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Julio Solís Arce

@juliosolis.bsky.social
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PhD student at @harvardgovdept.bsky.social. Studying political development, collective choice, and culture in Africa. juliosolisar.github.io

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · 22/09/2026
**We are hiring a postdoc in the Economics of Religion** The post is for two years beginning in August 2027. In the past we have had economics, sociology, and political science PhDs join us as postdocs. Join us in southern California! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
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uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Metaketa Initiative, led by @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social's @egap.bsky.social, has received the Margaret Levi award from @apsa.bsky.social. 👏👏 @dktrdr.bsky.social www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/egap-in...
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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very cool to have my research on progressive insurgent candidates cited in The Economist. TL;DR: there's more progressives who should enter Congress after the November elections than the last several www.economist.com/united-state...
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How far left will Democrats go?
Its base is almost as mad at their leaders as they are at the president
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Fairness Across the World,” by Almås, Cappelen, Sørensen, and Tungodden: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Fairness Across the World*
Abstract. This paper provides the first comprehensive global evidence on people’s fairness and efficiency preferences, beliefs about the sources of inequal
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fulvia Budillon and I are looking for a Portuguese-speaking field RA in Mozambique to start ASAP. More information here: tinyurl.com/2cs6jtjw. Please apply!!
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My sincerest condolences @marchvidkjaer.bsky.social
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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The APCG has 11 great panels on at @apsa.bsky.social in Boston this week. Check out below for the full list, and many thanks to @adajkanu.bsky.social and Alex Michael Kroeger for putting together such a great line-up!
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Political scientists: we are looking forward to welcoming you to Boston!
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Derek R. Peterson @unseenarchive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Colleagues will be sorry to hear that historian John Iliffe has this morning passed away in Cambridge at age 87. Iliffe was a maker of the academic field of African history. He took up a post at the University of Dar es Salaam shortly after Tanganyika's independence. 1/
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Anselm Hager @anselmhager.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
EuroWEPS 14 is here! We'll meet in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social and discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars especially welcome to apply! Deadline is Sept 11.
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Kiara Hernandez @kiarahernandezm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Very honored to have my work recognized! For those interested, here is a link to the updated paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Cyrus Samii @cdsamii.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The new Alsan and Neberai paper on why the US doesn't have national health insurance offers an interesting template for research on the origins of institutions academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
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Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association
Abstract. This article examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical
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Jim Fearon @jfearon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New website is now up at jfearon4.github.io. I hadn’t updated the old one in embarrassingly many years. Lots of new and old unpublished stuff on the new site.
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James D. Fearon
James Fearon academic stuff
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I saw this paper presented at the Brown-Harvard South Asian Politics Seminar. AMM delivered one of the best presentations I’ve seen, followed by a extraordinary discussion by a Martha Chen, a development practitioner in BGD when the cyclone. Research is most powerful when it tells human stories
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Belief in magic emerges most strongly among those who are both scientifically oriented and residually religious. Secular rationalism does not erase belief in supernatural mechanisms. It affirms the individual’s agency to decide what they are academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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The magic of secularization
Abstract. Institutional secularization does not necessitate a secular public. In fact, as church memberships decline, more individualized sources of supern
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Noah Nathan @nlnathan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Working on this paper was so fun! Excited that it's now out in the world and I hope you can check it out. It builds on broader agendas on the built environment and how space structures social contact from both Paige and I, w/ more info here: paigebollen.com and nlnathan.mit.edu
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Paige Bollen
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
From our FirstView: Vernacular Architecture and Grassroots Urban Politics: How Politics Is Embedded in Residential Design by PAIGE BOLLEN and @nlnathan.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Vernacular Architecture and Grassroots Urban Politics: How Politics Is Embedded in Residential Design | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Vernacular Architecture and Grassroots Urban Politics: How Politics Is Embedded in Residential Design
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Had that impression during the conference, confirmed now by the report: Harvard University was the non-European institution with the most attendees at EPSS. Not all European/Europeanists: we were 11 participants presenting papers across 10 different sections. Good stuff @harvardgovdept.bsky.social !
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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy to have contributed to the latest HBES newsletter on our recent paper, The Meanings and Dividends of Man the Hunter, led by @vivek123.bsky.social I reflect on MTH through the lens of my research on Bayaka women's foraging & cooperation in the Congolese rainforest www.hbes.com/revisiting-m...
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Revisiting Man the Hunter - HBES
– by Haneul Jang For decades, the phrase Man the Hunter has occupied a central place in discussions of human evolution. Today, however, the phrase sounds outdated, evoking a familiar image of men hunt...
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Alex Yeandle @alexyeandle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Delighted to see my paper "Mobile money and the social contract: Experimental evidence from Ghana" (coauthored with David Doyle) out at World Development! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mobile money and the social contract: Experimental evidence from Ghana
Mobile money platforms are ubiquitous in many emerging economies. Hailed for raising financial inclusion and economic wellbeing, governments have now …
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
EPSS 2026: That's a wrap! 🎊 Thanks to all presenters, discussants, chairs, section chairs, volunteers, & participants for making this conference such a success. Safe travels, and see you at EPSS 2027 in Copenhagen!
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We appreciate the cultural exchange. The only thing missing was a Eurovision playlist, though.
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The American mind couldn’t comprehend!!!
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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The political economy of development panels at @epssnet.bsky.social
listing of panels
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Tremendous privilege to have shared time in grad school with @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Super cool work by colleague Konstantin Poensgen
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Heidi Colleran @heidicolleran.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Excellent new special Issue on the challenges raised by the ancient DNA of kinship Special Issue: Kinship Trouble: Traversing Interdisciplinary Boundaries between Archaeology, Archaeogenetics and Socio-cultural Anthropology www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Latest issue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Cognitive anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas measured heart rates of firewalkers, relatives, and tourists. The walker and relatives' heart rates were synch'd. (Tourists weren't) Walkers reached 180bpm tho they recalled being "calm" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNfg... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21536887/
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Firewalking in San Pedro Manrique, Spain
YouTube video by UConn
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🚨 Just shipped a major update to GERDA, the German Election Database. - State elections update: new years + mail-in - 3 new election types: Mayoral, County, European - Municipal elections: 1984-2025 - Meinungsbild public opinion - New website & features german-elections.com
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
From our FirstView articles: How Partisan Are U.S. Local Elections? Evidence from 2020 Cast Vote Records by ALEKSANDRA CONEVSKA, SHIGEO HIRANO, @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social, JEFFREY B. LEWIS, CAN MUTLU and JAMES M. SNYDER Jr. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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How Partisan Are U.S. Local Elections? Evidence from 2020 Cast Vote Records | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
How Partisan Are U.S. Local Elections? Evidence from 2020 Cast Vote Records
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Looking forward to hosting the 2026 meeting of the Boston/New England Area Working Group in African Political Economy (BWGAPE) on May 8 with Jamie Hintson, @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social & Nic Wicaksono. Please submit your papers and research designs if you're in the region!
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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The call for 2026 APCG Award Nominations is live! The deadline for nominations is May 1st. Nominate scholars for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Distinguished Africanist, Best Article and Best Book! www.afpol.org/blog/2026-ap...
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2026 APCG Award Nominations
The 2026 APCG Award nominations are now open and due May 1st! Nominate scholars for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Distinguished Africanist, Best Article and Best Book.
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Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Awards nominations are open for African Politics! Please share widely! @jsteend.bsky.social @stephaniewanga.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @africasacountry.bsky.social @jsas-journal.bsky.social @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social @thelauram16.bsky.social @woldense.bsky.social
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David Stasavage @stasavage.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Power and Inclusiveness Across Deep Time. Our collaboration between archaeology and political science, out today in Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time
Democratic practice in the premodern world was not the exclusive domain of Greece and Rome.
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Julio Solís Arce @juliosolis.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
surely @ryanenos.bsky.social will get 100% here?
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Harvard meets Hollywood: A quiz — Harvard Gazette
What, like it’s hard?
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🆕 North Korea's economy: The study of economic black holes Today on VoxDev, Stephan Haggard (@gpsucsd.bsky.social), Kyoochul Kim & Munseob Lee discuss the range of forensic methods available to researchers when official statistics are unavailable, or unreliable: voxdev.org/topic/method...
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North Korea's economy: The study of economic black holes
When official statistics are unavailable or unreliable, researchers can use a range of forensic methods – such as satellite imagery, mirror trade data, price monitoring, refugee surveys, humanitarian ...
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Chris Kenny, PhD @chriskenny.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Over the weekend, I started collecting/organizing a list of cool #rstats skills for LLMs at github.com/christopherk.... Please open an issue or PR in any awesome additions you see! Includes a section for helpful posts like @ivelasq3.bsky.social's⬇️
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GitHub - christopherkenny/awesome-rstats-skills: Awesome list of rstats skills for AI workflows
Awesome list of rstats skills for AI workflows. Contribute to christopherkenny/awesome-rstats-skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
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NBER @nber.org · 13/02/2026
Development policy effects are context-dependent and social traits often labeled as barriers may, in some settings, be sources of economic success, from Jacob Moscona, @nathannunn.bsky.social, and James A. Robinson www.nber.org/papers/w34810
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NBER @nber.org · 09/02/2026
Study of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests presents evidence that protests increase fiscal transfers to protesting regions, but only in politically aligned areas, from @belindaarch.bsky.social, Chinemelu Okafor, Evans S. Osabuohien, and Tom Moerenhout www.nber.org/papers/w34787
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Gwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters! Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica... Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Annual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference
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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🎺 Call for proposals 🎺 1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment 2️⃣ run a novel experiment on repdata.com 3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies 4️⃣ publish your study details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_... applications open Feb 1 please repost!
Call for Proposals: Data Collection for
Replication+Novel Political Science Survey Experiments
Alexander Coppock and Mary McGrath
January 27, 2026
We invite proposals for a survey experiment replication+novel design competition. Se-
lected replication+novel design survey experiments will be conducted on large samples of
American respondents, quota sampled to match U.S. Census margins and filtered for quality
and attention by the survey sample provider Rep Data (repdata.com).
Each proposal consists of two parts: (1) a replication study of an existing, previously
published survey experiment, and (2) a novel experimental design on a topic of the authors’
choosing.
The replication studies and reanalyses of the existing studies will be combined into a
meta-paper to be co-authored by all authors of accepted proposals along with the princi-
pal investigators (Coppock and McGrath). As a condition for acceptance, authors commit
to sharing the data and producing a write-up of the findings from their novel design for
submission to a scholarly journal, and public posting of a working paper pre-publication.
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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Research Assistant - 137867
Research Assistant - 137867 | Careers at UC San Diego
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New evidence from Africa shows that aid reduces conflict when projects are well managed, but increases violence when management and monitoring are weak. Read today's article to learn more:
Geographic distribution of conflict and aid quality
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Mitsuru Mukaigawara, MD, MPP @mitsurumu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our new ProjectGEOCAUSAL website is live! We’ll be posting the latest updates on cutting-edge applications of spatiotemporal causal inference to address the world’s most pressing problems. Check it out: geocausal.org
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Amanda Lea Robinson @amandalearobinson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Working Group on African Political Economy (#WGAPE) will meet at ISSER in Accra on April 29-May 1. Paper submissions are due Jan. 23. Travel covered for authors. Please share and apply! ammapanin.com/assets/2026_...
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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
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Resources
If you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ].
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NBER @nber.org · 14/12/2025
An argument that the political history of Africa is a surprising success story as Africans achieved what they set out to accomplish, from Soeren J. Henn and James A. Robinson www.nber.org/papers/w34546
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Cyrus Samii @cdsamii.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New paper in first view @thejop.bsky.social w/ Burde, Middleton, and Rahnama We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Can Communities Take Charge? Testing Community-Based Governance to Sustain Schools in War-Affected Afghanistan | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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