🚨 Deadline Soon (***February 5, 2026***): 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science 🚨
I am seeking applicants for a 3-year postdoc related to my @erc.europa.eu research project EQUILIBRIUM that focuses on state-citizen interactions.
The application link and further information are in the post below. ⬇️
Are you about to complete a MA/MSc in social sciences? Do you have a very good idea to write a PhD? If so, please consider applying for one of the 5 doctoral studentships that @kcl-spe.bsky.social and @kingsqpe.bsky.social are currently advertising. All details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
📢 2nd Junior Workshop Economics of Latin America - Call for Papers!
Aimed at PhD students & post-docs working on development economics with a regional focus on Latin America.
9-10 July 2026 in Berlin.
Submission deadline: Feb 28. (details below)
#EconConf #EconSky
📢 Last week to submit proposals to the 2026 Yale-UB HPE workshop. Programs from past editions can be found at www.didacqueralt.com/yale-ub-hpew
How have economic warfare and sanctions been applied in modern history? New book by @mark4harrison.bsky.social and Stephen Broadberry looks across three centuries of global history for clues to how economic sanctions and warfare worked and why their effects often came as a surprise.
buff.ly/2vOcWIl
He visto cómo las vacas sagradas de la economía en mi juventud fueron pasando de moda. Las de hoy también pasarán.
En este video hablo sobre ese ciclo: las modas intelectuales en la disciplina y cómo moldean lo que estudiamos y discutimos.
youtu.be/8hdvEp63VP0
📢 📢 Call for Papers
IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop
Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social
🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford)
📍 University of Barcelona
🗓 June 29–30, 2026
Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026:
shorturl.at/oZTNy
#pleaseRT
We got a VoxDev column out! ==> Meng Yu Ngov, Pierre-Louis Vézina, Trang Thu Tran & Gaurav Nayyar show that Vietnam's solar boom was built on three key pillars: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Thank you for this great review @raulaldaz.bsky.social ! If after reading this great review anyone is interested in the book (for yourselves or your libraries) feel free to use this discount voucher valid until Friday
Success could enhance legitimacy for a state-building coalition, strengthening a coercive and/or redistributive state. Failure could weaken the state (and democracy?).
The book serves IR, state and mixed-method scholars. Read it!
Here is the review: (7/7) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Schenoni's argument provides lens to see one of the region's most pressing challenges: security.
From left to right, voters demand more state to fight organized crime. Whether through 'mano dura' and/or redistribution (coercion and/or public goods). (6/7)
The argument and findings of the book could be better understood if read with other recent literature. #DanielBaquero and I recently wrote a review, here is a thread:
bsky.app/profile/raul...
(5/7)
First. Expands the bellicist theory and tests it in difficult cases (Latin America). The book disputes established explanations for state capacity variation.
Second. The book provides an explanation for the revearsal of economic development and state capacity (late 19th C) within the region. (4/7)
2. Empirics. The focus on outcomes and mechanisms leads to a mixed-method strategy. The book presents fresh evidence using fQCA, diff-in-diffs, synthetic controls, and within-case analysis.
I think the book makes at least two major contributions (3/7)
It is theoretically and empirically strong.
1. Theory. The argument expands and ellaborates the classical bellicist theory. It provides expectations of the war-sate link pre and post-war, and mechanisms (depdendent on victory or defeat). In short, it derives several theoretical implications. (2/7)
Latin American Policy just published the review that I made of @llschenoni.bsky.social's outstanding book Brinking War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth‐Century Latin America.
Here is a thread of the review.
The book tests the war-state capacity link in the region. (1/7)
Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
IR, Comparative, Methodology.
If we set aside ad-hoc explanations, two forces stand out in shaping global development: colonial institutions and war—even if the former fails to explain Europe itself. Latin America has long tilted the debate away from the latter, but what if the real driver was war here as well?👇
How can you summarise your research for a wider audience?
I think it's a no-brainer to present your work in a way that's accessible to those outside academia.
Having edited over 500 @voxdev.bsky.social articles, I've put what I've learned into this blog: voxdev.org/topic/commun...
Daniel Baquero has organized a neat panel on “Reform and Development from Historical Perspectives”
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social
Also, there is avocado soup.
New political science grad students, a piece of unsolicited advice:
Take the full formal theory sequence; if your program doesn't offer it, go to the econ department (that's what I did). Formal logic is also a great option!
Why? You never know what will happen during grad school. 1/8
Thank you for taking the time to write the post! Finding a voice always seemed abstract, almost esoteric. Your thoughts help writers see voice as a more concrete element. At least that was my take.
Pure gold!
Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like
I'll write a proper review hopefully ready in the next few weeks. I'll further ellaborate more these ideas. But I'll also try to place the book in a larger discussion as well. But don't wait for the review to read it. (4/4)
From 2) above, you'll expect a mixed-method research design. It includes cross-section strategies to explain variance across cases, and a focus on specific cases via synthetic controls, and within-case analysis. Cool! (3/4)
Theoretically, the book extends the bellicist theory in two ways.
1) Going back to key insights from Weber and Hintz. 2) Developing these insights into empirical implications pre and post-war. The implications cover both outcomes and mechanisms. (2/4)
Ok, so I finally finished reading this book by
@llschenoni.bsky.social. If your are into states and development (in and beyond Latin America), you have to read it!
The book is theoretically ambitious and has a clever and brilliant research design. (1/4)
