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Sarah Thompson

@sarahthompson.bsky.social
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Assistant professor at Cornell Government. I'm interested in the relationship between traditional and state governance, strategies to improve women's participation in politics, & South Asian politics

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One 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!
First page of article proofs for “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception”
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Cornell 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/32519
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Cornell University, Government Department
Job #AJO32519, American Politics Assistant Professor, Government Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The 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...
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Salma Mousa / سلمى موسى @salmamousa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Please apply - we will match you with a mentor for experiments stuff and give you some $$!
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thanks 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!
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Katy Robinson @katyrob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
My 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.
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Rebel purges and leader survival: maintaining power through purges in rebel organizations
Abstract. How do rebel leaders maintain power? In rebel groups, leaders face threats to their survival in office from dissatisfied subordinates, internal r
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Aidan Milliff @aidanmilliff.com · 07/04/2026
How is this not a threat to kill innocent people?
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Spencer 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.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How 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.
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A 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 ❤️
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Grateful 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.
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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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tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The 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...
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In Memoriam: Professor Kimuli Kasara | Arts & Sciences
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PolityLK @politylk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
As #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
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Today 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...
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The Invisible Hook
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Iconic. "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."
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Update from Emma Goldberg
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Rithika Kumar @rithikakumar.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Wrote 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....
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Left Behind or Left Ahead? Implications of Male Migration on Female Political Engagement
How does the temporary absence of men from the household due to migration affect female political engagement? While studies on gender and politics have establis
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Deadline 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...
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GLD's 9th Annual Conference
The 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...
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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Who 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...
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GLD's 9th Annual Conference
The 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...
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
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Dawn Teele @teele.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
EGEN now has a starter pack! If you have been to an @egenpolisci.bsky.social conference you are on this. Please share! #GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Three 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.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I'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.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I'll just note that these are the home pages of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, and Bloomberg right now. Just stunning parochialism.
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Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار @saadgulzar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Our 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 👇
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Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India - Volume 119 Issue 2
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Global Forum on Democracy and Development @globalforum.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Exciting 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
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International Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Many 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.social
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The challenges and prospects for increasing women’s mobility in Pakistan
To improve women’s access to public spaces and work, mobility programmes in urban Pakistan must address economic constraints, male guarantor requirements, and social barriers.
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’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!
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The 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!
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Isabel M. Perera @isabelmperera.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)
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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...
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Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Can Party Elites Shape the Rank and File? Evidence from a Recruitment Campaign in India
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Thrilled 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
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Sarah Thompson @sarahthompson.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Moving (platforms) is exhausting!
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