Reposted by Sarah ThompsonHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of my big academic rules: only write papers you really care about on topics you really care about. I try to follow this rule 99% of the time. This paper is one of the best examples of that, and I’m stoked it’s one step closer to being in the world. We’ve corrected proofs & you’ll have it soon! 1145388
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Cornell Government is hiring in American Politics! I'm not on the committee but can attest the department is a great place to be. #PSJMInfo academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32519academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Government Department Job #AJO32519, American Politics Assistant Professor, Government Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 001
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca... 247962663
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonSalma Mousa / سلمى موسى @salmamousa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Please apply - we will match you with a mentor for experiments stuff and give you some $$! 0114
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Thanks to @emilyrussell.bsky.social for speaking to my Politics in South Asia class about her dissertation research on labour and policing in Assam's tea plantations! 171
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonKaty Robinson @katyrob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026My article on purging & leader survival in rebel groups is now out in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social! Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jopr... How do rebel leaders stay in power? While we often study "decapitation" by state forces, internal actors (coup plotters, spies) also threaten leader survival.doi.orgRebel purges and leader survival: maintaining power through purges in rebel organizationsAbstract. How do rebel leaders maintain power? In rebel groups, leaders face threats to their survival in office from dissatisfied subordinates, internal r 285
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonAidan Milliff @aidanmilliff.com · 07/04/2026How is this not a threat to kill innocent people? 031
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history. 182114982743
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonMai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 07/04/2026How American officials, be they Republican, Democrat or neither, respond to this moment -- one in which the man who controls our nuclear arsenal has promised what could amount to genocide -- will define so much. May enough rise to the moment with the gravity it demands. 610335
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A few days late for International Women’s Day 2026, my Politics in South Asia class looked at Aurat March history, art, and slogans in a gallery walk ❤️ 020
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Grateful to Taniya Silvapulle (SSA, @politylk.bsky.social) for speaking to my class, Politics in South Asia, about the state of democracy in Sri Lanka! Political cartoons and primary sources are always great learning tools. 010
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonGwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026JOIN 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_...wp.nyu.eduAnnual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference 11819
Reposted by Sarah Thompsontim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 03/12/2025The world is a less interesting place with the passing of Kimuli Kasara. She was brilliant, funny, and caring. And was loved by many. She was a great friend and confidante. We will all miss her terribly. Rest in peace. fas.columbia.edu/news/memoria...fas.columbia.eduIn Memoriam: Professor Kimuli Kasara | Arts & Sciences 2286
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonPolityLK @politylk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025As #CycloneDitwah's aftermath unfolds, humanitarian relief is vital. Amalini De Sayrah has curated a list of mutual aid appeals across #SriLanka. If you can help, please do so —and stay safe. #FloodSriLanka2025 📷: AFP tinyurl.com/LKfloods25 012
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Today my Non-State Governance class covered students’ choices of topics: pirate democracy and sovereign citizens. Highly recommend Peter Leeson’s book, the Invisible Hook! 🏴☠️ press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduThe Invisible Hook 000
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Iconic. "At Balthazar...waiters are coming around to every table offering free champagne to celebrate Zohran Mamdani, who soared to victory with a focus on the city’s affordability crisis. “We’re elated,” one patron called out. Nearby, a table just finished the $145 seafood tower."nytimes.comUpdate from Emma Goldberg 000
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025 31138596918090
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonRithika Kumar @rithikakumar.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Wrote a short article for @voxdev.bsky.social using results from my primary data collection. This article is based on a forthcoming @thejop.bsky.social piece where I argue that male migration is an under-examined pathway for female political engagement. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comLeft Behind or Left Ahead? Implications of Male Migration on Female Political EngagementHow does the temporary absence of men from the household due to migration affect female political engagement? While studies on gender and politics have establis 045
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Deadline is today at 6pm eastern to submit your abstract to GLD's annual conference, broadly on the theme of local-level citizen engagement! June in Gothenburg, Sweden ☀️ #polisky gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...gld.gu.seGLD's 9th Annual ConferenceThe Governance and Local Development Institute is inviting proposals for papers to be presented at its 9th Annual Conference, entitled "Participation and Decision-Making: Studies on Citizen Engagement... 010
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonAla Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application 074
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Who participates in decision-making at the local level, how, where, and to what ends? Apply for @gldinstitute.bsky.social's 9th annual conference, to be held in June 2026 outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, with your proposals on these questions by Oct. 20th. gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...gld.gu.seGLD's 9th Annual ConferenceThe Governance and Local Development Institute is inviting proposals for papers to be presented at its 9th Annual Conference, entitled "Participation and Decision-Making: Studies on Citizen Engagement... 031
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections. 10682091708
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonDawn Teele @teele.bsky.social · 22/05/2025EGEN now has a starter pack! If you have been to an @egenpolisci.bsky.social conference you are on this. Please share! #GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky 0167
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonDani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more. 296113463719
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonAnkit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia. 119127493582
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonAnkit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I'll just note that these are the home pages of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, and Bloomberg right now. Just stunning parochialism. 1335164
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonSaad Gulzar سعد گلزار @saadgulzar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Our article on how elites manage the human resource task of party building is out open access today in @apsrjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000... Thread below on the main findings 👇doi.orgCan Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge CoreCan Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India - Volume 119 Issue 2 01812
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonGlobal Forum on Democracy and Development @globalforum.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Exciting talk by @hochstet.bsky.social organized under our ECO-DEM project, on energy transitions & democracy in the Global South. globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk... @oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social 064
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonInternational Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Many women in #Pakistan rely on a male family member to go to work or even run a simple errand. 🔎 Research by Sarah Thompson explores why #mobility programmes have struggled & what needs to change to empower women. 🔗Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/gender... #Gender @globalforum.bsky.socialtheigc.orgThe challenges and prospects for increasing women’s mobility in PakistanTo improve women’s access to public spaces and work, mobility programmes in urban Pakistan must address economic constraints, male guarantor requirements, and social barriers. 011
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I’m halfway through a postdoc with @globalforum.bsky.social and SSA in Colombo 🇱🇰 under the theme of “exclusionary regimes, autocratization, and democracy.” Working on my book on traditional governance and the state, still researching women’s mobility, and watching cricket at every opportunity! 051
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The next phase of ECO-DEM is a workshop in May in Cape Town, bringing together fellows from the Bogotá, Colombo, and Cape Town hubs and across a few disciplines. Excited to present my research on democracy in former FATA, Pakistan! 021
Reposted by Sarah ThompsonIsabel M. Perera @isabelmperera.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :) 67326
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 07/08/2024🙌 So excited to have this published in APSR! 🙌 This was my first experiment (💕) and the one that motivated me to keep working closely with local actors in design, implementation, and interpretation www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgCan Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge CoreCan Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India 031
Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 12/01/2024Thrilled to announce I'll be joining the amazing scholars and people at Cornell Government as an assistant professor! So many thanks to @saadgulzar.bsky.social and the rest of my advisors, my friends, & cohort for their support — and to my dad, who I wish I could share this moment with ❤️ #polisky 1180