Ricky Clark
@rickyclark.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science @ Notre Dame | IOs and int’l finance | Ohioan | Golfer, baseball nerd, Cleveland fan, whiskey snob | Views my own
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Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase.
New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...
New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...
Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns
The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase.
New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...
New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...
I’m on the committee for this search and am happy to answer questions as well. Come join us at ND! ☘️
Rogalski Professorship (assoc/full) in IPE at the University of Notre Dame in the Keough School of Global Affairs. Intl trade/finance/supply chains/economic statecraft/political economy of energy transition. Any questions about Keough/ND please feel free to reach out.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’m on the committee for this search and am happy to answer questions as well. Come join us at ND! ☘️
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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New research using African public opinion finds citizens support foreign aid conditions when they distrust their government & trust the donor. These findings reshape our understanding of accountability relations in global governance.
@rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social
@rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
New research using African public opinion finds citizens support foreign aid conditions when they distrust their government & trust the donor. These findings reshape our understanding of accountability relations in global governance.
@rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social
@rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social
Really exciting to see this article with @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social and Alexa Zeitz published @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. As aid is increasingly politicized, we examine how publics in recipient countries assess various conditions that are commonly attached to aid. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Accountable to Whom? Public Opinion of Aid Conditionality in Recipient Countries
Abstract. When donors extend foreign aid, they often attach requirements to these funds. While requirements are intended to improve the effectiveness of ai
academic.oup.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Really exciting to see this article with @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social and Alexa Zeitz published @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. As aid is increasingly politicized, we examine how publics in recipient countries assess various conditions that are commonly attached to aid. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
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🧵 When the government announces that it will fire people for producing numbers that the government doesn't like, here is how our institutions should respond. (Whether they do is another story.)
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About to get positively Argentinian up in here
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧵 When the government announces that it will fire people for producing numbers that the government doesn't like, here is how our institutions should respond. (Whether they do is another story.)
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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...
Many thanks to Michael Breen @dublincityuni.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, in The Review of International Organizations @the-peio.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Richard Clark. 2025. Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) - The Review of International Organizations
The Review of International Organizations -
link.springer.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Many thanks to Michael Breen @dublincityuni.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, in The Review of International Organizations @the-peio.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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This sounds batsh*t crazy but it's, quite literally, a straightforward & purely factual description of what's going on here
Trump wants to impose a tax on you so that his buddy can avoid consequences for a coup attempt.
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
"The way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro ... is an international disgrace," Trump wrote.
www.nbcnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This sounds batsh*t crazy but it's, quite literally, a straightforward & purely factual description of what's going on here
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I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
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Is it a humanitarian disaster? Yes
But is it a geopolitical disaster? Also yes
But is it a financial disaster? Again, yes
But is it a geopolitical disaster? Also yes
But is it a financial disaster? Again, yes
Dismantling USAID will *cost* $6 billion according to internal Trump administration memos
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
USAID Shutdown Costs Top $6 Billion, Internal Estimate Shows
The estimate, included in a seven-page memo prepared for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, raises questions about how much President Donald Trump will ultimately save taxpayers by closing USAID and othe...
news.bgov.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Is it a humanitarian disaster? Yes
But is it a geopolitical disaster? Also yes
But is it a financial disaster? Again, yes
But is it a geopolitical disaster? Also yes
But is it a financial disaster? Again, yes
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If I had to sum up what I’ve learned from analyzing mountains of election data—and what Mamdani’s campaign exemplified perfectly—it’s this:
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
June 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If I had to sum up what I’ve learned from analyzing mountains of election data—and what Mamdani’s campaign exemplified perfectly—it’s this:
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Kenneth Scheve of Yale University has been appointed the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts & Letters by the University of Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1.
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1.
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
Kenneth Scheve appointed dean of the College of Arts & Letters
Kenneth Scheve, the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs and the dean of social science at Yale University, has been appointed...
al.nd.edu
May 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kenneth Scheve of Yale University has been appointed the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts & Letters by the University of Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1.
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1.
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
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When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say
6) “Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics,” by @doncasler.bsky.social and Tyler Jost.
doi.org/10.1162/isec...
This article is Open Access.
doi.org/10.1162/isec...
This article is Open Access.
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say
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Trump with tariffs
May 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump with tariffs
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How much of this romanticizing of factory jobs is really just nostalgia for a white and male breadwinner world of the past?
The dumbest thing about Trump's desire to manufacture dolls in the US is that many of the jobs would be bad ones: Connecting plastic body parts to torsos, attaching nylon hair, etc.
I talked to toy industry people who laid this all out. Striking stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/1949...
I talked to toy industry people who laid this all out. Striking stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/1949...
Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker
Who actually wants to work at a Barbie doll factory in America, anyway?
newrepublic.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How much of this romanticizing of factory jobs is really just nostalgia for a white and male breadwinner world of the past?
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I have a request for you all as we celebrate @slangsonsports.bsky.social's birthday: Tell one person in your life today what makes them special to you. Be specific.
Then report back here and tell us how it felt. We can all make a better effort at this, together. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Then report back here and tell us how it felt. We can all make a better effort at this, together. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Birthdays Are Important
Twice a day for two years, Sarah Langs drank a bitter, brown sludge-like concoction that she called “her potion” in the hopes that it would extend her life by at least a few weeks.
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I have a request for you all as we celebrate @slangsonsports.bsky.social's birthday: Tell one person in your life today what makes them special to you. Be specific.
Then report back here and tell us how it felt. We can all make a better effort at this, together. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Then report back here and tell us how it felt. We can all make a better effort at this, together. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
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As international organizations have proliferated, so too has cooperation between them. This book unravels the ties that bind them.
Cooperative Complexity by Richard Clark
#Politics 💙📚 cup.org/3EFhdfD
Cooperative Complexity by Richard Clark
#Politics 💙📚 cup.org/3EFhdfD
Cooperative Complexity
Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Cooperative Complexity
cup.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As international organizations have proliferated, so too has cooperation between them. This book unravels the ties that bind them.
Cooperative Complexity by Richard Clark
#Politics 💙📚 cup.org/3EFhdfD
Cooperative Complexity by Richard Clark
#Politics 💙📚 cup.org/3EFhdfD
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Help spread the word. APSA's International Collaboration section has travel grants for grad students going to APSA.
We have travel grants of $500 for grad students going to APSA. Please apply using the following link: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati...
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April 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Help spread the word. APSA's International Collaboration section has travel grants for grad students going to APSA.
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.
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Popes are hardly ever capable of escaping the traditions of the Roman Curia, jfyi. Sometimes they go full on political, and their words matter. But rarely they are as emancipated as Francis was.
If you want a data-based take on this I and others have written on it - just ask a political scientist…
If you want a data-based take on this I and others have written on it - just ask a political scientist…
Reupping this because at this point everyone should be ready for the next turn of elections with a conservative twist, this time in the Vatican.
Watched Conclave last night and I am now persuaded by the idea that, on top of all the democratic backsliding happening everywhere, we are not far from a world in which the Papacy is up for renewal and we might need to get ready for a contra-Francis backlash.
April 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Popes are hardly ever capable of escaping the traditions of the Roman Curia, jfyi. Sometimes they go full on political, and their words matter. But rarely they are as emancipated as Francis was.
If you want a data-based take on this I and others have written on it - just ask a political scientist…
If you want a data-based take on this I and others have written on it - just ask a political scientist…