While the media ignores them, students at community colleges ARE protesting genocide too.

They have far fewer material resources to leverage but are just as important. I’ll flag them in this 🧵 as I learn about their efforts.

#GazaSolidarityEncampment #CeasfireNOW

Oversized SUVs and trucks worsen a slew of societal problems, including crash deaths, climate change, and tire pollution.

But rather than restrain car bloat, federal policy has actively encouraged it.

In Vox I explained how. 🧵

vox.com/future-perfect…

🔽 An interview with Rachel E. Brule on India's fascinating experiments with gender quotas in politics, pointing to the work of many, many others (@soleprillaman, Rikhil R. Bhavnani, Alyssa René Heinze, Simon Chauchard, Francesca R. Jensenius, Lori Beaman & more) in studying this.

Read Rithika Kumar's terrific essay on the rise in women voters in India in today's Hindustan Times--the 7th installment in our #IndiaElects2024 collaboration. hindustantimes.com/india-news/und…

SF -> Chicago for MPSA 🚂 Amtrak 10 hours down, 43 to go! 🌎 🍃

TWO POSTDOC POSITIONS (ABDs WELCOME)

Work with Don Moynihan Pamela Herd 🐀 and myself at the Better Governmental Lab at McCourt School Georgetown University as part of our efforts to reduce Administrative Burdens by evaluating digital innovations using RCTs.

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New study on 'car harm':

'Since their invention, cars ... have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion.'

'Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by [cars].'

doi.org/10.1016/j.jtra…

*REMINDER* Apply for the EGAP West Africa Regional Hub at Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix in Cote d'Ivoire #LearningDays workshop (24-29 June). The workshop will focus on causal inference in impact evaluation for Africa-based researchers and evaluators. Apply by 1 March: egap.org/project/learni…

Perhaps this isn’t the best way but I realised I can’t do it any other way. Please help twitter fam 🙏 #kohima

Soosun You is doing amazing work in this space. She's a rising star so you should follow her if you are interested in gender politics in East Asia and beyond.

It's hard to overstate how important a switch away from beef and lamb would be in terms of environmental impact.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Submit abstracts for Nov 2024 Issue 'Disaster and Resilience: intersectional approaches towards establishing resilient communities during crises'

Detailed call here:
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Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
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It really is time to put women in charge

This week I gave a presentation about flying and offsetting in academia for the Climate Action Research Institute Swansea University. Here's a short 🧵 of the main points...

Coming soon :)

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