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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thank you to the APSA MENA Politics Newsletter editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social, @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, and @samershehata.bsky.social for their support and encouragement in putting this together!

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Lynch complements the roundtable's insights with data from the Middle East Scholars Barometer about how academics in our discipline are already using AI (or not) and the implications of AI for how people learn about and understand the region's politics.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

These interventions should be of interest to a wide range of academics and policy-oriented scholars who move between large-n quantitative analyses and more humanistic modes of investigation, and to the consumers of their research.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

At the same time, he reflects on the sobering challenges GenAI poses for training and launching the next generation of scholars.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The roundtable is accompanied by an essay by Rich Nielsen arguing, among other things, that the emergence of powerful GenAI capabilities comparatively elevates the importance of ethnographic, qualitative, and interpretive work in our field as a distinctly human enterprise.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

They have important things to say about the uses and limitations of AI in the kinds of research we do and the settings we do it in, especially for those who work with historical, textual, or survey data.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The roundtable features fascinating contributions by Muhammad S. Abdo, Tariq Adely, @cinziabianco.bsky.social @ashelshehawy.bsky.social, @rmkubinec.bsky.social, and Michael Robbins.

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Carolyn Barnett @cbarns.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In the most recent issue of the APSA MENA Section's newsletter, I curated a roundtable on the implications of AI for research on Middle East politics. zenodo.org/records/2019...

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APSA MENA Politics Section @apsamena.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our Spring 2026 Newsletter is out from editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @samershehata.bsky.social! Featuring deep dives into the role of AI in MENA politics, and in MENA research. Plus career reflections from Nathan Brown. Check it out! zenodo.org/records/2019...

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 @cbarns.bsky.social , Michael FitzGerald, @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social & @manika.bsky.social outline the trends in publishing in P&G compared to general-interest and other gender and politics journals in "What Does Politics & Gender Publish? " buff.ly/78zQfiN

Research article "What Does Politics & Gender Publish? Trends, Methods, and Topics in Gender and Politics Research" by Carolyn Barnett, Michael FitzGerald, Katie Krumbholz and Manika Lamba.
Abstract begins: We draw on a comprehensive dataset of metadata about journal articles substantively related to gender and politics published in 37 political science journals through the end of 2023, including Politics & Gender, to characterize and compare trends over time and the most prominent topics addressed by these journals. We show that the volume of work published by Politics & Gender has increased over time, has become increasingly quantitative in nature, and tends to focus on questions related to women running for political office and the nature of women’s political representation. These patterns closely reflect broader tendencies in the gender and politics research published by general-interest political science journals.

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Crown Center for Middle East Studies @mes-crown.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

TOMORROW: There is still time to register for our upcoming Crown Seminar. Join us for this virtual conversation!

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

New Governance Uncovered episode: we discuss the new book "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa" with chapter authors @cbarns.bsky.social, Alexandra Blackman, & Steven Brooke. Insights from Morocco, Tunisia, and beyond. Listen now! bit.ly/3WuO0d2

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 @cbarns.bsky.social , Michael FitzGerald, @katiekrumbholz.bsky.social & @manika.bsky.social outline the trends in publishing in P&G compared to general-interest and other gender and politics journals in "What Does Politics & Gender Publish? " tinyurl.com/ym7ra5z4

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

📚 Just released! "Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa" explores critical governance reforms across MENA. Editors Kristen Kao & ellenlust.bsky.social, featuring 14 regional specialists. Open Access and more info here: mailchi.mp/gld.gu.se/ne...

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Chapters by: - Sylvia Bergh with @fcolin.bsky.social - Alexandra Blackman, Aytug Sasmaz, Julia Clark - Steven Brooke with Monica Komer - @mattbuehler.bsky.social & Freddy Ghergis - Intissar Kherigi - @cmparreira.bsky.social - @shalaby12.bsky.social & @cbarns.bsky.social - @mikisosnowski.bsky.social

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

♀️Do citizens evaluate quota and non-quota politicians similarly? ➡️Using a vignette experiment in Morocco, @cbarns.bsky.social A. Blackman @shalaby12.bsky.social find no evidence that quota-elected women are viewed as less competent than other politicians www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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