🚨Elections, Right-wing Populism, & Political-Economic Polarization🚨One of my dissertation chapters is now available @The_JOP!
How have right-wing populists attracted at-risk workers 🧑🏭🤖 once loyal to mainstream left parties in majoritarian multi-district and PR systems? 🧵1/n
Does the threat of job automation reduce political engagement? In my new paper in Economics & Politics, I show that workers facing automation risks (job insecurity & wage decline) become politically alienated, a possible first step towards radicalization.
More below 🧵
My hometown (Santa Maria, Brazil) was sadly destroyed by devastating floods this week. I’ve started a fundraising to help community organizations that are providing emergency assistance to displaced people. If you can, please donate any amount. My Venmo is @AnaVedovato 💚💛🙏
Three papers coming up: one on support for regimes and democratic deconsolidation; two others with @laurabegc on party-sponsored protests and democracy + one on measurement and non unimodal distributions.
Happy to annouce the publication of our special issue @ElectoralStdies on affective polarization in multiparty systems. It was fun to work with @LuanaRusso_UM and @EelcoHarteveld on this. Here is a short overview:
📢New #rstats package📦
{censobr} provides a convenient way to download data from Brazil's population census using R. It's still in dev version, so feedback would be very welcome!
https://t.co/cVwGSEItE4
Vamos divulgar! 🗣️📢
A @quaestpesquisa e o @GEMAA_IESP estão ofertando 4 bolsas destinadas a mulheres negras para cursos na área de Metodologia na UFMG e UERJ, além de mais R$ 2 mil de auxílio. 🎒💻📊
As inscrições vão até o dia 12/7. 📋🖊️
Edital aqui:
https://t.co/eq9dc5g5hE
🔴SEMINARIO PELA-USAL |
🗓️22 y 23 junio 2023
📍Aula 2.2 -Instituto Iberoamérica (@iberoame)
En colaboración con la Universidad de Pittsburgh y la
Revista Legislative Studies Quarterly se presentarán y
discutirán once trabajos realizados con los datos del proyecto @pelaUSAL👇
Unexpectedly, due to a budget windfall, I'm looking for a Master's student, likely someone from Latin America, who might be interested in coming to ISU starting in August for a two-year graduate assistantship.
Sorry this is last minute!
https://t.co/opT0ZY1Dkr