🚨 New working paper with Sophie Borwein R. Michael Alvarez Bart Bonikowski Peter Loewen! We investigate the common microfoundations of public attitudes toward two paradigm-shifting phenomena: AI and globalization. Let’s unpack the findings 🧵 ssrn.com/abstract=47950…

Thrilled to share our new publication: 'The gender gap in attitudes toward workplace technological change' with Sophie Borwein, Peter Loewen, Bart Bonikowski and Blake Lee-Whiting in SASE academic.oup.com/ser/article-ab…

Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega University of British Columbia University of British ColumbiaPoliSci Yay! Thank you, Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega! Really looking forward to visiting University of British ColumbiaPoliSci on April 5

Spending my Saturday with this amazing group for a great AI workshop at Caltech! R. Michael Alvarez Peter Loewen Bart Bonikowski Sophie Borwein

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Caltech CSSPP is thrilled to announce a call for abstracts for the Conference “Navigating the New Frontier: The Political and Economic Implications of AI,” on September 13-14, 2024 at Caltech. Send your abstract by March 31st!lindeinstitute.caltech.edu/events/csspp-w…

We are very excited to be organizing this conference Caltech. We are especially looking for social science research on the implications of #AI and #genAI for politics, economies, and society. Please apply - or DM if you have questions. Hosted by CaltechCsspp!

Citizens are less supportive of candidates who offer protections against automation/AI as compared to offshoring or changing consumer demand. Thus, protections against AI are less appealing to workers than policy proposals targeting other economic threats link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Online first: 'Perceived technological threat and vote choice: evidence from 15 European democracies' by Sophie Borwein Bart Bonikowski Peter John Loewen Blake Lee-Whiting & Beatrice Magistro

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Now in American Political Science Review: in a study of >800 politicians in four countries led by Jean-Benoit Pilet, we find that politicians massively overestimate how conservative citizens are, on a long list of policy issues. /1
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This looks a fascinating paper! twitter.com/Pol_Geog_Jl/st…

Great to see this article in print Political Geography (with @lucasjacklucas), on how place resentment varies across urban, suburban, and rural places in Canada

New paper by Sophie Borwein Daniel Béland André Lecours and myself
« National standards or territorial autonomy? Public opinion and the politics of fiscal federalism for healthcare in Canada » is out at Territory, Politics, Governance RSA_TPG
doi.org/10.1080/216226…
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How do the people (and things) in your local environment shape your political behavior? My new Annual Reviews article with Melissa Sands tries to synthesize the rapidly growing, multi-subfield literature in poli sci on intergroup context and contact:

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New work with Diana O'Brien and Timm Betz TU München in American Political Science Review. We assess the effect of women's representation on #trade , an ostensibly non-gendered policy.

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We at SFU School of Public Policy are hiring TWO tenure track faculty positions. One is focused on race & racial equity (open field) and the other is in economics. Based in @sfu School of Public Policy, downtown Vancouver. Please share widely!👇

A new year update for the Massey College community shared with enthusiastic permission! 5ish yrs ago a bunch of friends took part in Lifeline Syria and a few weeks ago got to celebrate a new 🇨🇦 citizen!

How it started/how it’s going Sophie Borwein Kiran Patrick Steadman Tina J. Park, Ph.D.