Justin H. Kirkland

Justin Kirkland

@jhkirkland1.bsky.social

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Professor of Politics and Policy at UVa. Legislatures, Representation, Public Opinion, Subnational Politics, all the good stuff. Co-editor of Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures (Cambridge.org/AmericanLegislatures) .. more

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Reposted by Colin Green, Jon H. Fiva, Justin H. Kirkland , and 3 more Colin Green, Jon H. Fiva, Justin H. Kirkland, Alessandro Nai, Bjørn Høyland, Roman Senninger

Henning Finseraas @finseraas.bsky.social · 2d

We have a vacant position as Associate Professor in Political Science (International Relations). Deadline April 29. Please apply or distribute. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Wednesday, April 29, 2026

www.jobbnorge.no

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Dan Goldhaber, Brendan Nyhan , and 31 more Brian A. Nosek, Dan Goldhaber, Brendan Nyhan, James P. Collins, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Ruth Dassonneville, Alistair Munro, Jörg Peters, Brian Schaffner, Caroline Krafft, Philip N. Cohen, Alexander Wuttke, John Holbein, Justin H. Kirkland, Chris Hanretty, Scott Clifford, Valerie Mueller, Michael Kevane, Flávio Azevedo, Max Nathan, Veli‐Matti Karhulahti, Philip Cowley, Julia Lynch, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Madeleine Pownall, Patrick Präg, Marcus Credé, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tom Louwerse, Aleksandra Urman, Samuel Coavoux, Jake Anders, Roman Senninger, Joan Dudney

Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 2d

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

It must be very hard to publish null results
Publication practices in the social sciences act as a filter that favors statistically significant results over null findings. While the problem of selection on significance (SoS) is well-known in theory, it has been difficult to measure its scope empirically, and it has been challenging to determine how selection varies across contexts. In this article, we use large language models to extract granular and validated data on about 100,000 articles published in over 150 political science journals from 2010 to 2024. We show that fewer than 2% of articles that rely on statistical methods report null-only findings in their abstracts, while over 90% of papers highlight significant results. To put these findings in perspective, we develop and calibrate a simple model of publication bias. Across a range of plausible assumptions, we find that statistically significant results are estimated to be one to two orders of magnitude more likely to enter the published record than null results. Leveraging metadata extracted from individual articles, we show that the pattern of strong SoS holds across subfields, journals, methods, and time periods. However, a few factors such as pre-registration and randomized experiments correlate with greater acceptance of null results. We conclude by discussing implications for the field and the potential of our new dataset for investigating other questions about political science.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Good article on the scope & scale of what 🇪🇺 (& others) would actually need to do to structurally transform the international monetary and financial system into something not dependent on the dollar & to "decouple" from 🇺🇸.

European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chief

US payment processing companies account for about two-thirds of card transactions in Eurozone

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Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Valerie Mueller

Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We're hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics!

Come join a great department: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312...

I'm on the committee, so send any questions my way.
#polisky #academicjobs

The Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science.

We are looking for a colleague who will teach three courses per semester in our undergraduate curriculum. The principal responsibility will be teaching in Comparative Politics, especially the introductory course, but the candidate may be invited to teach other courses, depending upon the department’s needs and the candidate’s areas of expertise.

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated record of successful undergraduate instruction. There are no research expectations associated with this position.

This is a fixed term position with an initial appointment for three years and opportunities for re-appointment and advances contingent on performance and available funding. As part of the University’s teaching track, the position offers competitive benefits. More information on UNC’s career ladder and fixed term ranks is available here: https://facultyaffairs.unc.edu/policies-and-procedures/faculty-appointments/fixed-term-faculty-ranks/.

Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 3d

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Justin H. Kirkland

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 4d

Now Open! APSA Spring 2026 Centennial Center Research Grant Program | Deadline: March 15, 2026

Now Open: APSA Announces Spring 2026 Centennial Center Research Grant Program | Deadline: March 15, 2026

The American Political Science Association (APSA) invites applications for the Spring 2026 Centennial Center Research Grant Program, which provides awards of up to $2,500 to support research across all fields of political science. Submit your applications here! The application deadline for the Spring Centennial Center Research Grants is March 15, 2026. The Spring Application Cycle The program is designed to expand access to research funding for scholars whose institutional positions or professional circumstances provide limited or no research support.

politicalsciencenow.com

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6d

#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

The Decline of Access Donors in Funding National Nominating Conventions - https://cup.org/4tnsHJ5

- Karen Sebold, Eric Heberlig & Robert Boatright

#FirstView

Aerial view of a crowded crosswalk with people walking in various directions. On the left, bold white letters "PS" are displayed on a blue background, with the hashtag "OpenAccess" below.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Will Jennings, Mor Naaman , and 6 more Shannon Vallor, Will Jennings, Mor Naaman, Justin H. Kirkland, Scott A. Imberman, Alessandro Rigolon, Nicolai von Ondarza, Manisha Sinha, David Darmofal

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 8d

Trump job approval rating by news platform

🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40

www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Philip Cowley

School of Society Environment at Queen Mary @qmulsse.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Job alert - Lecturer in Public Policy (Teaching & Scholarship)
A new position has opened at SPIR, one of the UK’s leading centres for the research and teaching of Politics and International Relations, with a uniquely diverse cohort of students.
Find out more 👇
qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Lecturer in Public Policy (Teaching & Scholarship) - QMUL Jobs

ID: 8933. Title: Lecturer in Public Policy (Teaching & Scholarship). Application Deadline:

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Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, David R. Miller

Boris Heersink @borisheersink.bsky.social · 9d

Happy to report that I have a new article out with Sid Milkis in Presidential Studies Quarterly: "Through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall: Barack Obama, the Gay Rights Movement, and the Formative Relationship Between Presidents and Social Activists" (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)!

Through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall: Barack Obama, the Gay Rights Movement, and the Formative Relationship Between Presidents and Social Activists

Organized groups frequently appeal to the president of the United States for support of their policy agenda. However, even if presidents are broadly supportive of the groups in question, they may not...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Fabián Muniesa, Iikka Korhonen , and 3 more Justin H. Kirkland, Fabián Muniesa, Iikka Korhonen, Jonathan Hopkin, Simon Glendinning, Björn Bremer

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.

We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!

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Ellie Powell @ellieneffpowell.bsky.social · 10d

Thrilled to share that my paper with @judgelord.bsky.social and Justin Grimmer:"How shifting priorities and capacity affect policy work and constituency service: Evidence from a census of legislator requests to U.S. federal agencies" is out at the AJPS!

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

When elected officials gain power, do they use it to provide more constituent service or affect policy? The answer informs debates over how legislator capacity, term limits, and institutional positio....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 11d

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety of gendered barriers both outside and inside the…

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety of gendered barriers both outside and inside the legislature. Yet, little previous scholarship has quantitatively examined whether legislative insiders are biased against women and their accomplishments. We explore a new potential explanation for gender inequity in legislatures: that women in office may get less credit than men for similar achievements.

politicalsciencenow.com

Reposted by Michael Barnett, Brian A. Nosek, Steven Van de Walle , and 11 more Michael Barnett, Brian A. Nosek, Steven Van de Walle, Ben Barr, Anne Rasmussen, Alexander Wuttke, John Holbein, Justin H. Kirkland, Valerie Mueller, Ingo Rohlfing, Michael Kevane, Dean Eckles, David Szakonyi, Roman Senninger

Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 11d

🧵 New version of our paper (@bcegerod.bsky.social) is finally online: "How Many is Enough? Sample Size in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs"
We show that even well-identified DiD studies are often underpowered; sample sizes needed are surprisingly large
Paper: osf.io/preprints/os... 1/6

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Jon Green , and 7 more Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Jon Green, Justin H. Kirkland, Chris Hanretty, Samuel Workman, Jack Lucas, Claudia Landwehr, David Darmofal, Roman Senninger

Lior Sheffer @liorsheffer.bsky.social · 11d

New and open access, in @psrm.bsky.social: What happens when we make politicians draw distributions? Nic Dias, @jacklucas.bsky.social and I explore whether the large errors politicians make about public opinion are artificially inflated by how researchers ask them to estimate it /1
cup.org/4kltoyE

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Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social · 11d

I am chairing the Emerging Scholar Award committee for the APSA EPOVB section this year. Send in your submissions (self-nominations welcomed!) with a cv to me and the committee (@wzcmarsh.bsky.social and Holli Semetko) by March 1 for consideration! More info here: apsanet.org/membership/o...

Section32 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (Section 32) The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections,

apsanet.org

Reposted by David Lazer, Jon Green, Justin H. Kirkland , and 4 more David Lazer, Jon Green, Justin H. Kirkland, Scott Clifford, Markus Wagner, Jens Rydgren, Rense Corten

Jona de Jong @jonadejong.bsky.social · 12d

Do ordinary Republicans and Democrats really avoid each other in everyday life? In a new working paper with Delia Baldassarri, we present descriptive and experimental evidence to challenge the view that partisanship drives the formation of social relationships.

osf.io/preprints/so...

1/15

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Robb Willer, Justin H. Kirkland , and 1 more Joanna Bryson, Robb Willer, Justin H. Kirkland, Roman Senninger

Kristian Frederiksen @kristianvsf.bsky.social · 13d

Great to see "The Way Back After Backsliding: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy" with @robbwiller.bsky.social and @m-b-petersen.bsky.social out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Way Back After Backsliding: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy - Kristian Frederiksen, Robb Willer, Michael Bang Petersen, 2026

Abundant prior research has analyzed the mass public’s role in democratic backsliding. Comparatively little research has studied democratic restoration, the reh...

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Stephen P. Jenkins, Sara B. Hobolt , and 6 more Richard S.J. Tol, Stephen P. Jenkins, Sara B. Hobolt, Justin H. Kirkland, Benjamin Braun, Valerie Mueller, Jonathan Hopkin, Simon Glendinning, Maria Abreu

LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 15d

💼 We're #HIRING!

We are seeking an Assistant Professor in International Migration specialised in forced #migration and #policy responses to the #international #displacement of people and/or #immigration, #race and #citizenship (from a #comparative perspective).

🌍️ 👉️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Bonnie N. Field, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Justin H. Kirkland, Bonnie N. Field, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Roman Senninger

Rachel Bernhard @rivb.bsky.social · 15d

In the midst of chaos, excited to share a new publication with @aeggers.bsky.social and Marko Klašnja, dx.doi.org/10.1111/lsq..... As usual, I write an embarrassing thread about my wonderful coauthors-- 🧵 (1/)

A Rich Woman's World? Wealth and Gendered Paths to Office

We introduce and seek to explain a new and surprising fact about members of the US Congress: since at least the 1980s, Congresswomen have been substantially wealthier than Congressmen serving in the ....

dx.doi.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Justin H. Kirkland, Valerie Mueller , and 1 more Anna O. Law, Justin H. Kirkland, Valerie Mueller, Julie Novkov

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 16d

Trying to figure our your next move? Register for our Spring professionalization panel on alternative academic careers! Next Friday 2/6 at 3 pm ET, feat @mollyereynolds.bsky.social, @nataliej.bsky.social, and more 🤓

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Feb. 6 Professionalization Panel: Alternative Academic Careers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

virginia.zoom.us

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16d

"A must-read for those who care how communication shapes politics in Congress and in America."

Black Voices in the Halls of Power by Jennifer R. Garcia, Christopher T. Stout, & Katherine Tate, Out Now

🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #USPOL #PoliSci #PoliSky

https://cup.org/4q5D2GR

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Alexander Wuttke, Justin H. Kirkland , and 5 more Brendan Nyhan, Alexander Wuttke, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirco Tonin, Sebastian Karcher, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Roman Senninger, Ariel White

Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 17d

🎺 Call for proposals 🎺

1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment

on repdata.com

3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study

details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1

please repost!

Call for Proposals: Data Collection for
Replication+Novel Political Science Survey Experiments
Alexander Coppock and Mary McGrath
January 27, 2026
We invite proposals for a survey experiment replication+novel design competition. Se-
lected replication+novel design survey experiments will be conducted on large samples of
American respondents, quota sampled to match U.S. Census margins and filtered for quality
and attention by the survey sample provider Rep Data (repdata.com).
Each proposal consists of two parts: (1) a replication study of an existing, previously
published survey experiment, and (2) a novel experimental design on a topic of the authors’
choosing.
The replication studies and reanalyses of the existing studies will be combined into a
meta-paper to be co-authored by all authors of accepted proposals along with the princi-
pal investigators (Coppock and McGrath). As a condition for acceptance, authors commit
to sharing the data and producing a write-up of the findings from their novel design for
submission to a scholarly journal, and public posting of a working paper pre-publication.

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Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social · 17d

The University of Missouri, Columbia is seeking a Hicks and Martha Griffiths Endowed Chair in American Politics.

Details and application here: hr.missouri.edu/job-openings (Job Opening ID 58208)

Polisky

Job Openings | Office of Human Resources - Office of Human Resources

hr.missouri.edu

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Sofia Stathi

Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 18d

The paper @florianstoeckel.bsky.social and I wrote showing that Brexit prejudice is a) alive and well and b) manifests in a variety of ways now has a volume and issue number! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The limits of Brexit prejudice

Since the Brexit referendum, two novel political identities, Leaver and Remainer, have gained political salience in the United Kingdom. Some work contends that Leavers and Remainers display great ani....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Brian Keegan

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18d

In 21st century US politics, the two most important ongoing stories are:
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.

Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Nazita Lajevardi, Noam Lupu

Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 18d

* Please repost and share *

Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University

more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland

Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 22d

"Unorthodox Lawmaking and the Value of Committee Assignments" by James M. Curry and Leah Rosenstiel. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Justin H. Kirkland, Zen Faulkes

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 24d

i am very close to quitting Chrome entirely but just discovered that you can hard-disable this slop prompt by going to chrome://flags/#ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point and choosing 'Disabled' on the drop-down menu

Chrome new tab that says "Press tab then enter to ask AI Mode"

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