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Konstantin Bogatyrev

@bogatyrev.bsky.social
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- LSE Fellow in political behaviour at @lsegovernment.bsky.social‬ - PhD from Bocconi University (2025) on electoral accountability for illiberals & authoritarians + quant methods - 🏳️‍🌈 he/they www.lse.ac.uk/people/konstantin-bog…

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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our article with @grigopop.bsky.social and @jacobtucker.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! This has been a very long journey from the initial draft to publication, so we are very excited 😀 I'll summarize our findings in the next few of posts in the thread.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Luis Sattelmayer @luissattelmayer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, @malojan.bsky.social and I are launching the PartySOME website at partysome.org, an open, interactive platform for exploring how much political parties communicate online and what they talk about 🎤💻📊
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Ben Ginsburg Hix @benghix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Very excited to announce a new Political Methodology Seminar Series co-hosted by the @lsegovernment.bsky.social, @lsemethodology.bsky.social and European Institute. This bi-weekly series is designed to support ECRs applying state-of-the-art methodological tools to political science research.
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy weekend! This Saturday brings you the rare joy of a 🙌job🙌 in: surveys! democratic attitudes! experiments! three years!! research only (if you want)!!!! with @rikkidean.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social !!!!!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB393/r...
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Research Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project at University of Southampton
Apply now for the Research Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Glad to be among this year's British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant awardees! Thanks @britishacademy.bsky.social for supporting me in advancing my research on authoritarian politics at @lsegovernment.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏
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Project Title: Benchmarking the Autocrat: How Comparisons Shape Regime Support

London School of Economics and Political Science

Value awarded: £10000

Funded by: BIST

Authoritarian governments survive partly by shaping the comparisons their citizens make. People judge a government not against an absolute standard but against a reference point: the country's own past, or other countries. This project asks which comparison most affects whether citizens of an authoritarian state support their government and its institutions. The study offers the first experimental evidence on whether controlling the reference point is a tool of authoritarian resilience, and on which comparisons threaten or reinforce it.
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JOB Founding Dean of the Rokos School of Government / Rokos Professor of Government, University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/foundin...
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Founding Dean of the Rokos School of Government and Rokos Professorship of Government
The University of Cambridge is seeking an exceptional academic leader to become the founding Dean of the Rokos School of Government, alongside appointment to the Rokos Professorship of Government. Thi...
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very happy to see the UK Young Academy's "Beginner's Guide" come out and to have played a part in helping to bring it to fruition! @irph.bsky.social @lborocrcc.bsky.social
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'Beginner's guide' launched to help at-risk scholars navigate UK academia | UK Young Academy
New comprehensive resource launched to reduce barriers for scholars rebuilding their careers and professional networks in a new academic system.
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Rory Truex @rorytruex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the year universities are finally tackling the AI problem in earnest. But there is no consensus across schools, or even among departments within schools, about best practices. Six things I've learned in watching this conversation evolve:
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Cyrus Samii @cdsamii.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Half of our seminars should be pre analysis plans and the other half results. Imagine if people had an up front stake in your research, and imagine getting great input before you finalize your analysis strategy. It should be the norm.
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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧵 Just accepted @thejop.bsky.social, with @tswalve.bsky.social "What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success" Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Amanda Weiss @amandaweiss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yet another reason to be REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL about using AI to label and analyze qualitative data.
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Martin Devaux @martindevaux.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Update (www.martindevaux.com/forecast/)
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you would like to work as a journal editor, @jeppjournal.bsky.social is looking for an Associate Editor, broadly in public opinion and behaviour. Couldn't recommend it enough! Deadline is next week - 15th September. editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
Editor Resources provides insights and information to support the editor’s role and build connections between journal editors and research communities.
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Scholars Working on East European Politics @sweep-workshop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We had a great time at our first conference happy hour at APSA last weekend! Looking forwards to keeping up with the SWEEP community at our Fall/Winter online workshop series. CfP out *now*; abstracts due by 10/1. Work at any stage is welcome! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📰How should researchers debrief participants after exposing them to misinformation? ➡️ @emmahoes.bsky.social & @sachaltay.bsky.social show that specific debriefings with fact-checks reduce belief in false claims, while general warnings may increase skepticism toward true news doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lots of writing advice is about procrastination or writer’s block. We worry & develop routines to tackle it. But what if our problem is the opposite? What if we write too much? Too many emails, posts, essays, papers. We have become very good at making ourselves write, perhaps too good. 🧵
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Georgy Tarasenko @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can you hear concealed political dissent in a survey response? At #APSA2026, I’m presenting joint work with Andrey Tkachenko & Damir Sarsengaliyev using 7,324 Russian telephone interviews from the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As August ends and and we’re slowly getting back into things, I wanted to share a Russian election data paper we published in Scientific Data with @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social and @nikitasavin.bsky.social earlier this summer: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Giovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bocconi University is hiring an open-rank Comparative Politics position! Scholars at all levels with strong research agendas welcome; rigorous quantitative analysis (empirical or theoretical) highly preferred. Deadline: Oct 1, 2026. Apply: unibocconi.eu/jobmarket
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Job Market - Bocconi University
Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Highly recommend. [📢 shared through Valeria Umanets] Call for Papers: Politics & Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop @ MPSA2027 Chicago | April 1–4, 2027 We welcome research on politics & political economy across Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Deadline: Sept. 15 More info:
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Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop
Chicago, US
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Edward Goldring @edwardgoldring.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you don’t have time to read the book, but fancy listening to a podcast about it, then try this episode of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: newbooksnetwork.com/purges
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Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Applications are open for EuroWEPS Berlin.👇There is also some change in the EuroWEPS organising committee. @pavisuri.bsky.social is taking a step back, while @aalrababah.bsky.social & @ewirsching.bsky.social are joining starting with this edition. A big thank you to Pavi & welcome to Ala and Elisa!
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fantastic news. Oliver is a genuinely kind person and outstanding scholar. He combines cutting-edge computational methods with a strong commitment to credible research. LSE is lucky to have him.
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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Global harms, local profits: How the uneven costs of natural disasters affect support for green political platforms by Silvia Pianta and Paula Rettl is now available in Early View. @paularettl.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/08/14/g...
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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A summary of what I understand and do not understand about the way democracy works: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7269378
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<p>Swan Song: My Understanding of Democracy</p>
I summarize my understanding of democracy: the theory which predicts when elections peacefully manage conflicts and the empirical evidence regarding the co
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Does losing an election affect politicians' democratic attitudes? A large literature documents a winner–loser gap among voters, but evidence on political elites was long scarce. A series of recent studies has narrowed this gap. A thread on the state of the evidence. 🧵
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Marc Jacob @marcjacob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A thought-provoking and important paper: the diversity within pro-democracy coalitions may make them more likely to win elections, but it also makes it more challenging for them to govern effectively. And, as the analysis shows, there is much to learn from most different case comparisons.
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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I have spent far more time thinking and talking about AI policy than I thought I would when I became co-editor at AJPS a year ago. Here is the latest iteration of our policy.
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Scholars Working on East European Politics @sweep-workshop.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our next session—and first as SWEEP—is this Friday!🌟 @bogatyrev.bsky.social presents "Military Casualties and Regime Support: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Russia," work w/ @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social, Andrey Tkachenko, & @nikitasavin.bsky.social. @ildardaminov.bsky.social discusses.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Europe is experiencing a summer of extreme heat, drought & wildfires. Yet, climate policy is facing considerable resistance. My co-authors & I reviewed evidence on why this tension exists & what tob do about it for Nature Climate Change. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
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Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
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Ryan Jablonski @ryanjablonski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I just finished a book. The goal is to better understand how foreign aid affects elections and democratic accountability -- something I've been thinking about for a long time now. The book is free to read at cup.org/3U9VVxO.
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Dependency Politics
Cambridge Core - International Economics - Dependency Politics
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Have said it before, will say again: The mix of too-accessible-AI for both academic authors and editors (both categories currently overstretched) and the broken academic system of publishing will make for a huge amount of cherry picking of topics that get to be peer reviewed, let alone be published
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wow, I am impressed this happened so soon in economics
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💡 We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science Read more and apply before 11 October 👉️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring — Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026; apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk and follow @lsemethodology.
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Hanna Folsz @hannafolsz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It was time for a SWEEP! 🧹 We are transforming our grad workshop, EEPGW, into a new online East European politics workshop for scholars *at all career stages*! Below is our Call for Papers📄 & an APSA happy hour🍸& a call to share your APSA panel so fellow East Europeanists can be in the loop📝!
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📄 And another working paper: **Pretty much all citizens say they support democracy.** But what do they mean by that? We ask whether voters from different partisan camps mean the same thing when they talk about "democracy." Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We will- I have no doubt- look back at this as one of the greatest scandals of our time. It he killing of the golden goose for the UK. A destruction of one of the most profitable and successful sectors.Yet, for now all politicians have their head in the sand on this one… A critically important read.
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Elena Pro @elenapro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New (and personal first!) paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social w/ Chris Anderson. 🤖🗳️ Citizens increasingly use and interact with AI tools to make sense of political information and express views. We ask: what does this mean for citizens' autonomy in politics?
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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just an enormous difference in Russian support for the war when comparing direct question estimates with experiments from list experiments. Also, peep those CIs! sensitivity bias has to be HUGE (which it apparently is in this case) to be detected with Direct - List
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Georgy Tarasenko @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🔔🔔 Russian polls have shown ~75% support for the war in Ukraine since February 2022, essentially flat. New working paper with Kirill Chmel and @nikitasavin.bsky.social shows that number is stable partly because it stopped measuring what people actually think. 🧵 ssrn.com/abstract=711...
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Victor Araújo @victoraraujo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
📄 New pre-print on SSRN New evidence on a timely question: Does holding anti-democratic leaders legally accountable produce democratic backlash? Contrary to widespread concerns, I find no evidence that accountability increased affective polarisation or reduced support for democracy. 🧵👇
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Does Holding Anti-Democratic Leaders Accountable Backfire? Evidence from Bolsonaro's Arrest in Brazil
Whether holding anti-democratic leaders accountable strengthens or weakens democracy remains one of the unresolved questions in contemporary debates about democ
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Strong causal evidence that not cooperating with the radical right strengthens the mainstream right.
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Enjoyed my first time in Cambridge and the privilege to present my research in a great workshop to conclude the academic year. Big thanks @d-luca.bsky.social @orkunsaka.bsky.social @ygursoy.bsky.social @lsects.bsky.social for the organisation and the perfectly air conditioned room amidst the heat 🌞
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Miguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Here's the final program for PEEP 2026: the Political Economy of Europe Pre-APSA Conference (Sept 2, Harvard). To attend, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Excited to hang out again next month! CC @mariacarreri.bsky.social @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @awiedemann.bsky.social
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Romain Lachat @rlachat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📢 Job opening The Cevipof is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Political Science in the field of political institutions and contemporary transformations of democracy @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social
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Recruitement : Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science
CEVIPOF / Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science, Topic Immigration and Democracy / Political Theory. The application deadline is 18 September 2026.
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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Update: I'm in London for AY 26-27 at @lsegovernment.bsky.social & @lseid.bsky.social as a Visiting Senior Fellow while on post-tenure sabbatical from Loyola Maryland. 🥳 Europe-based colleagues: Need a speaker for your Dept. seminar series? Happy to oblige! 😉
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is nonsense. The (tiny) tuition fee rise seen so far is massively offset by over a decade of real terms cuts. Adjusting for inflation tuition fees are lower now than a decade ago - when the teaching grant was much larger.
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Matt Graham @mattgraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Insightful new-ish article journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My paper 'Whose Fakes? Disinformation Awareness and Motivated Reasoning in Wartime Russia’ has won the Outstanding Early Career Paper Award from @iamcr.org's Political Communication Section! Grateful for the recognition. The paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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