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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Think #Globally, Act #Locally: The Determinants of Local Policy Makers’ Support for #Climate #Policy By @sabrinabarias.bsky.social & Joshua A. Schwartz www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology @cmist-cmu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What kinds of environmental plans do local policymakers support? In Perspectives on Politics, @sabrinabarias.bsky.social and CMIST's @joshschwartz.bsky.social demonstrate that the probability of policy adoption can be increased by strategic design. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Think Globally, Act Locally: The Determinants of Local Policy Makers’ Support for Climate Policy

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Joshua Schwartz @joshschwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's been 6 years (!) in the making, but I'm happy to share a new piece in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social w/ @sabrinabarias.bsky.social. Since federal efforts to combat climate change have been reversed, we evaluate the kinds of environmental plans *local* policymakers support doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Think Globally, Act Locally: The Determinants of Local Policy Makers’ Support for Climate Policy

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 29/09/2026

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Think Globally, Act Locally: The Determinants of Local Policy Makers’ Support for Climate Policy - cup.org/3VF6vOa - @sabrinabarias.bsky.social & Joshua A. Schwartz #FirstView

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My job market paper is now out in World Politics! Why do some small states excel in IO politics, when conventional theory tells us that powerful states should dominate? I argue and show that small state diplomats outperform their peers from wealthy, powerful states because they are more experienced!

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Cleo O'Brien-Udry @cobrienudry.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Hi team! I’m giving a talk on USAID withdrawal — send me your best work! Already including stuff from @ryanjablonski.bsky.social Bridgetet Seim Alex Yeandle @guygrossman.bsky.social @shelbycarvalho.bsky.social @yangyangzhou.bsky.social @fromagehomme.bsky.social @haleyswedlund.bsky.social

Announcement for talk: Dependency, Disruption, and Development: Rethinking the Consequences of Aid Withdrawal

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Key takeaways: withdrawals are strongly politicized signals and have important - but limited - impacts on public attitudes. They weaken public support for cooperation, but not loarger climate beliefs or the attuides of global publics. Paris, at least, has a path forward. 4/4

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

These effects have spillovers, reducing support for intl law - but not climate beliefs or attitudes of intl audiences. They also hold internationally, as we find a threat by Argentina's leader has similar effects, but Trump's signals have no effects on the Argentine public. 3/4

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In a series of experiments, we find that threats of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement reduced support, esp. among Republicans. Upon recontacting after the actual withdrawal, the % of Republicans who supported the Agreement was further reduced by 9.3 pp. 2/4

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

As President Trump withdraws the US from intl agreements - including the Paris Agreement and WHO - Lotem Bassan-Nygate and I ask how this affects public opinion towards cooperation? We descibe our recent findings in @goodauth.bsky.social : tinyurl.com/goodauth @harvardkennedy.bsky.social 1/4

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When Trump withdraws from global agreements, will the public follow?

When Trump withdraws from global agreements, will the public follow? New evidence shows that Trump’s actions can change minds, but there are limits.

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This has stark implications for global governance: if China steps into a more prominent leading role in the US-left vacuum, IOs must aggressively assert their independence to prevent legitimacy erosion. See the full article here! tinyurl.com/4r98wktt 5/5 @womenalsoknowstuff.bsky.social

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China’s leadership in the United Nations: Image management and institutional legitimacy

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

BUT there is an important tradeoff: leadership by both the US & China has NEGATIVE effects on perceptions of IO legitimacy (much larger effects for China), as the institution is perceived as being captured by the interests of great powers, therefore less independent 4/5.

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We find support for our expectation that in democratic audiences where publics are skeptical of China, leading in the UN improves public perceptions of China and support for cooperation with China (e.g., trade), while US leadership does *not* improve its standing. 3/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We argue that by leading IOs democratic populations see as highly legitimate, China is attempting to improve its image with these publics - which is important for accomplishing foreign policy goals like reaching new markets. We test this in surveys in Brazil and France 2/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

As the US steps back from leading in global governance institutions, China has increasingly stepped into leadership roles, serving as head of WHO, FAO, and other important UN agencies in recent years. In new (open access!) work with @rhulvey.bsky.social in @the-peio.bsky.social we ask: why? 1/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I have a short (~10min) survey on diplomacy that I need student participation for ASAP (the study has been IRB exempted). If you could share with students at your institution, I would really appreciate it- lmk if you'd like more info! Link: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Pleased to announce the Connected_Politics Lab Autumn Seminars: – @profdansmith.bsky.social & Nam Pham – Eoghan Cunningham @ucdpolitics.bsky.social – Elissa Berwick @mcgill.ca – @jbslapin.bsky.social – @sabrinabarias.bsky.social – @dpzollinger.bsky.social All welcome! www.ucd.ie/connected_po...

AUTUMN TERM 2025

Gender, Dynastic Ties, and Representational Style in Legislatures

Speaker: Nam Pham and Daniel M. Smith (University of Pennsylvania)
Wednesday, September 17, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)
Measuring and Mitigating Bias in Parliamentary Discourse Summarisation

Speaker: Eoghan Cunningham (University College Dublin)
Wednesday, October 1, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)
The Trouble with Cohorts: Reconsidering Generational Differences in Democratic Deconsolidation

Speaker: Elissa Berwick (McGill University)
Wednesday, October 22, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)
How Descriptive Over- and Under-Representation Impacts Citizens Evaluations of Decision-making across Policy Domains

Speaker: Jonathan Slapin (University of Zurich)
Wednesday, November 5, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)
Everything Old is New Again: Textual Recycling in UN Resolutions

Speaker: Sabrina Arias (Lehigh University)
Wednesday, November 12, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)
‘Undeserved winners’ or ‘more deserving losers’ ? Two types of societal discontent and their relation to radical right and left voting

Speaker: Delia Zollinger (University of Zurich)
Wednesday, November 26, 14:00–14:45 (Irish time)

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Does your department have a policy about how much co-authored vs. solo-authored work count towards T&P? Is it a formal or informal rule? If you could share this info with me (will remain anonymous!) I am trying to get a sense of whether there are clear norms across the field about this!

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New dataset alert: @sabrinabarias.bsky.social (Lehigh University) developed a new dataset of all UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions adopted from 1946 to 2018, covering over 17,000 texts.

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Are you hoping to hold a book workshop for a (nearly) complete manuscript, but don't have access to institutional funds? Our department has an open call for applications for a book workshop to be hosted here at Lehigh! ir.cas.lehigh.edu/textor-manus...

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Textor Book Manuscript Workshop | International Relations

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Movin' on up - we're an R1 now! Just an official recognition of the great work being done at Lehigh!

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This corpus will be useful for researchers working on questions related to the development of IL, the politics of & role of power in multilateral negotiations, how the design of law affects compliance, among many others. 4/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

To do so, I show that for resolutions that are highly aligned - in other words, *identical* in their substantive content - the inclusion of additional citations by a state or its allies increases its pr of voting in favor 3/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

To illustrate a use case of the data, I show that including citations is a strategy to gain political support, as citations signal ideological consistency of resolutions with a state's foreign policy. 2/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Surely this will never happen to me again, but I had TWO papers come out yesterday! In @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social, I introduce a new corpus of all 17,324 UNGA & UNSC resolutions from 1946-2018. Users will have searchable resolution texts, but also key metadata: citations, topics & reuse. 1/5

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Participation is a key resource both for states - to accomplish their foreign policy goals - and IOs - to secure legitimacy. Our findings show the effects of IO design on the ability of states to effectively participate in IO policymaking processes. 3/3 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Power by Proxy: Participation as a Resource in Global Governance - The Review of International Organizations

Member state participation is essential in global governance, affording international organizations (IOs) legitimacy and translating member state preferences into institutional attention. We contend t...

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We show that this system can pose a challenge for small states to raise their voices as they push the IMF to address climate change, but when they get to lead their proxy groups, they can be just as forceful as powerful states in advancing their preferences. 2/3

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Hi everyone! Has anyone come across useful papers/blog posts/etc that discuss the inferential challenges of using COVID-19 as an exogenous shock?

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Tom Buckley @tombuckleylab.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

New record: 24 referee invitations on a single ms, with only one accepted. And this is for a "big name journal". If you submit manuscripts, you must review manuscripts. How many? See formula below. (Yes, resubmissions and revisions count in the number of submissions.)

$The number of reviews you owe science this year is greater than or equal to the sum, over your submissions this year (indexed by "i"), of the product of (1) your fractional contribution to submission "i", and (2) the number of reviews you received on submission "i".$

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

What is the longest y'all have had a paper "Awaiting Decision"? I'm at 2+ months and losing my mind

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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

who wants to study music diplomacy with me? 100% serious

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