Assistant Professor - Indigenous Politics

Assistant Professor - American Politics

Assistant Professor - Canadian Politics

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are user-generated digital content platforms responsive to pressures from users, businesses, and states? I propose that digital platforms show different levels of responsiveness to users, businesses, and states over time. Early in a platform’s life, the platform is highly sensitive to the demands of users, who have an opportunity to directly shape the institutional characteristics of the platform through the threat of user revolt.

Rule Ambiguity, Institutional Clashes, and Population Loss: How Wikipedia Became the Last Good Place on the Internet - Volume 118 Issue 1

Evidence contradicts the administration’s claims about unit cohesion, readiness, and integrity.

Political scientists have had remarkably little to say about artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps because they are dissuaded by its technical complexity and by current debates about whether AI might ...

The Damocles Delusion: The Sense of Power Inflates Threat Perception in World Politics - Volume 79 Issue 1

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President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

Rule Ambiguity, Institutional Clashes, and Population Loss: How Wikipedia Became the Last Good Place on the Internet - Volume 118 Issue 1

Statement in Support of Establishing a Nordic Caucus at the International Studies Association (ISA) I support the establishment of a new Nordic Caucus (NOCA) at the International Studies Association (...

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Wikipedia was once an unreliable source, used as a tool for advancing biased agendas. Today, it's extraordinarily accurate, a modern wonder in a world defined by disinformation. How did that happen?