Jan P. Vogler
@janvogler.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University. Previously: Konstanz, UVA, Duke, LSE, Berkeley, FU Berlin. Research interests: Political economy, bureaucracy, competition, EU, democracy, pandemics. Website: http://www.janvogler.net
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Jan P. Vogler
@janvogler.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I was awarded a Starting Grant (#ERCStG) of €1.5 million by @erc.europa.eu!
For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
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For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
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When are Junctures Critical? The Legacies and Non-Legacies of the Suppression of Local Self-Government
https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-m7x2m-v6?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
#polisky
https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-m7x2m-v6?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
#polisky
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When are Junctures Critical? The Legacies and Non-Legacies of the Suppression of Local Self-Government
https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-m7x2m-v6?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
#polisky
https://dx.doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-m7x2m-v6?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
#polisky
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Very happy that my forthcoming @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements - "How Settlers Shaped Eastern Europe and Scandinavia: Economic Development, Regime Change, and State Formation, 800–1800." Can now be pre-ordered at www.cambridge.org/core/element...
How Settlers Shaped Eastern Europe and Scandinavia
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - How Settlers Shaped Eastern Europe and Scandinavia
www.cambridge.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Very happy that my forthcoming @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements - "How Settlers Shaped Eastern Europe and Scandinavia: Economic Development, Regime Change, and State Formation, 800–1800." Can now be pre-ordered at www.cambridge.org/core/element...
🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨
I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.
Link and more information in second post.
Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.
Link and more information in second post.
Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨
I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.
Link and more information in second post.
Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.
Link and more information in second post.
Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
This week, I had the privilege of presenting my forthcoming @universitypress.cambridge.org book “The Political Economy of Public Bureaucracy” at the University of Gothenburg’s @qoginstitute.bsky.social.
Thanks to @lapuente.bsky.social & Frida Boräng for the kind invitation and the great discussion!
Thanks to @lapuente.bsky.social & Frida Boräng for the kind invitation and the great discussion!
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This week, I had the privilege of presenting my forthcoming @universitypress.cambridge.org book “The Political Economy of Public Bureaucracy” at the University of Gothenburg’s @qoginstitute.bsky.social.
Thanks to @lapuente.bsky.social & Frida Boräng for the kind invitation and the great discussion!
Thanks to @lapuente.bsky.social & Frida Boräng for the kind invitation and the great discussion!
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💡New Publication: Thrilled to share the first paper from my dissertation is now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. With @geraldschneider.bsky.social and @janvogler.bsky.social, I study how regional anti-immigrant sentiment and negative news shape decisions of bureaucrats.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Illiberal Norms, Media Reporting, and Bureaucratic Discrimination: Evidence from State-Citizen Interactions in Germany - Stefanie Rueß, Gerald Schneider, Jan P. Vogler, 2025
Recent research on the rise of radical right-wing parties highlights the activation of deeply rooted illiberal norms in society, including hostility toward marg...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
💡New Publication: Thrilled to share the first paper from my dissertation is now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. With @geraldschneider.bsky.social and @janvogler.bsky.social, I study how regional anti-immigrant sentiment and negative news shape decisions of bureaucrats.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
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🚨 New WP 🚨:
All states monitor the political activity of their citizens. But who do they choose to surveil, and why?
We study this question with the universe of Italian political surveillance files: 152,000 individuals born 1816–1932, across democracy and autocracy.
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All states monitor the political activity of their citizens. But who do they choose to surveil, and why?
We study this question with the universe of Italian political surveillance files: 152,000 individuals born 1816–1932, across democracy and autocracy.
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Studying the logic of state surveillance based on the universe of Italian files finds that states target educated and subaltern groups, with mobilization and radical change potential, from Gemma Dipoppa and Annalisa Pezone www.nber.org/papers/w34492
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨 New WP 🚨:
All states monitor the political activity of their citizens. But who do they choose to surveil, and why?
We study this question with the universe of Italian political surveillance files: 152,000 individuals born 1816–1932, across democracy and autocracy.
🧵 1/11
All states monitor the political activity of their citizens. But who do they choose to surveil, and why?
We study this question with the universe of Italian political surveillance files: 152,000 individuals born 1816–1932, across democracy and autocracy.
🧵 1/11
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Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET):
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET):
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET):
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today at the Virtual Workshop in HPE (6.30 PM CET, 12.30 PM ET):
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
Gary Cox (Stanford) will present his paper (with Valentin Figueroa (MIT)) "Self-governing cities and capital accumulation in medieval Europe".
Discussion by @wahlfabi.bsky.social.
Sign-up link for our list in the post below!
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Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST!
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST!
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
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⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
October 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
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Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University)
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University)
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
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Damn this will be a doozy!
🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
September 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Damn this will be a doozy!
🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
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🎉 I am so very happy that I was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project BORDERS: Border Change and Local Development in Europe and Beyond. My (future) team and I will investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of border change on development in historical Europe and worldwide. #ERCStG 🎉
September 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🎉 I am so very happy that I was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project BORDERS: Border Change and Local Development in Europe and Beyond. My (future) team and I will investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of border change on development in historical Europe and worldwide. #ERCStG 🎉
I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I was awarded a Starting Grant (#ERCStG) of €1.5 million by @erc.europa.eu!
For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
(1/9)
For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
(1/9)
September 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I was awarded a Starting Grant (#ERCStG) of €1.5 million by @erc.europa.eu!
For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
(1/9)
For the next 5 years, I’ll investigate how to end vicious cycles in state-citizen interactions.
I’ll regularly post news about the project & advice about ERC applications here.
(1/9)
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This August marks the official start of my new @erc.europa.eu funded project on youth & their conceptions of political power #YOPOW 🫅🏻 & with that I can also announce the 1st postdoc joining the team: @lisaherbig.bsky.social 💫 Lisa's skill and creativity make her a true win for the project 🙌🏻
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This August marks the official start of my new @erc.europa.eu funded project on youth & their conceptions of political power #YOPOW 🫅🏻 & with that I can also announce the 1st postdoc joining the team: @lisaherbig.bsky.social 💫 Lisa's skill and creativity make her a true win for the project 🙌🏻
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Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
Yesterday, I did my second DHL relay race with an amazing team: @henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @lindekilde.bsky.social, C. Green-Pedersen, & @lucascoutoz.bsky.social.
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yesterday, I did my second DHL relay race with an amazing team: @henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @lindekilde.bsky.social, C. Green-Pedersen, & @lucascoutoz.bsky.social.
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
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Going to EPSA and have a free spot in your schedule Thursday morning? Then come see a fun collection of HPE papers! Projects by @melissazrogers.bsky.social, Federica Carugati
(ft. @alicirone.bsky.social), @janvogler.bsky.social (ft. Matthias Scheu), @ashartnett.bsky.social, and me!
(ft. @alicirone.bsky.social), @janvogler.bsky.social (ft. Matthias Scheu), @ashartnett.bsky.social, and me!
June 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Going to EPSA and have a free spot in your schedule Thursday morning? Then come see a fun collection of HPE papers! Projects by @melissazrogers.bsky.social, Federica Carugati
(ft. @alicirone.bsky.social), @janvogler.bsky.social (ft. Matthias Scheu), @ashartnett.bsky.social, and me!
(ft. @alicirone.bsky.social), @janvogler.bsky.social (ft. Matthias Scheu), @ashartnett.bsky.social, and me!
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My book was just sent to press! It'll be available in print end of July. Focusing mostly on the topic of bureaucracy in Southeast Asia during the 20th c, the book develops an argument about how state-building can present headwinds for nation-building.
June 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My book was just sent to press! It'll be available in print end of July. Focusing mostly on the topic of bureaucracy in Southeast Asia during the 20th c, the book develops an argument about how state-building can present headwinds for nation-building.
Just finished the Aarhus half marathon (my first recorded one ever) and it was challenging, but also really fun! 😊
I even met Christoffer Green-Pedersen on the way and gave him a high five as we were both running. 😄
I hope to meet even more people from our department at the next run in 2026! 😁
I even met Christoffer Green-Pedersen on the way and gave him a high five as we were both running. 😄
I hope to meet even more people from our department at the next run in 2026! 😁
June 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just finished the Aarhus half marathon (my first recorded one ever) and it was challenging, but also really fun! 😊
I even met Christoffer Green-Pedersen on the way and gave him a high five as we were both running. 😄
I hope to meet even more people from our department at the next run in 2026! 😁
I even met Christoffer Green-Pedersen on the way and gave him a high five as we were both running. 😄
I hope to meet even more people from our department at the next run in 2026! 😁
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For those interested in historical political economy, this is an amazing and comprehensive reading list.
After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
June 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For those interested in historical political economy, this is an amazing and comprehensive reading list.
After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.