyou]

CBS-Princeton Money in Politics Conference will be held on June 27-28, 2024, in Copenhagen 🇩🇰. Please submit your research proposal by January 5 (Friday) to [email protected]. For more information: https://t.co/FrsAGdMIFB @BCEgerod

[🇨🇦 CPSA-ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa_acsp]

Mildred Schwartz IN MEMORIAM (1932-2023) Prof Emerita @thisisUIC Leading scholar North American pols and society - Canadian pols
We regret her passing and offer our condolences to her family friends colleagues @uicsoc @UofT_PolSci
Funeral https://t.co/DrvVX3MpEr
@cpsa_acsp Board

[NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @CSMAP_NYU]

Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by ~20%, according to our new paper out today in @Nature. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information.

👇🧵1/
https://t.co/vWY7o8XEEh

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Pst.

Mask mandates saved lives.

https://t.co/0d5KBsW1vP

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Left-digit bias affects prices in financial markets.

https://t.co/LgB1XI8bNB

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Is rising US inequality an illusion? For people who want to make an informed opinion, I suggest starting with the official US government series 🧵

[Ken Carty @rkcarty]

Coming soon from U of T Press - the Johnston feschrift !

[Alan Jacobs @alan_jacobs1]

This book w/ @maqartan – on how to integrate theory with data from diverse empirical strategies – has been many fun years in the making. We're excited to finally have it out in the world! See ⬇️ for links to the book at CUP, an open access version, software, and many thank you's!

[Cambridge University Press - Politics @CUP_PoliSci]

"A truly impressive group of scholars who provide state-of-the-art analysis of the political puzzles linking unequal economies to unequal democracies."

"Unequal Democracies" eds. Noam Lupu & Jonas Pontusson, Out Now

#OpenAccess #ComparativePolitics

https://t.co/tAu6F82bmf

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

If you're interested in a short(er) take on the living wage report with @CSaulnierHfx & @CCPANS, @IndependentNL has been kind enough to let us editorialise a wee bit:

Low-Income Workers in NL are Getting a Bad Deal (and They Know it) https://t.co/6BcKEEZxW8 via @IndependentNL