Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you so much for the invitation! And all the questions! A lot to think about. It was great to see you all! And London! Just that 20-minute walk to dinner was worth the flight and the jet lag :-) 000
Reposted by Virginia OliverosJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A committee consisting of Ashley Nickels (chair), Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, and myself was very happy to recognize Luis Schiumerini (University of Notre Dame) for his book _Incumbency Bias: Why Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America_ (Cambridge University Press, 2025) 2/3 1215
Reposted by Virginia OliverosJan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🚨 Coming soon: “The Political Economy of Public Bureaucracy” 🚨 My book is forthcoming in 2026 with @universitypress.cambridge.org. A preview of the cover art is below. Thanks to D. Carpenter, @sean-gailmard.bsky.social, and J. Gingrich for their endorsements! 🙏 More detailed info in the future. 😊 47613
Reposted by Virginia OliverosNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 01/04/2026En la misión Artemis vuela el cubesat Atenea, desarrollado por estudiantes e ingenieros de universidades nacionales en coordinación con la @CONAE_Oficial mientras el gobierno la asfixia 👇El personal resolvió suspender medidas de fuerza para garantizar el apoyo operativo 04627
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Congrats @anriasantiago.bsky.social and Ken Roberts! "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out! Timely, important, and brilliant! 151
Reposted by Virginia OliverosSantiago Anria @anriasantiago.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Happy to share that "Polarization and Democracy in Latin America" is out now with @uchicagopress.bsky.social and available in multiple formats. If it looks interesting, please consider requesting it at your university library! Check it out 👇 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...press.uchicago.eduPolarization and Democracy in Latin AmericaAn insightful examination of Latin America’s contemporary democratic landscape and how it is marked by patterns of polarization and volatility. Although Latin American democracies have shown considera... 11011
Reposted by Virginia OliverosEmilia Simison @emisimison.bsky.social · 07/03/2026And they are here! 2246
Reposted by Virginia OliverosEmilia Simison @emisimison.bsky.social · 02/03/2026My book with Alejandro is now out in all formats. Go request it at your university's library! If you want to buy instead, use the code LMUA2025 to get a 20% discount in CUP's website 1167
Reposted by Virginia OliverosRachel Schoner @rjschoner.bsky.social · 12/06/2025As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments. Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?academic.oup.comIndividual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in 12711
Reposted by Virginia OliverosAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/09/2025🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record. As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges. 9242242098
Reposted by Virginia OliverosAllison Grossman @allisong.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com 043
Reposted by Virginia OliverosKellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame @kellogginstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2025We learned last week of the passing of Carlos Acuña, professor of political science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He was an early Kellogg visiting fellow and part of the Institute's formative years. Our gratitude to @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social for this beautiful tribute: bit.ly/45HIVTw 012
Reposted by Virginia OliverosEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 📍 ICC Belfast 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵 212997
Reposted by Virginia OliverosAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/07/2025Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance." 323889903254
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This is fantastic! The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com 010
Reposted by Virginia OliverosBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 16/06/2025From April 2025 - Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - cup.org/4clGHLw - @gustavodiaz.org, @viroliveros.bsky.social, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters #OpenAccess 155
Reposted by Virginia OliverosEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵 4374208
Reposted by Virginia OliverosVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025. In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites: 310020
Reposted by Virginia OliverosPablo Fernandez-Vazquez @pablofernandezv.bsky.social · 17/06/2025🚨The Social Sciences dept @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program, an initiative to attract researchers to Madrid. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 yrs (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz 11111
Reposted by Virginia OliverosSimon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨 EOI / talent attraction program in Madrid! The Dept. of Social Sciences @ UC3M is looking to sponsor candidates for the César Nombela Program. Successful candidates get a job with us & great work conditions for 5 y (more below). To express interest, complete form (by 06/24) 👉 n9.cl/qdjvz 1/nn9.cl 12320
Reposted by Virginia OliverosChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data. 15916660414557
Reposted by Virginia OliverosVincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...) w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rolletnationalelectionsdatabase.comNational Elections DatabaseThe National Elections Database provides detailed national election results for parliamentary and presidential elections worldwide from 1789 to 2023. The version 1.0 of this dataset was first built to... 18031
Reposted by Virginia OliverosMartín Becerra @aracalacana.bsky.social · 05/06/2025"Respetuosamente: no nos entreguen". @MarioPecheny, miembro del directorio del Conicet, pide a los senadores que no sean cómplices de la destrucción de la ciencia en la Argentina: youtu.be/T3YuiKT3RcU?...youtu.beMARIO PECHENY - COMISIÓN DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA 04-06-25YouTube video by Senado Argentina 47838
Reposted by Virginia OliverosPablo Fernandez-Vazquez @pablofernandezv.bsky.social · 04/06/2025📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? socialsciences.department@uc3m.es 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...uc3m.esVisiting Professor in the area of Political Science | UC3MContenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es 01828
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 30/05/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchersHundreds of activists wearing gas masks took to the streets to call out their government for slashing science funding. 031
Reposted by Virginia OliverosSandipto Dasgupta @sandipto.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Very honored to receive the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for the best book on South Asian Politics from APSA. Many thanks to the award committee. And it is a privilege to receive this alongside scholars like Adam and Tariq whose work I have long admired. 3266
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 02/05/2025My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule." 084
Reposted by Virginia OliverosRachel Schoner @rjschoner.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Proud of my colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social and @stano.bsky.social for calling out Tulane, demanding more. We stand by all students, esp intl students, & defend freedom of speech. Foreign students and faculty make American higher ed great. Free assembly & speech make this country great. 0115
Reposted by Virginia OliverosStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 02/05/2025@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.nola.comTulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international studentsTulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out. 23314
Reposted by Virginia OliverosStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 01/05/2025If I were a parent, I would not pay $87,000 per year to send my kid to a school that would expel them for exercising their First Amendment rights ***off-campus.*** 1448105
Reposted by Virginia OliverosInequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy. These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households. If this isn't an oligarchy, what is? 18547101989
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 26/04/2025"Tulane not among 400 academic institutions to sign letter criticizing Trump’s education intrusion" tulanehullabaloo.com/69720/news/t...tulanehullabaloo.comTulane not among 400 academic institutions to sign letter criticizing Trump’s education intrusion • The Tulane HullabalooA letter criticizing the Trump administration's higher-ed policies, signed by over 400 academic institutions, was not signed by Tulane... 010
Reposted by Virginia OliverosYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19/04/20251. NEWS The letter that Harvard University received from the Trump administration last Friday, which set off a public battle between the university and the administration, was sent by mistake and was not authorized.bit.lyTrump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization. 4025637
Reposted by Virginia OliverosDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2025LMAO - White House said it was Harvard's fault that they did not pick up to verify a letter that the admin said was coming, was on govt letterhead, and signed by three agency officials. Also, the administration stands by the letter. Which was a mistake. What a clown show. 922243402
Reposted by Virginia OliverosDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Ah - Trump said that their letter allowing them to take over Harvard was sent in error. That is some pretty furious backpeddling. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...nytimes.comTrump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With HarvardAn official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization. 29890146
Reposted by Virginia OliverosJodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Another story that must be told: An ICE agent grabbed Merwil Gutiérrez. One of his fellow agents said, “No, he’s not the one.” Merwil Gutiérrez is a 19-year-old asylum applicant who lives in the Bronx. He was the “wrong one.” ICE wasn’t there looking for him. “Take him anyway,” came the reply. 32859370
Reposted by Virginia OliverosMegan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 16/04/2025"I will no longer be able to continue teaching." Hyeongseon Jeon, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, said he had his foreign visa unexpectedly terminated and now must return to Korea immediately. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...houstonchronicle.comUniversity of Houston confirms math assistant professor had visa revokedA University of Houston assistant professor is among the foreign scholars whose visas were revoked in recent weeks, officials at the institution confirmed. 481697965
Reposted by Virginia OliverosConstantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Bending the knee just makes it easier for them to kick you in the head: Columbia example number 104 12311
Reposted by Virginia OliverosDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp. 108111285043
Reposted by Virginia OliverosPolitical Science Department at Northwestern University @polisciatnu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025MUST READ new article from @gustavodiaz.org, @viroliveros.bsky.social, Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters via @bjpols.bsky.social Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina doi.org/10.1017/S000... #openaccess #polisky #NUResearch 0147
Reposted by Virginia OliverosErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 04/04/2025ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week). 8889319
Reposted by Virginia OliverosSumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025They were all sent to GEO private prisons. There's a rent-seeking element here. 275
Reposted by Virginia OliverosJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/04/2025NEW 🧵 A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far: 1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively. These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began. 9135411494
Reposted by Virginia OliverosOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Princeton, Tufts, U Mich, Georgetown - some better responses starting to circulate 11866143
Reposted by Virginia OliverosChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back. 9052800213787
Reposted by Virginia OliverosGenevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 02/04/2025AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...aaup.orgInstitutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable DeportationsIn response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T... 0279184
Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Super happy to see this finally out! Coauthored with a dream team! @gustavodiaz.org Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters Check it out! 👇🏼 *long thread with a summary of the argument may be coming sooncup.orgIgnoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreIgnoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - Volume 55 1135
Reposted by Virginia OliverosCory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up. 1046013487919971