Joan Ricart-Huguet
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social
PhD at Princeton, Associate Professor at Loyola U. Maryland. Political leaders, education, colonialism, development, inequality, culture, Africa. www.ricarthuguet.com
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My favorite paper received the David & Helen Kimble Prize for best article published by The Journal of Modern African Studies in 2022! 🥳 #culture #Makerere
Article: t.co/Y3wXSZScIQ
Blog post: tinyurl.com/4wd5xttn @africaatlse.bsky.social
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Article: t.co/Y3wXSZScIQ
Blog post: tinyurl.com/4wd5xttn @africaatlse.bsky.social
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
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Book workshops are *fantastic.* Whether or not resources are an issue, the Zoom version (2-3 hours) works incredibly well and makes it much easier for participants to attend.
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
I wish more schools had money to organize book workshops. I have attended one today that was intellectually so stimulating. As any good book workshop, it will not only make the manuscript that was being discussed better, but it will make the future work of all the participants better.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Book workshops are *fantastic.* Whether or not resources are an issue, the Zoom version (2-3 hours) works incredibly well and makes it much easier for participants to attend.
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
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The clock is ticking! ⌛
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is still open!
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Apply to Present Your Work!
Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Spring 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The clock is ticking! ⌛
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
Join the 1st DMV-WEPS! RSVP & info here: forms.gle/GQrG6HDx6xab...
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Join the 1st DMV-WEPS! RSVP & info here: forms.gle/GQrG6HDx6xab...
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
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ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
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NEW -
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW -
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
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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...
To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
🚨 Exciting news! Today, we’re launching DMV-WEPS — the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) Workshop in Empirical Political Science — together with @acooperman.bsky.social and
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
DMV-WEPS
DMV-WEPS
sites.google.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
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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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It was my great pleasure to celebrate @natalie-letsa.bsky.social's "The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship" today at @apsa.bsky.social. Buy, read, and cite this incredibly important book!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
September 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It was my great pleasure to celebrate @natalie-letsa.bsky.social's "The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship" today at @apsa.bsky.social. Buy, read, and cite this incredibly important book!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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September 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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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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Daniel Baquero has organized a neat panel on “Reform and Development from Historical Perspectives”
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Daniel Baquero has organized a neat panel on “Reform and Development from Historical Perspectives”
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social
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Finally, if you are at #APSA2025, make sure to stop by at our HPE panel.
When? Sun, Sep. 14, 10 AM
Who?
M. Wilfahrt, L. Arriola, @yoseftadesse.bsky.social, I. Kolesnikov, @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, J. Pierskalla, D. Smith, @jguardado.bsky.social, @robertovalli.bsky.social , @carlmc.bsky.social 🥳
When? Sun, Sep. 14, 10 AM
Who?
M. Wilfahrt, L. Arriola, @yoseftadesse.bsky.social, I. Kolesnikov, @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, J. Pierskalla, D. Smith, @jguardado.bsky.social, @robertovalli.bsky.social , @carlmc.bsky.social 🥳
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Finally, if you are at #APSA2025, make sure to stop by at our HPE panel.
When? Sun, Sep. 14, 10 AM
Who?
M. Wilfahrt, L. Arriola, @yoseftadesse.bsky.social, I. Kolesnikov, @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, J. Pierskalla, D. Smith, @jguardado.bsky.social, @robertovalli.bsky.social , @carlmc.bsky.social 🥳
When? Sun, Sep. 14, 10 AM
Who?
M. Wilfahrt, L. Arriola, @yoseftadesse.bsky.social, I. Kolesnikov, @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, J. Pierskalla, D. Smith, @jguardado.bsky.social, @robertovalli.bsky.social , @carlmc.bsky.social 🥳
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🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
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Republican Members of Congress are no longer coming from elite institutions of higher education. Elite-educated legislators are more liberal. Important manifestation of the education divide between the parties & context for the current higher ed wars
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Republican Members of Congress are no longer coming from elite institutions of higher education. Elite-educated legislators are more liberal. Important manifestation of the education divide between the parties & context for the current higher ed wars
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Please share! We look forward to your submissions to EPSS in Belfast next year. We hope the below will be useful as you plan your panels/paper. Do reach out if you have any queries!
Please share:
@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...
docs.google.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Please share! We look forward to your submissions to EPSS in Belfast next year. We hope the below will be useful as you plan your panels/paper. Do reach out if you have any queries!
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Peter Temin has himself written on the history of economic history at MIT here: read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
August 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Peter Temin has himself written on the history of economic history at MIT here: read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
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I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
Beyond the ivory tower: I suggested to @npr.org @planetmoney.bsky.social they run a Political Economy Summer School, and they did! Ep 1 features no-name @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social (well he did win the Nobel Prize) but the big gun comes in Eps 4 & 5 😛 www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
Govt 4: Our National Rulemaker (Regulations) : Planet Money Summer School
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. (Planet Money+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Listen to the July 8th bonus episode to get the discount code!)There are occasi...
www.npr.org
August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Beyond the ivory tower: I suggested to @npr.org @planetmoney.bsky.social they run a Political Economy Summer School, and they did! Ep 1 features no-name @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social (well he did win the Nobel Prize) but the big gun comes in Eps 4 & 5 😛 www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
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🚨New forthcoming paper at JOP: @noamlupu.bsky.social and I use data from 10 surveys in N&S America to see whether lower-income, lower-wealth, and working-class people are less interested in running for office. Interest in running (nascent ambition) can lead to representation gaps. However, ...(1/2)
July 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚨New forthcoming paper at JOP: @noamlupu.bsky.social and I use data from 10 surveys in N&S America to see whether lower-income, lower-wealth, and working-class people are less interested in running for office. Interest in running (nascent ambition) can lead to representation gaps. However, ...(1/2)
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In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys.
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys.
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
Just out at World Development!🥳Vicky Paniagua (LSE) & I propose the concept DUAL MALAPPORTIONMENT (legislative mal. + cabinet mal.) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ecalvo68.bsky.social @melissazrogers.bsky.social
The article in "three slides":
@ecalvo68.bsky.social @melissazrogers.bsky.social
The article in "three slides":
July 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just out at World Development!🥳Vicky Paniagua (LSE) & I propose the concept DUAL MALAPPORTIONMENT (legislative mal. + cabinet mal.) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ecalvo68.bsky.social @melissazrogers.bsky.social
The article in "three slides":
@ecalvo68.bsky.social @melissazrogers.bsky.social
The article in "three slides":