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Using a sample of eligible voters within #Kenya, @bethewhitaker & @bethiamswellman explore diaspora efforts to influence #elections through the perspectives of domestic #voters - often overlooked in literature on diaspora voting. @unccharlotte @uofmemphis https://t.co/dwtCW6bE5I

May be of interest to: @MigCitizenAPSA, @TheAPCG, @_ENMISA, @GlobalCIT_EUI, @JWPaller, @KenyaStudies. /fin

Our dual survey results suggest that roughly one of every seven eligible voters in Kenya was encouraged to vote by citizens abroad, a remarkably high level of transnational mobilization. The diaspora's indirect influence may have more electoral impact than their votes. 5/6

We also wanted to know how diaspora citizens may indirectly influence elections back home by encouraging their contacts to vote (@MPaarlberg's work). So we asked whether people sent/received remittances, as well as if those people sent/received messages about the election. 4/6

We found that while both domestic and diaspora Kenyans agree that emigrants should be able to vote for president, domestic voters are much less supportive of diaspora participation in sub-national elections. But here's where it gets interesting... 3/6

Re: Diaspora voting, Beth and I often get asked "But what do domestic citizens think?" So we ran parallel surveys of domestic and diaspora Kenyans before the 2022 presidential election polling them on preferences over diaspora voting policies, as well as intended vote choice. 2/6

Just published with @bethiamswellman in @IMRjournal: "Voice through Votes and Remittances: Diaspora Efforts to Influence Elections.” This research project had unexpected (and fascinating) findings! 1/6 https://t.co/xkTSpAe4ba

Borders in #Africa were not decided in Berlin & are not random! Causes? Geography, precol states & negotiations btw Europeans & Africans. Time to update high school textbooks! @jackpaine_prof Xiaoyan Qiu & I @apsrjournal 🙏🥳 https://t.co/VZuTaeM1vm

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Minerva's FY23 University Research FOA is NOW OPEN! A university-led defense social science program seeking fundamental understanding of the social and cultural forces shaping U.S. strategic interests globally. White Papers are due on Jan. 16th! https://t.co/3AqT7gvUGG

Many thanks to @bethiamswellman @yangyang_zhou @stephrschwartz @RebeccaCordell @tim_gravelle @akoustov @ginopauselli @jconroykrutz Beth Simmons and others for comments on earlier drafts. Any errors are my own. And thanks to @afrobarometer for access to the data! (5/5)

The findings here suggest that perceived opportunities created by living near a border tend to outweigh perceived risks. Insights from the African context can help us better understand the politics of borders and borderlands around the world. (4/5)

This project has its roots in my dissertation research in Tanzania in the 1990s. Tanzanians living in border areas recognized both benefits and costs of hosting refugees from Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC, while those farther away focused only on the negative impact. (3/5)

This finding holds when accounting for having co-ethnics across the border, liking immigrant neighbors, and living near a refugee camp. To better investigate the mechanisms, I recently collected original survey data from a representative sample in Kenya. Stay tuned! (2/5)

I am excited to announce the publication of my @afrobarometer Working Paper. Using geocoded survey data from 32 African countries, I find that people living closer to an international border are more likely to support free movement across borders. (1/5)

"Faculty tenure at UNC System universities and community colleges would end under a new bill filed Tuesday," @JoekillianNC reports.

I took this photo for @princetonian at the first round NCAA Eastern regional game in 1992. Hope he brings @PrincetonMBB some magic tonight!

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Last chance for Kenyans in the diaspora to take a short anonymous survey before tomorrow's election! Asanteni sana. https://t.co/JM5FD8hGiW @bethiamswellman #KenyaDecides #KenyaDecides2022