Krzysztof Krakowski

@kkrakows.bsky.social

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Political scientist at DPE, King’s College London, studying conflicts: https://krzyskrakowski.github.io/

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NBER @nber.org · 20h

Adaptive persistence of elite families despite regime change, alongside lasting regional scarring, highlighting the role of cultural transmission for social mobility, from Carol H. Shiue and Wolfgang Keller www.nber.org/papers/w34451

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · 1d

Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen?

My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world!

📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560

The Making of International Status

Abstract. With great power rivalry on the rise again, many worry that struggles for status among states could lead to war. As a growing consensus indicates

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Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 2d

CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!

Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza

Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).

Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline 23 Jan.

🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 4d

This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network

A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.

www.nature.com

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · 9d

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Oko.press RSS @okopressrss.plsky.eu · 10d

Państwo z palcem na spuście: dlaczego Brazylia toleruje przemoc policji i co to mówi o demokracji? - https://oko.press/dlaczego-brazylia-toleruje-przemoc-policji-i-co-to-mowi-o-demokracji

Państwo z palcem na spuście: dlaczego Brazylia toleruje przemoc policji i co to mówi o demokracji?

Dopóki społeczna zgoda na przemoc policyjną będzie trwała, takie będą się powtarzać – w imię bezpieczeństwa, zemsty, polityki

oko.press

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · 22d

Also submitted!

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · 22d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · 29d

At La Statale Milano in the Social & Political Sciences Dept. with NASP graduate school & EPRA Hub we have organised a new seminar series: Milan Conflict Research Seminars (MiCoReS). Here this term programme.

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Oct 3

Worth checking out:

preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

Real-World Sanctioning of Stigmatized Political Preferences

A growing body of literature is preoccupied with the role of norms for democratic outcomes. Yet, given the inherent difficulties in observing social sanctions, we lack real-world evidence of whether a...

preprints.apsanet.org

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Oct 1

📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Sep 22

Superb! Looking forward to reading the papers

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Volha Charnysh @vcharnysh.bsky.social · Sep 22

Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...

HPE candidates on the job market

Job market season is here.

www.broadstreet.blog

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · Sep 20

🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)

(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)

👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Most important findings in this thread:

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Aug 27

Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”

The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…

Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”

The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced scholarship of the highest quality on the subject of democracy. Citation from the Award Committee: The Robert A. Dahl Award honors an untenured scholar whose work makes an outstanding contribution to the study of democracy and broadens our understanding of how democracies function.

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Department of Government, Essex @uniessexgov.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨New ‪paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.

👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - Volume 55

www.cambridge.org

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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · Nov 21

Delighted to share the fantastic lineup of upcoming speakers for our @kcl-spe.bsky.social Comparative Politics Speaker Series @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social!

Thanks to Raluca Pahontu for co-organizing many of the speakers

Feel free to reach out to @ninaobermeier.com or me if you'd like to attend

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Jul 17

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called: 
Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write

I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · Jul 16

@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @charasz.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, and I are closing down #IPSA with the last panel of the conference - come if you still have energy and want to see some intriguing projects using historical evidence in a variety of ways! ‪‪‪‪

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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 The most recent volume of the Annual Review of Political Science is now online. Take a look at the table of contents arevie.ws/45pJ0f1

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 14

By not making plans and improvising 🙂

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 10

What a cool paper: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies

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Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sounds like promising ERC shot :)

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 30

Oby

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 25

Maybe the world is becoming a better place 🙂

Krzysztof Krakowski @kkrakows.bsky.social · May 22

Completely agree but please don’t forget to share your outrage when Palestinian civilians are getting killed

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 15

🏙️What happens when a city loses its capital status? #MyPhDPitch

In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · May 13

🆕 Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina

Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...

Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina

Both sanctions and social norms reduced fare evasion at metro stations in Buenos Aires, but only the latter increased accountability-seeking. What does this mean for civic engagement in developing cou...

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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Apr 28

🆕 Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a study co-authored by our academic, Dr Krzysztof Krakowski 🤝

Read more 👇

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/policy-...

Policy that appeals to sense of civic duty encourages citizens to seek accountability

Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a new study.

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