Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Excited that our paper is accepted at LSQ! One might have expected COVID to expand women legislators' influence, given domain expertise in health. Instead, male leaders reframed the crisis around issues where they hold authority. A case of male elite adaptation, here in the context of crisis. 0177
Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We are looking for a full-time Research Manager based in Hyderabad! Please apply/share with your networks! tinyurl.com/telanganaRMtinyurl.comResearch Manager_Peer Mentorship Project.docxRESEARCH MANAGER POSITIONProject: “Training Elected Women Representatives on Ecological Commons” Lead Researchers Dr. Rachel Brulé (Boston University, USA) Dr. Bhumi Purohit (Georgetown University... 064
Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Graduated! + So indebted to my family, friends, and advisors at Berkeley for their support. Very excited to join Stanford's King Center on Global Development for a postdoc (26-27) before starting at the University of California, Davis as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in 2027! 🌲💛💙 1350
Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Attending EPSS + researching South Asia? Apply before May 13th to attend the pre-conference workshop!! 020
Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 28/04/2026We are organizing a pre-conference workshop at EPSS on the Politics of South Asia. To present, discuss, or attend, please submit your info by May 13th: forms.gle/pXaKtTLifJAY... Please circulate widely! If questions, contact me, @aliz-toth.bsky.social or @simonchauchard.bsky.social! 21312
Alyssa Heinze @alyssarheinze.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Thrilled that this is out at the APSR! 😀 I document how male elites creatively adapt to electoral reform in Indian village councils. Relevant for how we think about: 1) limits of reforms meant to equalize power, 2) (male) elite capture, 3) the "proxy" representative debate. A (late) 🧵 15315
Reposted by Alyssa HeinzeAndrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 20/03/2026New study finds the current heat wave in the West would be "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate pollution. We're on the verge of breaking an all-time March heat record for the US today/tmrw. www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/w...cnn.comThe US is on the verge of an all-time heat record for March. Yes, it’s climate change. | CNNThe impending US heat record is an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening. 771701805
Reposted by Alyssa HeinzeTiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Want to hear more from fantastic EGEN scholars? Follow this starter pack! go.bsky.app/SeabEZc 43618
Reposted by Alyssa HeinzeSimon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 09/09/2025New article out in World Development! 🚨 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now) With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.sciencedirect.comInclusive reforms as levers for social exclusion: The paradoxical consequences of quotas for women in rural IndiaWhy do radical institutional changes to democratize who accesses power fail to change who realizes power in practice? We argue that disjunctures betwe… 085
Reposted by Alyssa HeinzeSimon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 10/04/2025We wrote on the topic of proxyism and (male) elite capture in rural Indian for the @thejop.bsky.social blog! (with @alyssarheinze.bsky.social & Rachel Brulé) See post here: ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/ Full article: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...ubwp.buffalo.eduThe Journal of Politics Blog – Southern Political Science Association 085