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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Superstar @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social undergrad Angelina Kunitskaia pitched me this project as a first-year after reading Tomz & Weeks (2013) in my Intro IR class. Can media framing of a war shape the opinions of third-party publics without altering any facts or endorsements? A resounding YES.

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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

How does moving to #autocracies shape #migrants' attitudes toward #democracy and their #democratic behavior? To address this, Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @aliz-toth.bsky.social facilitated #migration from #India to the #PersianGulf in their Jan WP article doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #vote

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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The January issue of WP is online! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56279 Read articles from Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social, & @aliz-toth.bsky.social; Tim Vlandas; Tomothy Hellwig & Tonya K. Dodez; @davevitto.bsky.social, Sébastien Rojon, & @jbpilet.bsky.social; and Handi Li. #autocracy #democracy

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16/10/2025

#FirstView from @iojournal.bsky.social - How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment - cup.org/4n84OB6 - Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @aliz-toth.bsky.social

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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Had a great conversation about my new book with Wesleyan's Leo Bader on New Books in Political Science (and New Books in South Asian Studies). Ordinary Rebels is out now with OUP! @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

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Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

What happens to armed organizations when states tolerate their activities? And what do rank-and-file militants, recruits, and supporters actually want out of armed movements? Very excited to announce that my new book is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social !! (Thread below.)

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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Wesleyan GOVT department is hiring! Open subfield (IR/CP/PT), but we have interest in scholars of human rights, migration, environment, global health, inequality, or international law. I am on the committee, so feel free to reach out with any questions about the position or Wes!

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Assistant Professor of Government

Wesleyan University Rank: Assistant Professor Subfield(s): Open Wesleyan University's Department of Government invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Government beginning July 1,...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 15/07/2025

#OpenAccess from the new issue of @psrm.bsky.social - Polarization versus professionalism: military and civilian views on the domestic use of the military - cup.org/4lN6HDv - @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @austinknuppe.bsky.social

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

A new paper by @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and Austin Knuppe seems extremely relevant to the moment: Key finding: while the American public is sadly quite ready to back deploying the military for domestic policing — including of “downtown riots” — actual soldiers are very unsupportive of such missions

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 12/11/2024

Trump has suggested using the military to police protests. Polls show that the public might be supportive but that the military’s professional norms are a check against this, write @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and @austinknuppe.bsky.social in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.

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Who Would Support Deploying the Military to Domestic Protests?

The military’s professional norms are a check against a potential abuse of power.

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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

We know a lot about how native-born individuals react to migrants. But how does migration shape the attitudes of migrants themselves? The first paper from our years-long field experiment on migration (w/ Nikhar Gaikwad and Aliz Toth) is ONLINE at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! (1/n)

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Kolby Hanson @kolbyhanson.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Thanks so much to MIT SSP, especially Roger Petersen and Erik Lin-Greenberg, for the opportunity to share some highlights from my soon-to-be-forthcoming book! Now under contract with OUP. My talk starts at 08:35 on the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEWY...

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Lindsay Dolan @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

I'm excited to teach trade using data from Africa by assigning my new paper with Helen Milner at @iojournal.bsky.social. Both Afrobarometer and original survey data from 🇬🇭 & 🇺🇬 are highly consistent with factor endowment models – arguably more consistent than data from 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 have been. 👇

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Low-Skilled Liberalizers: Support for Free Trade in Africa | International Organization | Cambridge ...

Low-Skilled Liberalizers: Support for Free Trade in Africa - Volume 77 Issue 4

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