Vic Marsh, Ph.D.

What about the basic fact that net segregation in USA workplaces (between firms) actually has been going UP and not down? Isn’t that interesting as a social fact? Is that fact woke or anti-woke? It’s neither.

But even here - zooming out as JP Ferguson does - the problems with mandates might be quite general (not just a DEI thing).

To be sure - findings about certain *ineffective* programs do fit the typical debate pattern (mandating implicit bias training programs). Point conceded.

For example - how do findings about the de-segregating effects of mentor-protégé matching programs fit that frame? How about the de-segregation of work that emerges from experiments in flatter organizations / self-managed teams? These aren’t woke vs. anti-woke issues.

The only frame that journalists want to use for understanding workplace demography is woke vs. anti-woke. But a lot of interesting stuff doesn’t fit this debate - as best I can tell from quant sociology on the best USA data.

Targeted recruitment is one of thr best, evidence-based ways to diversify your ranks.

But the previous job in U.S. diplomacy might be a bit uncomfortable for me too.

I'm starting to rethink my life choice of studying workplace HR and EEO and diversity management. The new anti-wokism wave is very much upon us while I’m on the job market. Lol

Any fans of “Yes, Minister” here? We’re about to have x2 versions of the “Ministry for Administrative Affairs”: both OPM and Musk.

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I don’t think #Hamas friendlies are playing as useful a role as they could. We hold the guns of Israel. Those H-friends hold the cash flow of Hamas. That team needs to be doing the same day-to-day work.

I think a lot of foreign policy ideas about how things work - they’re a bit too grand. Peace processes are daily grinds.

British, German top diplomats arrive in Israel in bid to temper its reaction to Iran ***

#Israel: It’s coming down to calendars now. If you have a friend that is ready to retaliate, you basically FILL THEIR CALENDAR with constant VIP foreign ministry visits. The bid is to keep them from seeking vengeance, each day.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Happening tomorrow. Hope you’ll join us on Zoom!

In a group of scholars whose research theme is basically “fascinating and sad” — seems like this event is totally for us!

Great civil war research! At first glance it looks like state sponsorship encourages armed groups to fight, but @rubinmichael.bsky.social and Iris Malone show that state sponsorship explains little when you control for group and country indicators. polisky, policysky, 🗺, #IntSec

What does a DEI award mean, depending on which agency gives it. And what demographic changes can be expected or faked as a result of such standards bodies?

It’s a whole industrial field that even has a field of rating agencies or standards-setting bodies who nobody is really watchdogging. That’s what I’d plan out as a second program of scholarship.

#Industry studies: I think when people have written on DEI as “industry” it’s usually some kind of negative screed. But other social-focused industries also get some more positive (or at least more balanced) takes. I’m thinking environmental consultants etc.

#Typesetting Paper Previews. I think there is an app that lets you see how your draft paper would look in journal article format. Does anyone recall the name? My googling and prior bookmarks are failing me!
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I have a dream: a world in which engineering/tech students all learn basic social science, social scientists all learn basic thermodynamics, & both spend at least two semesters learning ecology. Might place us to at least start on adequate solutions to urgent global challenges.

New economics reproducibility project is seeking collaborators to conduct reproduction and robustness tests of published development economics findings.

Contributors earn 2500 euros and co-authorship on the overall project paper.

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Ouch! This smarts.

This POTUS is very Catholic, but even he can’t be out in these streets making ORIGINAL SIN (of occupation) to the Israelis. Folks, the whole point of diplomacy is to influence the behavior of another country’s leaders. You try serving that message to Bibi (who nobody trusts, but he’s in charge).

AND NONE OF THE HUGGING MIGHT WORK. It is worth a try anyway. I’m wrong if USA naval assets are used for BROAD bombing (rather than used to NARROW to targets to reduce civilian casualties). #Falsifiable

So why all the naval activity? I wish I had a gif of that scene in the film #ThirteenDays. Cuban missile crisis stuff. You move ships to speak a geo-political language to anyone who MIGHT do weird shit right now. That region has some folks who get tempted to do weird shit.

Beyond hugging, keep in mind that Biden is horny for DRONES - not occupations. Didn’t we just finish a bunch of press criticism about him being insufficiently pro-occupation in Afghanistan?

#Israel Ex-diplomat for the USA here [if the norms of intro carry over]. I think POTUS is being ripped apart unfairly for “supporting genocide.” Incorrect. #Biden is hugging Israel close because that’s how you have any shred of a chance to influence the Israeli response to #Hamas.

I’m here for all the #dad research content!