Chagai Weiss
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Toronto and faculty affiliate at PASCL-Stanford. (Almost done) writing a book about how institutions can shape intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societies.
www.chagaiweiss.com
www.chagaiweiss.com
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☀️☀️Academic friends wondering what to do with their sabbatical next year (FYI Jan 31 NOT a hard deadline) or the one after:
Consider visiting us in Madrid for a term or 2!
We have a great community in polisci/political economy/HPE/pol.behavior + offices and can help with settling you here.
Link👇
Consider visiting us in Madrid for a term or 2!
We have a great community in polisci/political economy/HPE/pol.behavior + offices and can help with settling you here.
Link👇
We also heartily encourage colleagues looking for a vibrant social science community to spend their sabbatical with, in a great European city, to apply here: ijlinz.es/en/about-ijl...
The institute has a history of integrating great scholars to its research activities. This will continue :)
12/12
The institute has a history of integrating great scholars to its research activities. This will continue :)
12/12
Visit the IJL - Ijlinz
ijlinz.es
February 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
☀️☀️Academic friends wondering what to do with their sabbatical next year (FYI Jan 31 NOT a hard deadline) or the one after:
Consider visiting us in Madrid for a term or 2!
We have a great community in polisci/political economy/HPE/pol.behavior + offices and can help with settling you here.
Link👇
Consider visiting us in Madrid for a term or 2!
We have a great community in polisci/political economy/HPE/pol.behavior + offices and can help with settling you here.
Link👇
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🧵 New paper out in AJPS! "Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state"
With @lbp2106.bsky.social, @wilsonprichard.bsky.social, @cdsamii.bsky.social, and Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
1/11
With @lbp2106.bsky.social, @wilsonprichard.bsky.social, @cdsamii.bsky.social, and Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
1/11
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
🧵 New paper out in AJPS! "Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state"
With @lbp2106.bsky.social, @wilsonprichard.bsky.social, @cdsamii.bsky.social, and Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
1/11
With @lbp2106.bsky.social, @wilsonprichard.bsky.social, @cdsamii.bsky.social, and Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
1/11
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Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ...
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ...
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
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My book—No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis—comes out today!
It's the result of 3+ years of research and 150+ interviews with 100+ activists and experts.
It's the result of 3+ years of research and 150+ interviews with 100+ activists and experts.
February 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My book—No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis—comes out today!
It's the result of 3+ years of research and 150+ interviews with 100+ activists and experts.
It's the result of 3+ years of research and 150+ interviews with 100+ activists and experts.
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Today, the Government of Ontario announced changes to funding across the postsecondary sector, including a $6.4 billion investment.
This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement
This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Today, the Government of Ontario announced changes to funding across the postsecondary sector, including a $6.4 billion investment.
This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement
This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement
Yes! Plus this could have positive externalities, ultimately improving intergroup relations!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Yes! Plus this could have positive externalities, ultimately improving intergroup relations!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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🌍Climate action is a polarized topic & increasing support for mitigation is very challenging!🌎
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 AM
🌍Climate action is a polarized topic & increasing support for mitigation is very challenging!🌎
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
🌍Climate action is a polarized topic & increasing support for mitigation is very challenging!🌎
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 AM
🌍Climate action is a polarized topic & increasing support for mitigation is very challenging!🌎
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
In a new WP w/ @saumjha.bsky.social, Kala, Shroff, Hanlon, we use an RCT to show that exposure to financial assets in the energy sector ↗️ support for climate action www.chagaiweiss.com/papers/inpro...
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Congratulations to all of our amazing undergraduate students who received awards last week! www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/undergr...
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Congratulations to all of our amazing undergraduate students who received awards last week! www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/undergr...
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I’ll be doing a book talk with @jjgreenjr.bsky.social
for my new book:
*No Option But Sabotage*
at Politics and Prose (The Wharf) this Friday, 1/30.
We'll be discussing:
-the climate crisis
-social movement
-protest tactics
-and responses to repression
politics-prose.com/thomas-zeitz...
for my new book:
*No Option But Sabotage*
at Politics and Prose (The Wharf) this Friday, 1/30.
We'll be discussing:
-the climate crisis
-social movement
-protest tactics
-and responses to repression
politics-prose.com/thomas-zeitz...
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’ll be doing a book talk with @jjgreenjr.bsky.social
for my new book:
*No Option But Sabotage*
at Politics and Prose (The Wharf) this Friday, 1/30.
We'll be discussing:
-the climate crisis
-social movement
-protest tactics
-and responses to repression
politics-prose.com/thomas-zeitz...
for my new book:
*No Option But Sabotage*
at Politics and Prose (The Wharf) this Friday, 1/30.
We'll be discussing:
-the climate crisis
-social movement
-protest tactics
-and responses to repression
politics-prose.com/thomas-zeitz...
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🎺 Call for proposals 🎺
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
🎺 Call for proposals 🎺
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
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JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters!
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Annual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference
wp.nyu.edu
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters!
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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After years in academia, I’m exploring data science and research roles in industry.
I'm a quant. social scientist (PhD Yale ’24, NYU) focused on causal inference, experiments, and large-scale data.
Feel free to get in touch or share; all leads appreciated. dwstommes@gmail.com
I'm a quant. social scientist (PhD Yale ’24, NYU) focused on causal inference, experiments, and large-scale data.
Feel free to get in touch or share; all leads appreciated. dwstommes@gmail.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
After years in academia, I’m exploring data science and research roles in industry.
I'm a quant. social scientist (PhD Yale ’24, NYU) focused on causal inference, experiments, and large-scale data.
Feel free to get in touch or share; all leads appreciated. dwstommes@gmail.com
I'm a quant. social scientist (PhD Yale ’24, NYU) focused on causal inference, experiments, and large-scale data.
Feel free to get in touch or share; all leads appreciated. dwstommes@gmail.com
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The section is searching for new editors for @jepsjournal.bsky.social ! Please check out the call here, and circulate widely: connect.apsanet.org/s42/editor-s...
Editor Search
connect.apsanet.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The section is searching for new editors for @jepsjournal.bsky.social ! Please check out the call here, and circulate widely: connect.apsanet.org/s42/editor-s...
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Lovely to see the outpouring of love for Kimuli, whose presence is so very missed. I’m adding here the “in memoriam” colleagues wrote for the department (a bit more personal than the one from the university!)
polisci.columbia.edu/content/memo...
polisci.columbia.edu/content/memo...
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Lovely to see the outpouring of love for Kimuli, whose presence is so very missed. I’m adding here the “in memoriam” colleagues wrote for the department (a bit more personal than the one from the university!)
polisci.columbia.edu/content/memo...
polisci.columbia.edu/content/memo...
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This post has some more discussion of other methods for incorporating known ground-truth margins in an MRP framework, based on some validation exercises in osf.io/preprints/so...
January 8, 2026 at 11:55 PM
This post has some more discussion of other methods for incorporating known ground-truth margins in an MRP framework, based on some validation exercises in osf.io/preprints/so...
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The Vanderbilt Dept of Political Science is looking for two post-doctoral scholars in national security for 2026-27. Please apply or encourage others to apply!
apply.interfolio.com/179844
apply.interfolio.com/179844
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January 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The Vanderbilt Dept of Political Science is looking for two post-doctoral scholars in national security for 2026-27. Please apply or encourage others to apply!
apply.interfolio.com/179844
apply.interfolio.com/179844
🚨Amazing (and time sensitive!) opportunity to join us at UofT!!!🚨
Political Scientists: Canada announced a new program to attract top talent: www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
UofT has a small number it can nominate, but the Dean wants nominations from any department that can identify someone who fits. Internal deadline is SOON (Jan 14), so reach out if interested.
UofT has a small number it can nominate, but the Dean wants nominations from any department that can identify someone who fits. Internal deadline is SOON (Jan 14), so reach out if interested.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
January 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🚨Amazing (and time sensitive!) opportunity to join us at UofT!!!🚨
99% sure that our baby car seat manual uses the same Beamer template I used for my job talk slides 😂🫠
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
99% sure that our baby car seat manual uses the same Beamer template I used for my job talk slides 😂🫠
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Working in open science or meta-research? Present at the BITSS Annual Meeting in Berkeley! One of the leading conferences in this space.
📣 Our call for speakers is open! Please submit presentations for the BITSS Annual Meeting on April 16 in Berkeley. We are looking for submissions on open science tools and practices, academic publishing, and the impact of AI on research.
Apply by Jan 18: cega.submittable.com/submit/34250...
Apply by Jan 18: cega.submittable.com/submit/34250...
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Working in open science or meta-research? Present at the BITSS Annual Meeting in Berkeley! One of the leading conferences in this space.
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🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science
⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026
🙋♀️ Any questions, please reach out
👇
⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026
🙋♀️ Any questions, please reach out
👇
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science
⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026
🙋♀️ Any questions, please reach out
👇
⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026
🙋♀️ Any questions, please reach out
👇
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Coauthors Liz Sperber, O’Brien Kaaba and I have published 3 papers about youth civic ed and political participation, based on a WhatsApp experiment and a prior in-person pilot conducted in collaboration w/ Caritas Zambia CCMG Zambia @poverty-action.bsky.social and United Council of Churches Zambia
NEW -
Reducing Gender Gaps in Political Participation with Efficacy Promotion: Evidence from a Civic Education Experiment in Zambia - https://cup.org/4q7MBpt
- @gmcclendon.bsky.social, Elizabeth Sperb & O’Brien Kaaba
#OpenAccess
Reducing Gender Gaps in Political Participation with Efficacy Promotion: Evidence from a Civic Education Experiment in Zambia - https://cup.org/4q7MBpt
- @gmcclendon.bsky.social, Elizabeth Sperb & O’Brien Kaaba
#OpenAccess
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Coauthors Liz Sperber, O’Brien Kaaba and I have published 3 papers about youth civic ed and political participation, based on a WhatsApp experiment and a prior in-person pilot conducted in collaboration w/ Caritas Zambia CCMG Zambia @poverty-action.bsky.social and United Council of Churches Zambia
!!!
So, randomization is not a *sufficient* condition for good research. Far from it.
The best experimental social science being done is that work where either the theory or the operationalization (or both) are the emphasis.
Randomization is "easy" - the challenge is what you randomize and why.
The best experimental social science being done is that work where either the theory or the operationalization (or both) are the emphasis.
Randomization is "easy" - the challenge is what you randomize and why.
December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
!!!
Thrilled to receive an Analyst Institute Expy Award for Bridging Research and Practice for my papr w/ @robbwiller.bsky.social & Don Green “Can Politicians Bridge Partisan Divides?” I’m incredibly proud of this work & honored tht practitioners see value in our academic research
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thrilled to receive an Analyst Institute Expy Award for Bridging Research and Practice for my papr w/ @robbwiller.bsky.social & Don Green “Can Politicians Bridge Partisan Divides?” I’m incredibly proud of this work & honored tht practitioners see value in our academic research
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
Exciting! One of the priority areas is democratic and community resilience 🇨🇦
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Exciting! One of the priority areas is democratic and community resilience 🇨🇦