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Presenting at #MPSA2025: Cesi Cruz and co-authors Junbeom Bahk, Benjamin Graham, and See Yeon Kim argue that firms use different types of social ties to pursue different types of political objectives. With evidence from an original survey of 2500 firms across 7 ASEAN countries: buff.ly/sYVdaQB

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While writing the book, A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mark Tessler kept a motivating piece of paper on his desk committing to write a set number of pages a day. At the top of the page he wrote: "Are you serious?" #MPSA2025

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A career we look forward to celebrating: An #MPSA2025 session will honor Mark Tessler’s contributions to Middle East politics and public opinion research.

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🇿🇦 An #MPSA2025 session to bookmark: Group empathy scholar @nickvalentino.bsky.social @electionstudies.bsky.social and #ISRNextGeneration scholar Charlotte Boucher @ch4rlotte.bsky.social present their work on outgroup empathy in the context of South Africa. buff.ly/aFS9isd

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Is government suspicion based on real lived experiences and historic harm? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Franshelly Martinez-Ortiz writes on the case of Michigan, where events like the Flint Water Crisis give rise to lasting mistrust. @maraceci.bsky.social #MPSA2025 ➡️ cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3434

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🔻 The #MPSA2025 Roundtable on US Democracy and the Trump Administration includes Amel Ahmed, @profhansnoel.bsky.social Susan Stokes, @brendannyhan.bsky.social and @robmickey.bsky.social -- Don't miss this session Saturday, April 5. buff.ly/v5A7Qhl

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"Trump’s use of tariffs undermines both multilateralism and a rule-based order." James D. Morrow writes on trade and the demise of the liberal international order: "The American Century is over." ➡️ cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3442

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New piece with Napon Jatusripitak! We analyze voter attitudes in Thailand in the wake of the grand compromise between Pheu Thai and the conservatives and how partisan allegiances may shift. www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-com...

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Jon Miller of @umisrcps.bsky.social: Beyond open letters, scientists need to reach Congress in person and work with patient advocacy groups and scientific societies to push back against attacks on science. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

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"Trump’s use of tariffs undermines both multilateralism and a rule-based order." James D. Morrow writes on trade and the demise of the liberal international order: "The American Century is over." ➡️ cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3442

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Join tonight's event to learn what works when citizens defend democracy, and repost ⬇️

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Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...

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Is government suspicion based on real lived experiences and historic harm? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Franshelly Martinez-Ortiz writes on the case of Michigan, where events like the Flint Water Crisis give rise to lasting mistrust. @maraceci.bsky.social #MPSA2025 ➡️ cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3434

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✊ Wednesday's teach-in at #Umich addresses democratic citizenship beyond the ballot box: how to stay informed, when to act, and what actions can be taken defend democracy. This is a non-partisan event from faculty sharing their expertise.

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For those who were at the second teach in and heard @meganastewart.bsky.social talk about this issue, more food for thought.

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How do experiences with crime shape how Americans relate to members of their own racial group? Presenting Saturday at #MPSA2025, @bromero15.bsky.social explores the relationship between personal experiences of crime and multiple measures of racial solidarity. buff.ly/AbLwbEq

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Kamri Hudgins introduces the "Battered Citizen Syndrome" project at #MPSA2025 to explain why Black voters consistently support the Democratic Party. A pilot survey shows that BCS influences party loyalty and is linked to group consciousness, education, and church attendance. buff.ly/zMnNDr7

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🇿🇦 An #MPSA2025 session to bookmark: Group empathy scholar @nickvalentino.bsky.social @electionstudies.bsky.social and #ISRNextGeneration scholar Charlotte Boucher @ch4rlotte.bsky.social present their work on outgroup empathy in the context of South Africa. buff.ly/aFS9isd

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At the #MPSA2025 session on how history shape's today's political economy, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Hanna Lee presents on the legacy of Japanese colonialism in South Korea-- suggesting a new framework of evaluating the impact of extractive institutions. buff.ly/TXqIo81

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Heonuk Ha joins the #MPSA2025 workshop on the politics of AI, presenting a comparative study of 80 countries to assess the Impact of agency professionalism on government AI adoption. buff.ly/h3XjFv3

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🔻 Vincent Hutchings chairs next week's #MPSA2025 Author-Meets-Critics Session on Jennifer Chudy's "Some White Folks," exploring white racial sympathy. Bookmark the session: buff.ly/0iprKdz

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Who's to blame for runaway presidential power? Congress has to be the primary suspect, says Christian Fong-- but it's also American voters who tend to tune them out. #PoliSky cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3426

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Sujin Cha and Yehzee Ryoo: Public support for government subsidies to firms is shaped by nationalistic, security, and economic considerations in a globalized landscape. They present the mechanisms that shape attitudes toward the security-economy nexus at #MPSA2025: buff.ly/DbsRR0A #ISRNextGeneration

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Does disability affect political ideology? At #MPSA2025, @joshuathorp.bsky.social and @jaclarner.bsky.social present panel data measuring the effect of acquiring an impairment on multiple political ideology outcomes. #ISRNextGeneration #PoliSky Hybrid, April 4: buff.ly/9POuqVr

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Presenting on "The Politics of Predicting the Future," @markweiss.bsky.social and @lowande.bsky.social describe their work on a new Congressional dataset. They use Chat GPT-4o to separate inferential and non-inferential statements about the past and future. #MPSA2025 buff.ly/rUErD5x

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🔻 The #MPSA2025 Roundtable on US Democracy and the Trump Administration includes Amel Ahmed, @profhansnoel.bsky.social Susan Stokes, @brendannyhan.bsky.social and @robmickey.bsky.social -- Don't miss this session Saturday, April 5. buff.ly/v5A7Qhl

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I'll be moderating a panel on Birth Right Citizenship at @umfordschool.bsky.social (and try to bring a comparative perspective). The panel includes legal scholars and historians (see below), join us on FRIDAY March 28th! fordschool.umich.edu/event/2025/c...

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Democratic backsliding in the United States is part of a global trend, but it's not inevitable. @profpjones.bsky.social describes how other countries have pushed back on autocracy: cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3417 #PoliSky

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Why is conflict-related sexual violence and other gender-based violence (not) reported? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Esmeralda López examines institutional-level constraints on reporting practices, presenting at the hybrid #MPSA2025: buff.ly/ask5aQP #PoliSky @rnordaas.bsky.social #UMichResearch

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👏 The US gvt. spends more on disaster relief than prevention. Thanks to Tali Mendelberg for presenting this week's @umisrcps.bsky.social Miller Converse lecture, with research showing that voters support prevention far more than presumed.

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Levering data from an original survey experiment in Armenia, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Evgenia Jane Kitaevich assesses the impact of individual exposure to militarized conflict on one's support for democracy and different elements of democratic governance. #MPSA2025 buff.ly/oMLPiDY

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With original survey data, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Avery Goods introduces the "Apocalyptic Mindset Scale" to measure pessimism about the future and its relationship to political behavior. Don't miss this hybrid session at #MPSA2025: buff.ly/LUzcYcR #PoliSky #UMichResearch

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To expand our understanding of police violence in America, Hilary Izatt and #ISRNextGeneration scholar @ch4rlotte.bsky.social study incidents of violence among white Americans, an understudied population. #MPSA2025 #PoliSky buff.ly/M5rPPjS

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Presenting at #MPSA2025: Cesi Cruz and co-authors Junbeom Bahk, Benjamin Graham, and See Yeon Kim argue that firms use different types of social ties to pursue different types of political objectives. With evidence from an original survey of 2500 firms across 7 ASEAN countries: buff.ly/sYVdaQB

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🇨🇳 How do economic incentives shape native, ethnic, and national identity in China? @Jeanhong.bsky.social and #ISRNextGeneration scholar Jun Fang present at the hybrid #MPSA2025 on April 4: buff.ly/gylDk5V #PoliSky #UMichResearch

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Mason Holland presents on measuring Black political disillusionment at #MPSA2025. Don't miss this hybrid session April 3: buff.ly/220xGmn

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Second Teach In Alert, next Wednesday, March 19th, 7 pm. Please share! We will update the U-M community on what has happened since the first teach in and will cover what is at stake for the international world order. Come with questions and thoughts. Pizza for students starting at 6.30 pm.

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At #MPSA2025, Converse Miller fellow @joshuathorp.bsky.social presents the results of a survey experiment examining how disability rights protests are perceived when justified via appeals to egalitarian norms vs. civil rights laws. #PoliSky #UMichResearch #ISRNextGeneration buff.ly/dkgrGbU

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@equezada.bsky.social and @[email protected] present on religion and politics in the US at #MPSA2025 -- using a conjoint experiment to explore how individuals use political cues when engaging in (non)religious boundary making. #PoliSky #ISRNextGeneration buff.ly/iCNyhpW

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Join us Thursday for the Miller Converse lecture, UM's preeminent lecture series on American electoral politics. Tali Mendelberg's research challenges the view that voters support disaster relief but not policies to prevent and prepare for disaster. @umisr.bsky.social #UMich #Polisky #PolicySky

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Do federal subsidies disproportionately militarize police in low-income and minority communities? In the hybrid #MPSA2025 session on race, space and policing, @lowande.bsky.social and Heonuk Ha present on law enforcement agency participation in federal programs like the 1033 program. buff.ly/Mq2AmCt

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Pleased to announce our semester speaker series!

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Presenting at #MPSA2025: #ISRNextGeneration scholar Sujin Cha examines the distribution of industrial policy support, finding that political incentives and global competition lead to greater subsidies for large domestic firms, especially those connected to local markets. buff.ly/VVIKbjx

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#ISRNextGeneration scholar Zoe Walker @zoewithoutawhy.bsky.social presents on racial resentment and credit access at the #MPSA2025 hybrid conference. Join the session on April 5. buff.ly/8ogDacm

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Even largely well-run elections can have big issues, but when does this lead to a cancelled contest? Walter Mebane and Joseph Richard Klaver present on two cases in Germany at the hybrid #MPSA2025 with evidence from election disputes and the eforensics statistical package. buff.ly/Gw6mgYy #PoliSky

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The last of our series on February's #UMich teach-in to unpack this political moment-- @robmickey.bsky.social describes the evolution of the Republican Party “from the mainstream, conservative party committed to democracy, into something very different.” #PoliSky cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3411

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