My book “Everyday Identity and Electoral Politics”, exists! A🧵on the book below. They arrived in time for the book launch at UJ at 3pm (GMT+2), 25 May. Those in Joburg, please come. Others please join remote at https://t.co/lwVIUq11cg @CarinRunciman @uclspp @go2uj @OxUniPress

We're hiring for a post-doctoral fellow in political science @LSEGovernment. A core part of the role is teaching on a core comparative politics course with amazing folk like @melissaleesands @Pavithra_Suri (and me!). https://t.co/0t9OT8eUDj #psjobs

This wine brand called Kumusha is made by a Zimbabwean called @tnashenyamudoka. Imagine if ALL Zimbabweans who see this tweet would repost it to give Tinashe’s wine brand more visibility as we head towards Christmas. Imagine each time you see Kumusha you would repost it,

We are pleased to announce the 2024 *Rebecca B. Morton Conference on Experimental Political Science,* on Friday, *March 1st* and Saturday, *March 2nd,* 2024 at NYU @NYUpolitics: https://t.co/Dan9vjB0da… Deadline December 4! @tara_slough @NYUPsych @NYUEconomics @NYUSociology

Working paper coming soon. A really fun project with @NixiiB and @IoannaGkoutna … we find that the ruling party’s electoral strategies are much more diverse than commonly assumed and potentially more persuasive in info-rich contexts … stay tuned

Looking for new work published on Tanzania over the last year or so for my syllabus. Recommendations, self promotion welcome :)

The African Politics Conference Group (APCG) Online Colloquium is now accepting applications for workshop papers in Oct., Nov., Dec. 2023. Please apply by October 5, 2023, here: https://t.co/9F5rfN2Ycb… Please re-tweet and share with your networks.

Going to #apsa23? Make sure to schedule GLD's @EllenMLust @metheney_erica & co-authors @kristenkao @a_harris4's presentation "Ethnicized Social Institutions: Measuring the Political Influence of Ethnicity" on September 1st at 10am. @goteborgsuni https://t.co/LEoWJ0UfCS

Apply to present at the 7th Annual Conference - "The Dynamics of Change in Governance and Local Development." 🔍 We're seeking papers that explore changes in governance and development over time. Join us in Sweden, 20-23 May 2024! https://t.co/f0ZKvS69Lv

Why do dominant parties continue to win elections despite signficant governance failures? In our new piece in Democratization on South Africa's 2019 election, @ColletteSchulzH and I suggest that opposition parties deserve much of the blame: https://t.co/3A9Xi6Uydu

Should be a great time! My slot is 2:45pm followed directly after by @DrJulieNorman2 please come by!

#postdoc reminder! Join us in studying the impact of Covid on governance, using unique panel data from #Malawi, inc a to-be-implemented survey. At a great university, excellent benefits, and views like this! https://t.co/tG6i5Y2fis. Pls pass it on! @maqartan @kimulikasara

GLD’s Annual Conference Day 3 Panel 3: Claim-Making and Citizen Rights. @lauren_honig’s presentation: Social institutions and State Reach: examining change in Gendered Land Rights in Southern Africa. Moderated by @a_harris4 @GLD_Gothenburg

🎉GLD’s 6th Annual Conference has started! Theme: “Contested Authority at the Local Level: Implications for Governance, Policy Outcomes, and Service Provision.” We’re so happy to have all our conference attendees here to discuss & explore research relating to this year’s theme.

Want to research how communities responded to, and are potentially changed by, #Covid? @GLD_Gothenburg has a 2-yr #postdoc for a project employing panel surveys and elite surveys at the community level in Malawi to explore these RQs.

Our first issue of the IPOR Newsletter is out. Enjoy the reading: https://t.co/iOIHzZNHxx @BlessingsChins3 @bonidulani @MChasukwa @afrobarometer @dadakim @pasdept_UNIMA @EllenMLust @danbanik @Gowokani11 @a_harris4 @GLD_Gothenburg @USAIDMalawi @joeasunka @IFPRIMalawi @OSISA

Parents of LGBTQ Ugandans speak out ❤️

📊 A new GLD dataset, mergeable with other GLD datasets, is now available on Harvard Dataverse. And so is the related article, "Zambian election panel survey: Dataset of responses before, near, and after 2021 elections", by @metheney_erica & @EllenMLust https://t.co/lwXWUUpcN2 🧵

What’s been truly heartening in this Anti Homosexuality Bill saga, is the Ugandans from all walks of life risking all to stand in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ communities. The ‘Munno mu kabi’ (friend in need) spirit is unbreakable. That’s the Uganda I know & love.

It's Time! @GLD_Gothenburg's Short Term Grant cycle is now open, deadline April 11th. See https://t.co/dw10jFuTTP for more information, and pls help circulate to scholars in need of funding for GLD-related research. @bonidulani @a_harris4 @jmurtazashvili @merweissphd