Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Rooibos tea is tasty, healthy, and can bring the world a little closer. Is interdependence really all that bad? My take: globalcommons.substack.com/p/rooibos-te... 010
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We can put up more guardrails against AI-related cheating. But maybe we should talk more with students about integrity and trust, and create a learning atmosphere in which faculty don't need to police. That's what I argue in my Global Commons substack: globalcommons.substack.com/p/trust-poli...globalcommons.substack.comTrust, Policing and AI in the ClassroomThe steady stream of news about widespread AI-related cheating on college campuses really gets me down. 000
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Please check out my latest substack on Americans and foreign suffering. Recently published research demonstrates that American concern for suffering drops precipitously when victims are not American! globalcommons.substack.com/p/do-america...globalcommons.substack.comDo Americans Care About Foreign Suffering?Same Flood, Same Family, Half the Help 010
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Over two billion people lack access to safe water. Are democracies better at closing this massive gap? A substack on recently published research at World Development with Naomi Tilles on the limits of democracy for achieving universal safe water access globalcommons.substack.com/p/democracy-...globalcommons.substack.comDemocracy delivers the tap. But not always the safe water.Roughly 2 billion people still lack reliable access to clean drinking water. 011
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Valuing human authenticity in the age of AI open.substack.com/pub/globalco...open.substack.comValuing human authenticity in the age of AIOver the past few years, generative AI has inserted itself into our everyday lives at an accelerating pace. 010
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Please check out my latest substack post on Japanese design, culture, and disaster preparedness! open.substack.com/pub/globalco...open.substack.comFacing dangerCan great design save us? 000
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is searching for two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. Please apply! To learn more, visit: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl... @MIT_CIS @MITPoliScicareers.peopleclick.comPostdoctoral AssociateMIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139 011
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy- relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf 023
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 24/08/2025With today's start of women's and men's singles at the #usopen25, I want to share my brief essay that appeared in the @nytimes.com yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o... Thanks to so many who reached out with nice comments! (And the less nice ones were pretty civil!)nytimes.comOpinion | What the U.S. Open Tells Us About America 020
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Very happy to share that our study of dignity appeals is now out at PSRM 140
Reposted by Evan LiebermanMIT Center for International Studies @mit-cis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025CIS is delighted to announce the launch of a new pilot initiative with Angola! The initiative marks a significant collaboration between MIT-Africa, Sonangol, and the Instituto Superior Politécnico de Tecnologias e Ciências (ISPTEC). Read here: cis.mit.edu/news/mit-afr... @evlieb.bsky.social 011
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025JOB ALERT: Come work as lab manager / research associate at the Global Diversity Lab at MIT -- a great opportunity for recent undergraduates considering a PhD in political science #development #climate #diversity Recent LM's went to Stanford, Yale, Berkeley careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...careers.peopleclick.comResearch Support Associate 2MIT - Research Support Associate 2 - Cambridge MA 02139 056
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Looking forward to presenting some research (joint with @devincaughey.bsky.social and Preston Johnston) on ethnicity and climate attitudes in Africa at the USC Comparative Politics workshop tomorrow. 110
Reposted by Evan LiebermanMIT Center for International Studies @mit-cis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Thank you to our speakers @juliettekayyem.bsky.social, @kschake.bsky.social, and @evlieb.bsky.social for their insightful analysis of President Trump's first 100 days in office and the implications for domestic and foreign policy. In case you missed it, watch the event here: youtu.be/osl65UXxNJI?...youtu.beStarr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 DaysYouTube video by MIT Center for International Studies (MIT CIS) 201
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I am looking forward to this event on Wednesday @mit-cis.bsky.social when I'll be moderating a discussion with two leading analysts Kori Schake (AEI) and Juliette Kayyem (HKS), focused on US Foreign Policy under President Trump 020
Reposted by Evan LiebermanDonghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The deadline for submission of papers to the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) is March 28 (Friday). Please consider applying! #polisky #EconSky @nlnathan.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @robertblair.bsky.social 064
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Of all the minority groups in the world that need the care and support of the United States, the white farmers of #SouthAfrica ... do not rank very high. If the U.S. cares about South Africans, let's not take away aid for HIV meds or energy transition www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...nytimes.comTrump Offers South African Farmers Expedited CitizenshipThe president falsely claimed on social media that the South African government was confiscating farmland, echoing previous statements that the country was mistreating white people. 010
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025My piece on the remarkable parallels between turn-of-the-20th century South Africa and the United States today, with lessons for what could come next. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...dailymaverick.co.zaLessons from Donald Trump’s South African doppelgänger, Paul KrugerPaul Kruger, the second president of the South African Republic, might as well have been a prototype for Donald Trump. The echoes between their leadership styles — xenophobia, nationalism, disdain for... 010
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Despite efforts to shutter #USAID, which would be a significant blow to many African countries, it's clear that Pres Trump does care deeply about one minority group on the continent: White South Africans -- the wealthiest 4+ million people on a continent of 1.5 billion. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comHow Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homelandU.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation. 020
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Encouraging evidence of global leadership from #SouthAfrica President Cyril Ramaphosa www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...dailymaverick.co.zaRamaphosa champions forward-thinking G20 agendaWhile Donald Trump is at the head of the pack of global strongman leaders, President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa firmly in the camp of the diminishing progressive world. 000
Reposted by Evan LiebermanResearch & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Sarah Lockwood & @evlieb.bsky.social consider whether financial incentives increase participation in surveys. They find that, if anything, material incentives depress response rates, but there is some heterogeneity in estimated effects by political party. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/2053...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 021
Reposted by Evan LiebermanKent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 21/01/2025#Trump’s withdrawal from @who.int was widely anticipated & criticised for damage it will cause. It serves as a wake-up call for the importance of multilateralism in the face of American unilateralism. In our @bmj.com piece, we outline actions to address the crisis www.bmj.com/content/388/... 112061
Reposted by Evan Liebermanmitpolisci.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social · 12/12/2024New study examines American attitudes on global climate policies. Authors are Professors Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh, MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoctoral student Erin Walks. cis.mit.edu/news-media/n... @evlieb.bsky.social @vcharnysh.bsky.social 011
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Following #COP29, critical to understand sources of support, resistance for climate aid to the Global South. Published today in Climatic Change, we highlight that messages about America's historic carbon emissions boost support for climate-related foreign aid... link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comHow information about historic carbon emissions affects support for climate aid: evidence from a survey experiment - Climatic ChangeIn recent years, international climate negotiations have reached increasing consensus that the wealthiest countries should make significant financial contributions to offset the damages caused by the ... 163
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Congratulations @vcharnysh.bsky.social on the publication of Uprooted! 1141