Congratulations! So well deserved!

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Erin Hern Shares Expertise on Gender Discrimination for OECD Erin Hern Shares Expertise on Gender Discrimination for OECD

How should gender discrimination be measured when countries have overlapping legal systems?

Erin Hern, associate professor of political science, served as a lead discussant for the OECD as it prepares updates to its Social Institutions and Gender Index, a key global benchmark.

Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes - Volume 17 Issue 4

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🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳

Congratulations, Alex!

Teaching Courses listed below are those currently in my rotation. Syllabi are from the last time the course was offered PSC 123: Comparative Government and Politics PSC 300:  Intro to Original Research...

Hey Emily! You can find the syllabus for my thesis seminar here (PSC 495/6): www.erinhern.com/teaching.html Happy to chat if you have any questions.

Hi Jenn, I am so sorry you are experiencing this. I had no idea until I just saw this post. Wishing you the very best outcome

8/ Spoiler: siccing the military on protestors is a visible form of autocratization.

7/ I show that, across competitive African elections since 1990, incumbents who carry out more visible forms of autocratization are more likely to be voted out of office. Analysis of survey data shows that perceiving these autocratic actions especially moves the needle for independent voters.

6/ More visible autocratization is more noticeable, more recognizable as a democratic transgression, and harder to rationalize. These acts draw more ire from the public, particularly from independents.

5/ I argue that many types of democratic transgressions are subtle and hard to recognize, and the general public may not notice these actions or understand how they undermine democracy. Where the public does notice, these more subtle actions are easier for incumbents to rationalize.

4/ This research has paid less attention whether the types of transgressions that leaders commit are widely recognizable to the general public as “undemocratic.” In this article, I introduce the concept of “visibility” as it relates to anti-democratic behavior carried out by incumbents.

3/ Why don’t people recognize when democratically elected leaders dismantle democracy? Why don’t they punish them at the ballot box? Great research shows how partisanship prevents electorates from holding leaders accountable after they carry out democratic transgressions. BUT:

2/ TLDR: citizens are far more likely to recognize and react negatively to certain democratic transgressions carried out by would-be autocrats. I term these acts of “visible autocratization,” and show that leaders who do these things are much more likely to be voted out of office.

1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...

Woke up to an article acceptance, a toddler who now **really gets** this whole potty training thing, and stunningly beautiful weather. Holding onto the bright spots.

Trump administration revokes visas of 3 Syracuse University students without warning SU says it received no notice or explanation about the targeting of its international students.

President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly revoked the visas of three international students at Syracuse University without explaining why the students were targeted, SU officials told syracuse.com.

Congratulations, Natalie! That is wonderful news!

I used to teach in the town right next to Nampa and let me tell you--this is really something

Right? I just finished covering how ISI went for most countries in the 1980s. The idea that he is trying to ISI our way backwards into a manufacturing economy is so unbelievably stupid it hurts.

So I read that group chat and...shouldn't the main story be that these clowns COLLAPSED AN ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS to kill one guy after explicitly stating that there isn't really any rush to get him?

Shut down the government. Do it, do it now, do it right in the middle of 5th avenue, do it and let the English see you do it. Tell them it was you who voted against GOP madness.

The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov

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So prescient.

I guess I was naive but I really thought it would take more than 3 weeks to hit full-blown constitutional crisis.

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

I have a neighbor who shovels his driveway in this exact getup.

Wait for the reminder email, curse about it, and then squeeze it into the following week 🙃

Thanks, Seth--they are fine, but have friends who have been evacuated and who have likely lost their homes.

The weird cognitive dissonance of having a snow day here in central NY, with over 3 ft of snow drift in our backyard, while historic fires rage 20 miles north of my parents' house, demolishing landmarks of my childhood.