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if you are in the DC area next week i'm moderating a very nerdy panel that should still be a good time www.aapss.org/events/entit...
Entitled to Your Own Facts? Science and Public Policy in a “Post-Truth” America – AAPSS
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January 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Sahara Sevilla Aapss

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November 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Special issue : democratic #backsliding and resistance strategies ! With @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social and Ken Roberts along with incredible case study authors
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Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered – AAPSS
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March 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) welcomes eight scholars as 2024 fellows. AAPSS selects a small group of scholars & public intellectuals to become fellows of the academy, recognizing the extent to which their work has deepened public understanding of social dynamics.
March 14, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Want to know more about how democratic backsliding happens and how to counter it? See this fully open access issue of AAPSS, co-edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social, Jennifer McCoy, Ken Roberts, and Murat Somer: journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
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March 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New article out from me and Angèle Christin in the Annals of the AAPSS! In "The Politics of Engagement in Platform Governance," we unpack and historicize the concept of "social media engagement," an idea that has dominated debate over platform politics in recent years.

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The Politics of Engagement in Platform Governance - Becca Lewis, Angèle Christin, 2024
In recent years, the concept of user engagement has dominated debate over the governance of online platforms, and critics use the term to assign crass commercia...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
why does the american academy of political and social sciences have only 175 fellows?

that seems ridiculous to me
April 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
DECLARACIÓN DEL SINDICATO ANDALUZ DE TRABAJADORES (SAT) SOBRE EL SÁHARA OCCIDENTAL EN SU IV CONGRESO NACIONAL noteolvidesdelsaharaoccidental.org/declaracion-...
DECLARACIÓN DEL SINDICATO ANDALUZ DE TRABAJADORES (SAT) SOBRE EL SÁHARA OCCIDENTAL EN SU IV CONGRESO NACIONAL
Fuente: Sahara Sevilla Aapss | Este fin de semana con la Liga De Estudiantes-Jóvenes Saharauis España Lejsee y la PIMSO (Plataforma Internacional de Mujeres por el Sáhara Occidental) hemos asistido…
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March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Universal child care in Canada is struggling to survive with its present funding.

The ROI of quality early childhood education and care is impressive. So what gives?

James Heckman is a Nobel prize-winning economist:
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And there are more important benefits than ROI!
New Study by Fellow James Heckman Revisits the Perry Preschool Project – AAPSS
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May 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
New volume out on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery, edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social , @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social , Ken Roberts and me. 15 case studies including countries with current massive protests against autocrats - Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. www.aapss.org/annals/volum...
Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered – AAPSS
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March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Moynihan Prize honors leaders who champion evidence-based policymaking and civil discourse. Know someone making a real impact through social science & data? Nominate by Nov. 1: www.aapss.org/moynihan/nom...
Submit a Nomination – AAPSS
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July 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Congratulations to CASBS board of directors member @el-xav.bsky.social, selected as the 2025 Kenneth Boulding Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 👏

Fittingly, Boulding was a member of CASBS's inaugural 1954-55 class 😏

AAPSS Announcement: www.aapss.org/2025-fellows...
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌎 What does it mean to earn success, and does the answer depend on where you live?

From college admissions to social mobility, Whither Meritocracy? Part Two: Meritocracy Across the Globe explores how societies and institutions define merit—and who gets rewarded for it.

📚 Out now: bit.ly/4AmNYGc
Whither Meritocracy? Part Two: Meritocracy Across the Globe – AAPSS
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September 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I’m glad to see Ametsoc has woken up. I had a discouraging exchange with the President when I suggested Ametsoc could follow the AAPSU lead for grad students losing support

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American Academy of Political and Social Science Announces 2025 Fellowships – AAPSS
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May 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Evidence is being sidelined in today’s policy debates. Renowned poverty scholar Sheldon Danziger wants to change that in his new role as president of the AAPSS.

Read “Danzinger’s third act” in State & Hill: https://myumi.ch/D8dg8
May 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The ANNALS of the AAPSS issue in honor of Becky Blank is live! journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/711/1

My contribution (joint w/ Paul Courant & Julia Yates) was a labor of love: Understanding the Social Safety Net: Lessons from the Work of Rebecca Blank

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January 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🎉Congratulations to LSC Professor and Taylor-Bascom Chair Dietram Scheufele for being inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science! 🎉

Learn more at: www.aapss.org/2024-fellows...
American Academy of Political and Social Science Announces 2024 Fellowships – AAPSS
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November 18, 2024 at 9:05 PM
"Americans, one would think, have enough trouble with home-grown McCarthy's without importing Viennese professors to add academic luster to the process."

Schlesinger, Arthur. 1954. "Review of Capitalism and the Historians, by F. A. Hayek" The Annals of the AAPSS 293:178.
July 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Latest Annals of the AAPSS is on "Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered." journals.sagepub.com/toc/ANN/curr.... Democratization and Democratic Blacksliding remain seriously under theorised/studied in the deliberative literature.
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - Volume 712, Number 1
Table of contents for The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 712, 1
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April 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will award its 2026 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Esther Duflo.

She is the second Nobel laureate to receive the prize

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#Economics #AcademicTwitter #DevelopmentEconomics #JPAL #NobelEconomics
Esther Duflo to receive 2026 Moynihan Prize | The Economic Misfit
The American Academy of Political and Social Science will award its 2026 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Esther Duflo, citing her work on the microeconomics of development and the use of randomized c...
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July 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Congratulations to American historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social, Winner of the 2025 Moynihan Prize awarded by American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) !!

Follow him here on Bluesky for his insights on authoritarianism, tyranny, int'l human rights, & the Russian war against Ukraine.
March 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM