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Pia Raffler

@piaraffler.bsky.social
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Political Science Assistant Prof @Harvard. PE of development, CP. Political accountability. Experiments. African politics

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Donghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Watson School and the Dept of Political Science at Brown are searching for a postdoctoral research associate in comparative politics. The search is broadly defined with respect to region, substantive focus, and methodological approach. Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/191974
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Daniel N. Posner @danielnposner.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Very happy to finally have this paper out! My deep thanks to my great collaborators @piaraffler.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social and to the many others who provided keen insights and feedback in seminar presentations and as it wended its way through the >6 year publication process.
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Steven Glazerman @eduglaze.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is really a shining example of why null results (from well-designed studies) must be published and celebrated.
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Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is a remarkable piece of research, executed with extraordinary care and with profound significance for practitioners. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Jennifer Urban @jenniferurban.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We need the null results! Kudos to this team for persisting to publish this interesting and important paper.
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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Such great work though And discussed just today at @epssnet.bsky.social as an example of hugely important work
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dougparkerson.bsky.social @dougparkerson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We've been talking about this paper for years. So great to finally see it in the Journal of Politics! I learned so much along the way from my coauthors @piaraffler.bsky.social and @danielnposner.bsky.social‬ and the many colleagues at @poverty-action.bsky.social that made this possible.
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HarvardCID @harvardcid.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Congratulations to CID Faculty Affiliate @piaraffler.bsky.social and co-authors @danielposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social on their recent publication in @thejop.bsky.social. Read below for more details ⤵️
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Publishing null results *is* hard. Thrilled to finally see this paper with @danielnposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social investigating the impact of bottom-up accountability on healthcare outcomes in print in the JOP. Thread 👇 doi.org/10.1086/736577
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
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A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I wish everyone considering not to vaccinate their child read this: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
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Moritz Marbach @moritz-marbach.com · 15/04/2026
🚨New Paper in PNAS: "Refugee Labor Market Integration at Scale: Evidence from Germany’s Fast-Track Employment Program" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Ungated preprint osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/px9ew_v3 w/ J Hainmueller, D Hangartner, @niklas-harder.bsky.social & E Vallizadeh #econtwitter #econsky
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Refugee labor market integration at scale: Evidence from Germany’s fast-track employment program | PNAS
Governments face persistent challenges in integrating refugees into the local labor market, and many past interventions have shown limited impact. ...
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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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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Look what I found in the mail today, just in time for blizzard reading. Massive congratulations, @melinaplatas.bsky.social! It’s a beauty
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Shelby Carvalho @shelbycarvalho.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
ONLINE tomorrow: @guygrossman.bsky.social will present our new paper on the effects aid cuts for refugees. We follow 5400 households over 2 years and leverage a regression discontinuity design in Uganda. We find that self-reliance policies are not enough to mitigate the negative impact of cuts.
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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 11/02/2026
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
It must be very hard to publish null results
Publication practices in the social sciences act as a filter that favors statistically significant results over null findings. While the problem of selection on significance (SoS) is well-known in theory, it has been difficult to measure its scope empirically, and it has been challenging to determine how selection varies across contexts. In this article, we use large language models to extract granular and validated data on about 100,000 articles published in over 150 political science journals from 2010 to 2024. We show that fewer than 2% of articles that rely on statistical methods report null-only findings in their abstracts, while over 90% of papers highlight significant results. To put these findings in perspective, we develop and calibrate a simple model of publication bias. Across a range of plausible assumptions, we find that statistically significant results are estimated to be one to two orders of magnitude more likely to enter the published record than null results. Leveraging metadata extracted from individual articles, we show that the pattern of strong SoS holds across subfields, journals, methods, and time periods. However, a few factors such as pre-registration and randomized experiments correlate with greater acceptance of null results. We conclude by discussing implications for the field and the potential of our new dataset for investigating other questions about political science.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
27 January 1933 | A German Jewish boy, Lutz Ludwig Grünstein, was born in Berlin. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstad ghetto on 9 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
⏰Application Deadline Tomorrow (27 Jan 2026) Are you an African national thinking of applying for graduate study in #economics at the University of Oxford to start in 2026? Find out more & listen to advice from CSAE professors.👇 www.csae.ox.ac.uk/scholarships #EconSky #funding #scholarships
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/12/2025
The old view of skilled emigration as a 'brain drain' has collapsed after a generation of research. Skilled migrants cause innovation, technology transfer, and human capital investment in the countries they leave. The best summary is @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social et al.—> doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Sarah Brierley @sarahbrierley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
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Evan Fleischer @evanfleischer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I sometimes teach in Providence. In the classroom where I most frequently teach, there's a section labeled for where students are supposed to go for active shooters. It is a cliche of a phrase, but I want to echo the Professor here and say: it does not have to be this way.
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Sara Brinton @sarabrinton.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC. There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI. Spread the word. www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Research Officer, , <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...
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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting ⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
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EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
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Frederik Obermaier @frederikobermaier.com · 04/10/2025
In a digital world, talking to sensitive sources is nearly impossible without encryption. The EU’s #ChatControl plan is an attack on accountability journalism - and a gift to surveillance
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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Striking difference in trust in the World Bank & IMF between Africa & Asia (high trust) and the rest of the world (low trust) www.rockefellerfoundation.org/reports/dema...
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
@sophieehill.bsky.social doing the Lord's (statistics) work
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
All of us—including myself—should publish fewer but better papers. And we should spend more of our time on scrutinizing existing work, so we know which claims can be trusted. But that's hard work with little recognition. Thanks @sophieehill.bsky.social for doing it. Impressive 🕵️‍♀️ work. Fun to read.
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. Pages from a mini comicPages from a mini comicPages from a mini comic
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Exciting new work by @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social (who is on the market!) & Co
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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Political brokers use social networks to identify & target reciprocal non-copartisans for vote buying. Parties recruit brokers central in networks to sway persuadable voters." From @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social, Finan, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and Schechter: www.restud.com/brokering-vo... #Econsky
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Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) @egap.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
📣 REMINDER for Latin America’s PhD students: apply to the EGAP PhD Lab 💥 📍 Lima, Oct 2–3 🗓 Deadline: July 31 🔗 buff.ly/qAfb6xC With support from: GRADE Peru, @wyssacademy.bsky.social @uniandes.bsky.social #PhD #LatAmResearch #EGAP2025
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NBER @nber.org · 07/07/2025
Researcher assumptions shape not just how experiments run—but what questions we ask. Outlining best practices for designing context-aware lab experiments in non-Western settings, from Sara Lowes and @nathannunn.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w33981
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 11/06/2025
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called: "How to Write a Title and Abstract" Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles. #EconSky #AcademicSky
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Most literature reviews miss the point.
 Not because they’re sloppy. 
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick. In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter... 🧵
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Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours
Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own
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Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...) w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
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National Elections Database
The National Elections Database provides detailed national election results for parliamentary and presidential elections worldwide from 1789 to 2023. The version 1.0 of this dataset was first built to...
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Looking to work at the intersection of research and policy in development? Friends of VoxDev are hiring for 4 important roles in the evidence-to-policy ecosystem. Check them out below 🧵1/5
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Work with my wonderful colleague @mamalik.bsky.social‬
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Maria Carreri @mariacarreri.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨Last week to submit to PEEP- Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference (Vancouver Sep 10). Submit by April 30 tinyurl.com/4j65s2ye @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social @awiedemann.bsky.social and I look forward to reading & organizing! Last year’s program below
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J-PAL @j-pal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🌍 Explore how political institutions influence economic outcomes in Political Economy and Economic Development with MITxCourses. Dive into topics like corruption, voting, and the role of the media, while gaining tools to analyze real-world challenges. Enroll now: buff.ly/ony0iSq
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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A fantastic program taught by the best, almost for free for many
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Ryan Brutger @ryanbrutger.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Are you interested in applying to PhD programs in political science? If so, join us for an info session on May 1 at 6:00pm pacific time (virtual and in person). You may register with this link: forms.gle/LHpzVZTaitvf...
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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is brilliantly put by Rachel and @siddhharia.bsky.social , aid should stop trying to do everything and just do what it does best
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Tatsächliche Expert:innen sind bei der Frage in etwa so gespalten wie beim Klimawandel - die Antwort ist ausgrenzen. Aber man kann sich darauf verlassen, dass man doch immer jemanden finden kann für bothsidesism. Politik nimmt sich dann was ihr besser gefällt. www.tagesschau.de/inland/debat...
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Einbinden oder abgrenzen? Experten beim Umgang mit der AfD gespalten
Wie umgehen mit der in Teilen rechtsextremen AfD? Darüber wird nicht erst seit Spahns Vorstoß diskutiert. Stärkt man die AfD, wenn man sie wie eine normale Partei behandelt? Oder nimmt man ihr damit d...
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