Mike Denly
@mikedenly.com
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M, conducting research on external validity and the political economy of development (corruption, foreign aid & natural resources) www.mikedenly.com
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How does transparency affect the behavior of international bureaucrats tasked with facilitating negotiations? In new work with Sojun Park in the Review of International Organizations (doi.org/10.1007/s115..., it’s open access!), we provide an answer in the context of the WTO.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
How does transparency affect the behavior of international bureaucrats tasked with facilitating negotiations? In new work with Sojun Park in the Review of International Organizations (doi.org/10.1007/s115..., it’s open access!), we provide an answer in the context of the WTO.
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🚨Only 2 days left to apply
📢 Apply to our (2-year) research fellowships at @iast.fr
Join a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and indisciplinary group of scholars in Toulouse, walkable/cyclable pink city of chocolatines in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025.
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Join a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and indisciplinary group of scholars in Toulouse, walkable/cyclable pink city of chocolatines in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025.
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
www.iast.fr
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨Only 2 days left to apply
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📣Job Candidate Alert🚨
I am @mirandainez.bsky.social’s co-chair at TAMU Econ w/ @eckelc.bsky.social
Her JMP is a super interesting analysis of the impacts of childhood victimization on domestic violence in adulthood, leveraging the quasi-randomness of child abductions in Uganda in 80s & 90s [1/n]
I am @mirandainez.bsky.social’s co-chair at TAMU Econ w/ @eckelc.bsky.social
Her JMP is a super interesting analysis of the impacts of childhood victimization on domestic violence in adulthood, leveraging the quasi-randomness of child abductions in Uganda in 80s & 90s [1/n]
I'm on the #EconJobMarket!🥳 My research examines how childhood trauma from violence shapes household violence in adulthood. My #EconJMP asks: How do trauma histories interact with their partners' experiences to shape intimate partner violence and violence against children? 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📣Job Candidate Alert🚨
I am @mirandainez.bsky.social’s co-chair at TAMU Econ w/ @eckelc.bsky.social
Her JMP is a super interesting analysis of the impacts of childhood victimization on domestic violence in adulthood, leveraging the quasi-randomness of child abductions in Uganda in 80s & 90s [1/n]
I am @mirandainez.bsky.social’s co-chair at TAMU Econ w/ @eckelc.bsky.social
Her JMP is a super interesting analysis of the impacts of childhood victimization on domestic violence in adulthood, leveraging the quasi-randomness of child abductions in Uganda in 80s & 90s [1/n]
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📢 Two weeks left to apply for a (2-year) research fellowship @iast.fr
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
www.iast.fr
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📢 Two weeks left to apply for a (2-year) research fellowship @iast.fr
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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The World Bank’s Reproducible Research Initiative: Raising the Bar for Transparency in Development Economics
www.bitss.org/the-world-ba... #OpenScience Laudable. World Bank steps up its game. 1/
www.bitss.org/the-world-ba... #OpenScience Laudable. World Bank steps up its game. 1/
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The World Bank’s Reproducible Research Initiative: Raising the Bar for Transparency in Development Economics
www.bitss.org/the-world-ba... #OpenScience Laudable. World Bank steps up its game. 1/
www.bitss.org/the-world-ba... #OpenScience Laudable. World Bank steps up its game. 1/
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Stock returns of oil majors (and oil price) jumped after Trump's latest sanctions on Russian oil firms.
That was predictable: in a new (conditionally accepted) paper at @psrm.bsky.social, @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social, and I show exactly that.
Paper: tinyurl.com/49t7z5ap 1/3
That was predictable: in a new (conditionally accepted) paper at @psrm.bsky.social, @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social, and I show exactly that.
Paper: tinyurl.com/49t7z5ap 1/3
Oil price jumps and FTSE 100 hits new high after Trump puts sanctions on Russian firms
Assets in US belonging to Rosneft and Lukoil frozen as shares in Shell and BP rise by 3%
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Stock returns of oil majors (and oil price) jumped after Trump's latest sanctions on Russian oil firms.
That was predictable: in a new (conditionally accepted) paper at @psrm.bsky.social, @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social, and I show exactly that.
Paper: tinyurl.com/49t7z5ap 1/3
That was predictable: in a new (conditionally accepted) paper at @psrm.bsky.social, @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social, and I show exactly that.
Paper: tinyurl.com/49t7z5ap 1/3
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🚨Postdoc altert 🚨
Come to @upenn.edu for a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social.
Pass it on.
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/opportunitie...
Come to @upenn.edu for a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social.
Pass it on.
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/opportunitie...
Postdoctoral Fellows - Perry World House
Perry World House postdoctoral fellows are excellent scholars who study global affairs and have interests in interdisciplinary outreach and policy relevance. We are particularly interested in applican...
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨Postdoc altert 🚨
Come to @upenn.edu for a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social.
Pass it on.
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/opportunitie...
Come to @upenn.edu for a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social.
Pass it on.
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/opportunitie...
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We've created a new index of sovereign debt transparency, for 113 countries, 1994 to 2022.
This summary describes the measure and how it is predicted (sometimes) by the electoral cycle, among other things.
psfl.princeton.edu/document/491
@peterrosendorff.bsky.social
@laynamosley.bsky.social
This summary describes the measure and how it is predicted (sometimes) by the electoral cycle, among other things.
psfl.princeton.edu/document/491
@peterrosendorff.bsky.social
@laynamosley.bsky.social
psfl.princeton.edu
October 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We've created a new index of sovereign debt transparency, for 113 countries, 1994 to 2022.
This summary describes the measure and how it is predicted (sometimes) by the electoral cycle, among other things.
psfl.princeton.edu/document/491
@peterrosendorff.bsky.social
@laynamosley.bsky.social
This summary describes the measure and how it is predicted (sometimes) by the electoral cycle, among other things.
psfl.princeton.edu/document/491
@peterrosendorff.bsky.social
@laynamosley.bsky.social
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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 Our group (@bethewhitaker.bsky.social, @akoustov.bsky.social, Michael Ewers) is hiring a postdoc for a project on long-term environmental changes, shorter-term shocks (conflicts, disasters, economic disruptions), and migration. Details right here: jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64603
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 Our group (@bethewhitaker.bsky.social, @akoustov.bsky.social, Michael Ewers) is hiring a postdoc for a project on long-term environmental changes, shorter-term shocks (conflicts, disasters, economic disruptions), and migration. Details right here: jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/64603
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As the US steps back from leading in global governance institutions, China has increasingly stepped into leadership roles, serving as head of WHO, FAO, and other important UN agencies in recent years. In new (open access!) work with
@rhulvey.bsky.social in @the-peio.bsky.social we ask: why? 1/5
@rhulvey.bsky.social in @the-peio.bsky.social we ask: why? 1/5
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As the US steps back from leading in global governance institutions, China has increasingly stepped into leadership roles, serving as head of WHO, FAO, and other important UN agencies in recent years. In new (open access!) work with
@rhulvey.bsky.social in @the-peio.bsky.social we ask: why? 1/5
@rhulvey.bsky.social in @the-peio.bsky.social we ask: why? 1/5
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Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
acdatacollective.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
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Nice write-up of our recent paper on the link between campaign finance permissiveness and the wealth of politicians.
Only the Super-Rich can Run
Campaign finance doesn't just influence winning, it decides who can even stand for elections
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nice write-up of our recent paper on the link between campaign finance permissiveness and the wealth of politicians.
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Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
The State of American Democracy with Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt | The Civic Forum E10
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
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Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Nick Kristof lays out how millions are dying from cuts to US foreign aid:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Nick Kristof lays out how millions are dying from cuts to US foreign aid:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Those of us who study Latin America will notice the parallel here. But then again, many Latin American countries now have stronger democracies than the US right now.
Why should corruption be the central organizing message for Democrats? Let me explain my reasoning.
First, corruption -- by which I mean political figures using power in illegal or otherwise inappropriate ways to further their own interests and that of their friends -- is unpopular on its own.
First, corruption -- by which I mean political figures using power in illegal or otherwise inappropriate ways to further their own interests and that of their friends -- is unpopular on its own.
For all the criticism of Democratic leadership, this is a strong statement. Specifically
1) It frames this as a matter of corruption (which should be the central theme of Democratic campaigning, imho)
2) It emphasizes what Congress (not the courts) should (and if Dems retake a chamber, can) do
1) It frames this as a matter of corruption (which should be the central theme of Democratic campaigning, imho)
2) It emphasizes what Congress (not the courts) should (and if Dems retake a chamber, can) do
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Those of us who study Latin America will notice the parallel here. But then again, many Latin American countries now have stronger democracies than the US right now.
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1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
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For any #rstats users out there who do country-level and country dyad-level analyses of foreign #aid, I have a new R package for you called {odadata}. Check it out: github.com/milesdwillia...
GitHub - milesdwilliams15/odadata: An R package for adding dyadic and country-level ODA data to {peacesciencer} constructed datasets.
An R package for adding dyadic and country-level ODA data to {peacesciencer} constructed datasets. - milesdwilliams15/odadata
github.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
For any #rstats users out there who do country-level and country dyad-level analyses of foreign #aid, I have a new R package for you called {odadata}. Check it out: github.com/milesdwillia...
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Applications for our Visiting Fellowship are open @kellogginstitute.bsky.social, and I want to encourage folks of all ranks to apply! It is a tremendous intellectual community, and we are looking for postdoctoral as well as junior and senior faculty fellows kellogg.nd.edu/about-our-vi...
About Our Visiting Fellowships | Kellogg Institute For International Studies
Since 1983, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies has offered visiting fellowships to promote interdisciplinary international research in a supportive community of scholars.
kellogg.nd.edu
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Applications for our Visiting Fellowship are open @kellogginstitute.bsky.social, and I want to encourage folks of all ranks to apply! It is a tremendous intellectual community, and we are looking for postdoctoral as well as junior and senior faculty fellows kellogg.nd.edu/about-our-vi...
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The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
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Absolutely disgraceful. This is a crime against humanity. I hope Musk, Rubio, Lewin, and the rest of the doge boys are held responsible
Inside the USAID Fire Sale
Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Absolutely disgraceful. This is a crime against humanity. I hope Musk, Rubio, Lewin, and the rest of the doge boys are held responsible
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You can also hear me discuss my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, on the Global Stage podcast from @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social @kellogginstitute.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5Pws...
Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance with Political Scientist Ricky Clark
Global Stage · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can also hear me discuss my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, on the Global Stage podcast from @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social @kellogginstitute.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5Pws...
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Foreign aid cuts have slashed support for nutritional programs around the world.
As Nick Kristof explains, decades of evidence from CEGA Faculty Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social has proven that deworming medications are a cost-effective way to boost physical, mental, and economic development.
As Nick Kristof explains, decades of evidence from CEGA Faculty Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social has proven that deworming medications are a cost-effective way to boost physical, mental, and economic development.
The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Foreign aid cuts have slashed support for nutritional programs around the world.
As Nick Kristof explains, decades of evidence from CEGA Faculty Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social has proven that deworming medications are a cost-effective way to boost physical, mental, and economic development.
As Nick Kristof explains, decades of evidence from CEGA Faculty Director @tedmiguel.bsky.social has proven that deworming medications are a cost-effective way to boost physical, mental, and economic development.
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A patriot. Government provides invaluable information to us all.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A patriot. Government provides invaluable information to us all.
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WHYY has published a story on the implications of the Trump administration's decision to gut USAID for the work of researchers in our lab (PDRI-DevLab). You may find it interesting: whyy.org/articles/pen...
Penn researchers lose funding and jobs after USAID shutdown
Researchers say losing USAID funding means less research that benefits the U.S. government, fewer opportunities for students, and a loss of trust in the U.S. overseas.
whyy.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
WHYY has published a story on the implications of the Trump administration's decision to gut USAID for the work of researchers in our lab (PDRI-DevLab). You may find it interesting: whyy.org/articles/pen...