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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With Roy Pierce funding, Siwen Xiao explores "science as statecraft" -- specifically, how state-led science popularization in China can shape political beliefs and social attitudes. Learn more and RSVP for the #ISRNextGeneration 2026 Poster Session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Siwen Xiao, Roy Pierce Scholar, 2026 ISR Next Generation Scholar
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When do Americans support or oppose investing in public transit? The work of CPS Converse-Miller Fellow @nicolashf.bsky.social investigates the impacts of postwar history and race on the way people think about public transportation today. More at the #ISRNextGeneration Poster session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Nicolas Florez, 2026 Converse-Miller Fellow and ISR Next Generation Scholar
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today! Leonard Lopoo's PSC brownbag talk traces the historical and political roots of US fertility policy, arguing for a more balanced approach to population policy that takes parental needs seriously. Join us: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/lopoo26
Leonard Lopoo, Syracuse University Policy
Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of American's Population
PSC Brown Bag Series 2026-27
September 28 at noon 
Join us Mondays live or on Zoom
ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Americans are increasingly turning to AI for news and political information. CPS fellow Amanda McKeever investigates how AI technologies influence political attitudes and behavior, and what that could mean for democratic decision-making. #ISRNextGeneration Poster session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Converse-Miller ISR Next Generation Fellow Amanda McKeever
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How does party conflict shape how individuals engage with politics and interact with each other? How do strong emotional attachments to national political figures influence these outcomes? Find CPS fellow @zichettella.bsky.social at the #ISRNextGeneration poster session Oct. 14: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Garth Taylor Fellow Brianna Zichetella
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇧🇷 Brazil, Latin America’s largest democracy, will hold presidential elections on Oct. 4. Join the Latin American Elections Hub for an expert panel discussing the stakes and implications of the election on Oct. 13, 3 to 4:20. RSVP and join us for the hybrid event: events.umich.edu/event/152569
On October 4, 2026, Brazil, Latin America’s largest democracy, will hold presidential elections. Voters will also elect members of the National Congress, governors and vice governors, and more than 1,000 state legislators. The elections come at a consequential moment for Brazil, amid concerns about corruption and inflation, disputes over tariffs and trade, and growing tensions with the Trump administration.

The Latin American Elections Hub (LATAM-EH) brings together a group of experts to discuss the stakes of the election for Brazil and its broader regional and international implications. The panel will analyze the results of the first round, the factors shaping voter behavior, and the prospects for a potential second round on October 25, 2026.

The panelists will be Cesar Zucco (Columbia University), Raphael Nishimura (University of Michigan, ISR), and Malu Gatto (University College London). The event chair is Pedro Luz de Castro of the University of Michigan. Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Director of the Latin American Elections Hub, is the discussant.

The event is hybrid, at Haven Hall 5679, and on Zoom. 10/13, 3-4:20
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Leonard Lopoo's PSC brownbag talk, based on his recent book, describes what a supportive fertility policy should look like to align with parental needs, and why it matters for the future of the American population. Join us next week! psc.isr.umich.edu/events/lopoo26
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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who runs for office, and what are the barriers to working-class people governing? At “Who Runs? Candidacy & Class,” visiting speakers and audience members moved from the scale of underrepresentation to the barriers that sustain it, then to possible reforms. A thread. 1/6
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Reed DeAngelis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't forget to book your seats for this year's complexity symposium @umisr.bsky.social; they're filling up! sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/...
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Sessions @ Michigan - Place as Method, Theory, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why do our institutions so often frustrate majorities, and what would a real democratic renewal look like? Journalist Osita Nwanevu @newrepublic.com joins Elizabeth Anderson Oct. 9 for a conversation on rebuilding democracy. RSVP for the free event: lnkd.in/e_m66B2d
Why do our institutions so often frustrate majorities, and what would a real democratic renewal look like? Journalist Osita Nwanevu joins Elizabeth Anderson at University of Michigan Oct. 9 for a conversation on rebuilding democracy. Doors at 5:30 pm, program 6 to 7:30 pm at Robertson Auditorium, Ross
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CPS's @robertocarlos.bsky.social moderates this #DemocracyWeek panel hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social at @umisr.bsky.social this week. Open to all, come and learn about how class influences who runs for office, and who governs. With @noamlupu.bsky.social and @nickcarnes.bsky.social. ⬇️
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today! PSC kicks off our brownbag series with presentations from our new postdocs: Nathan Franz Jessie Himmelstern and Michael Topping. Join us in welcoming these demography scholars and learn about their projects today at noon, live or on Zoom. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/postdocs26
PSC Brown Bag Series: Postdocs Nathan Franz, Jessie Himmelstern, and Michael Topping will present their research on Sept. 14 at noon-- Live or on Zoom, ISR Thompson 1430
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Francy Luna Diaz @francy-lunadiaz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#APSA 2026 was a real treat, especially getting to learn about the important work that amazing colleagues are doing. Watch out for the scholarship of Maya Khuzam! So excited to continue seeing her work!
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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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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
At #APSA2026 this weekend, @umisrcps.bsky.social scholars have shared rigorous and neutral research on pressing issues: political opinion, polarization, party loyalty, technology, surveillance and democracy. Join the conversation: go.bsky.app/TfMekNA
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New work from Michael Shepherd and Bethany Albertson finds RFK Jr.'s attack on antidepressants *doubled* the partisan gap on antidepressant access—even among people who use them. 📊 Don't miss at #APSA26.
Details for a Sept 6 APSA 2026 talk on partisan politics affecting mental health services: Bethany Albertson and Michael Shepherd
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
At #APSA2026 this weekend, @umisrcps.bsky.social scholars have shared rigorous and neutral research on pressing issues: political opinion, polarization, party loyalty, technology, surveillance and democracy. Join the conversation: go.bsky.app/TfMekNA
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🇺🇸 How do you sustain democracy when a major party becomes an anti-democratic force? This stand-out #APSA2026 roundtable will explore America's emerging "regime cleavage"with Kenneth M. Roberts (chair), Skocpol, Lieberman, Schlozman, Wolbrecht, Campbell, Ahmed, & CPS's @robmickey.bsky.social.
From Political Divisions to Regime Threat? Cleavages and American Democracy
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why is it so difficult for people to get to the places they need via public transportation in the US? #ISRNextGeneration scholar @nicolashf.bsky.social argues that anti-Black racism during the Great Migration produced durable metropolitan legacies. #APSA2026
Nicolas Florez presenting at APSA 2026: Anti-Black Roots of Routes: Great Migrationa & Regional Transit Fragmentation, Sept 5 at 2 ET
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🇲🇿 Unlike token gifts, provision of durable assets such as ownership stakes in firms foster linkages and structural interdependence b/n the military, civilian elites, and business. @ahgirl.bsky.social, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Hood Ahmed, and former UMAPS scholar Celso Monjane present at #APSA2026.
Managing Civil-Military Relations: Military Economic Incorporation and Network Embeddedness
M. Anne Pitcher
Celso Marcos Monjane Hood Ahmed
In Panel: Coup Prevention, Coup Contagion, and Civil-Military Relations

Sat, Sept. 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Politics affect how cities take shape. #ISRNextGeneration scholar @maciasm.bsky.social investigates why some post-civil conflict states develop homogeneous, legible urban built environments—uniform roads and buildings—while others foster heterogeneity. A rising scholar at #APSA2026 ⬇️
ISR NEXT GENERATION
Homogeneous Cities? How Politics and Conflict Shape the Urban Topography
Martin Macias Medellin
In Event: Conflict in Urban Settings and Local Security

Fri, Sept. 4, 8:00 to 9:30am
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When and why do citizens in the Global South support dual citizenship? Using survey experiments in Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, Justine Davis and Fiona Shen-Bayh examine how laws for dual-national officeholders shape views of citizenship and democracy. Learn more at #APSA2026.
Portrait of Justine Davis promoting a talk on dual citizenship and political loyalty in West Africa at APSA 2026 conference.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New work from Michael Shepherd and Bethany Albertson finds RFK Jr.'s attack on antidepressants *doubled* the partisan gap on antidepressant access—even among people who use them. 📊 Don't miss at #APSA26.
Details for a Sept 6 APSA 2026 talk on partisan politics affecting mental health services: Bethany Albertson and Michael Shepherd
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
On its face, the water shortage is the product of aging infrastructure and climate change. But federal policy decisions that constrained investments turned those pressures into a crisis. @maraceci.bsky.social is available to speak to media about water shortages in Puerto Rico.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🇵🇷 Puerto Ricans are deeply concerned about displacement, rising housing costs and the future of land ownership across the archipelago, according to a new report out of CPS's Puerto Rican Public Opinion Lab. @maraceci.bsky.social news.umich.edu/who-holds-th... @umichnews.bsky.social
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Who holds the keys to paradise? Residents of Puerto Rico fear being displaced from their home
Puerto Ricans are deeply concerned about displacement, rising housing costs and the future of land ownership across the archipelago, according to a new report from the University of Michigan's Institu...
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
✅ CPS election polls expert Mike Traugott writes on the recent insertion of fake data into elections reporting, highlighting a weakness in how campaigns are covered. cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3671
cpsblog.isr.umich.edu
Reading the 2026 Polls: Fake Data Inserted into Campaign Coverage Reveals a Weakness of Our Political System
A recent incident of the insertion of fake data into the elections coverage highlights a weakness in coverage of our campaigns and the outsized role of polls.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Politics affect how cities take shape. #ISRNextGeneration scholar @maciasm.bsky.social investigates why some post-civil conflict states develop homogeneous, legible urban built environments—uniform roads and buildings—while others foster heterogeneity. A rising scholar at #APSA2026 ⬇️
ISR NEXT GENERATION
Homogeneous Cities? How Politics and Conflict Shape the Urban Topography
Martin Macias Medellin
In Event: Conflict in Urban Settings and Local Security

Fri, Sept. 4, 8:00 to 9:30am
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welcome to fall! PSC will be starting the semester right with brownbag series presentations from our new postdocs, Nathan Franz Jessie Himmelstern and Michael Topping. Welcome and learn about research projects underway, Sept. 14 at @umisr.bsky.social. #NIA #NICHD
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🇲🇿 Unlike token gifts, provision of durable assets such as ownership stakes in firms foster linkages and structural interdependence b/n the military, civilian elites, and business. @ahgirl.bsky.social, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Hood Ahmed, and former UMAPS scholar Celso Monjane present at #APSA2026.
Managing Civil-Military Relations: Military Economic Incorporation and Network Embeddedness
M. Anne Pitcher
Celso Marcos Monjane Hood Ahmed
In Panel: Coup Prevention, Coup Contagion, and Civil-Military Relations

Sat, Sept. 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Why does conspiratorial thinking cluster among historically marginalized communities? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Franshelly M. Martínez-Ortiz reframes conspiratorial thinking as a historically grounded form of political reasoning rather than individual cognitive pathology. Don't miss at #APSA2026.
Photo of Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz with event details on state violence and conspiracy thinking in American politics to be presented at APSA 2026, Sept 3 at noon
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our own Cesi Cruz joins @hlarreguy.bsky.social for this @voxdev.bsky.social video about the global rise of political polarization, its consequences for development, and how to reverse it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2v0... @umisr.bsky.social
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Why is political polarisation rising – and can we stop it?
YouTube video by VoxDev
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why is it so difficult for people to get to the places they need via public transportation in the US? #ISRNextGeneration scholar @nicolashf.bsky.social argues that anti-Black racism during the Great Migration produced durable metropolitan legacies. #APSA2026
Nicolas Florez presenting at APSA 2026: Anti-Black Roots of Routes: Great Migrationa & Regional Transit Fragmentation, Sept 5 at 2 ET
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Great to get some of the fruits of collaboration between @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social @robmickey.bsky.social, and me out! Now in the Journal of Historical Political Economy. This the result when Comparative and Americanist scholars of democracy & federalism jointly turn their attention to the U.S:
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When and how does political influence "trickle up" from children to parents? Don't miss this #APSA2026 talk in Boston with survey and field experiments demonstrating parent-child dynamics. (Reposting to correct our omission of co-author @mattlamb.bsky.social!) @robertocarlos.bsky.social
Mind the Gap: Knowledge Gaps and Trickle-Up Political Socialization in Families, work by Roberto Carlos, Melissa Baker, Alvaro Jose Corral, Bryan Gervais, Matt Lamb, Tanika Raychaudhuri, and Linette Sanchez to be presented Sept 5 at 8 am at APSA in Boston
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#ISRGeneration scholar talk at #APSA26: Work from @mostafaelsharkawy.bsky.social supported by the Tessler Fellows Fund asks why and when state-appointed clerics criticize the regime; data show it depends on congregation expectations. 📊
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
✅ CPS election polls expert Mike Traugott writes on the recent insertion of fake data into elections reporting, highlighting a weakness in how campaigns are covered. cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3671
cpsblog.isr.umich.edu
Reading the 2026 Polls: Fake Data Inserted into Campaign Coverage Reveals a Weakness of Our Political System
A recent incident of the insertion of fake data into the elections coverage highlights a weakness in coverage of our campaigns and the outsized role of polls.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Roberto F. Carlos et al flip the classic model of political socialization 🔄: Influence can "trickle up." Kids shape parents' political attitudes, esp. when they're seen as more knowledgeable. Presenting at #APSA26 with Melissa Baker Álvaro Corral Tanika Raychaudhuri Linette Sanchez & Bryan Gervais.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Do farmers change their politics when the economy turns against them? New work from Michael Shepherd and Quinn Bornstein finds: not much. Even as many farmers were hit hard under Trump, party loyalty—not the hard numbers—shapes how they judge farm policy & politics. 🌾📊 #APSA26
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The Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
👀 Welcome @umhrs.bsky.social to Bluesky! The Health and Retirement Study is *the* public source of data to understand aging in the United States. Find HRS and @umisr.bsky.social researchers with our starter pack-- follow all & share for social science insights and inspo: go.bsky.app/JcQbemD
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interpreting the OK governor's order to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CPS Director @profpjones.bsky.social suggests CAIR may be a target because of its success in advocating for the civil rights of Muslim Americans, the group’s sole focus: oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/18/i...
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Investigation ordered by Oklahoma governor will demonize Muslim people, expert says • Oklahoma Voice
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s latest effort targeting Muslim groups is “political theater” meant to tap into a broader undercurrent of Islamophobia and create unwarranted fears during an election year, experts s...
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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A reminder that CSCAR@ISR is now open for business! Check out this new article in the University Record. record.umich.edu/articles/csc...
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CSCAR@ISR consulting services available for researchers | The University Record
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just to spur on some additional conversations-we want to start dealing with what AI means for how we create, manage, and publish our science. What types of conversations do you want to have at the meeting that will help take an ethical but also innovative step for psychological science?
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When & how do dominant-party systems break? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Tyler R. Chen argues that fatal splits start within—led by a party's elites. Evidence from UMNO 🇲🇾, LDP 🇯🇵 & KMT 🇹🇼. Allen Hicken #APSA26 🏛️
Tyler Chen presents at APSA 2026: Crisis from Within: Elite Defection, Intraparty Competition, and the Breakdown of Dominant-party Systems
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#APSA2026 pre-conference: Join the Sept. 2 short course on ethical fieldwork in challenging contexts and times of global tension, with Nermin Allam, Justine Davis and Roselyn Hsueh. Register for the short course: connect.apsanet.org/apsa2026/pre-co… APSA
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Institute for Social Research (ISR) - University of Michigan @umisr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Read more about what the primary results reveal about Michigan voters and the challenges ahead in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races in @theconversation.com: myumi.ch/QMwmb
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Michigan progressive Abdul El-Sayed won a combative Democratic nomination for US Senate – he’ll face new attacks this fall
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed will face Republican nominee Mike Rogers this November.
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Institute for Social Research (ISR) - University of Michigan @umisr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Michigan’s U.S. Senate race is heading into the general election after Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow Democratic primary win. ISR researcher Mike Traugott examines the spending, voter coalitions and campaign strategies behind Abdul El-Sayed’s win and what they could mean as he faces Republican Mike Rogers
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a general election kickoff rally for Michigan Democrats at Renaissance High School in Detroit on Aug. 7, 2026
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Research to watch: @meganastewart.bsky.social introduces her book project and a new global dataset at #APSA2026 addressing fundamental questions about the redistribution of power-- when actors attempt it, how radical they make it, and when it succeeds.
Megan Stewart: Redistribution, Great Powers, and Global Politics. Presenting at APSA 2026 Sept 4, at 4 pm
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🕶️ Siwen Xiao & Yaosheng Xu present at #APSA2026 on smart glasses with AI-powered facial recognition technology. They argue that as surveillance becomes decentralized and normalized, citizens may gradually legitimize expanded state control at the expense of democratic principles. #ISRNextGeneration
Siwen Xiau and Yaoshen Xu present at APSA 2026 on 9/4 at 2 pm
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When we think about how political beliefs are formed, conventional wisdom points to parents guiding children. @robertocarlos.bsky.social's important new book, Information Brokers investigates a key dynamic in many Latino immigrant households: Children teach parents about American politics.
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Information Brokers: Rethinking Political Dynamics in Latino Immigrant Families
In many Latino families, it is the children who teach the parents about American politics.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🇺🇸 How do you sustain democracy when a major party becomes an anti-democratic force? This stand-out #APSA2026 roundtable will explore America's emerging "regime cleavage"with Kenneth M. Roberts (chair), Skocpol, Lieberman, Schlozman, Wolbrecht, Campbell, Ahmed, & CPS's @robmickey.bsky.social.
From Political Divisions to Regime Threat? Cleavages and American Democracy
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