Axel Dreher
@adreher.bsky.social
Professor of International and Development Politics, Editor of RIO. #china, #aid, www.axel-dreher.de.
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Axel Dreher
@adreher.bsky.social
· Feb 24
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The RIO allows manuscripts rejected at APSR, IO, ISQ to be transferred to the RIO (and v.v.). Interested in discussing the draft of RIO’s transfer policy? Share your thoughts and suggstions for improvement: shorturl.at/9jbQb,
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
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Call for two Stephan Klasen Fellowships at the University of Göttingen,
for postdoctoral researchers in development economics from low- and middle-income countries.
Applications close 16th November 2025.
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/632637.html
for postdoctoral researchers in development economics from low- and middle-income countries.
Applications close 16th November 2025.
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/632637.html
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Call for two Stephan Klasen Fellowships at the University of Göttingen,
for postdoctoral researchers in development economics from low- and middle-income countries.
Applications close 16th November 2025.
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/632637.html
for postdoctoral researchers in development economics from low- and middle-income countries.
Applications close 16th November 2025.
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/632637.html
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Another call for better aid reporting. Axel Dreher says we should distinguish & report separately on:
1. Humanitarian aid
2. Global public goods
3. Development aid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1. Humanitarian aid
2. Global public goods
3. Development aid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Another call for better aid reporting. Axel Dreher says we should distinguish & report separately on:
1. Humanitarian aid
2. Global public goods
3. Development aid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1. Humanitarian aid
2. Global public goods
3. Development aid
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Deadline for PEIO 2026: September 30.
Join us for the Political Economy of International Organization Conference (@the-peio.bsky.social) at IE University in Segovia, Spain, January 29-31, 2026. Submission is now open at peio.me. Thanks to Nikitas Konstantinidis for hosting!
September 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Deadline for PEIO 2026: September 30.
Some of my thoughts on how to reform foreign aid in China Daily: global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202509/13/... (uncensored version here: axel-dreher.de/wp-content/u...)
Aid program must return to its roots
Foreign aid isn't dying; it's in deep trouble. Just look at Seville, where the United States — the world's largest development donor not long ago — didn't even bother to send a delegation to the globa...
global.chinadaily.com.cn
September 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Some of my thoughts on how to reform foreign aid in China Daily: global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202509/13/... (uncensored version here: axel-dreher.de/wp-content/u...)
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Again, a highly interesting and timely paper in @the-peio.bsky.social. Thanks to @benchristian.bsky.social for distributing it! @adreher.bsky.social - is there a way to push ROIO authors to have a bluesky-account? 😉
UN funding is under pressure. In a new article @the-peio.bsky.social, my colleagues Alex Tokhi and Lisbeth Zimmermann (@goetheuni.bsky.social) show that the participation of far-right parties in government has significant negative effects on the funding of IOs.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The far right and international organizations: How the far right in government affects foreign aid funding - The Review of International Organizations
The far right is on the rise, winning elections, entering governments globally, and politicizing international cooperation. Existing research finds only very limited effects of far-right governments on international organizations (IOs), however.. We argue that the far right in government undermines IOs by systematically reducing their earmarked funding, as it cannot fully align its anti-migration agenda with the liberal mandates and purposes of most IOs. Using new data on earmarked funding to IOs from 37 OECD donor states between 1990 and 2020, we examine how far-right participation in government affects IO funding. Expanding the data on far-right parties beyond Western Europe, we employ three-way fixed effects and dynamic balancing weights to address both static and dynamic confounding with marginal structural models. Our results show that governments with far-right parties reduce earmarked funding contributions to IOs by almost 30%, without affecting bilateral aid commitments. This suggests that the far right not only politicizes IOs but also attempts to directly undermine their operation when IOs cannot be aligned with their anti-migration agenda.
link.springer.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Again, a highly interesting and timely paper in @the-peio.bsky.social. Thanks to @benchristian.bsky.social for distributing it! @adreher.bsky.social - is there a way to push ROIO authors to have a bluesky-account? 😉
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@adreher.bsky.social, Jingke Pan, & @cjschneider.bsky.social find that in regions receiving foreign aid, targeted killings of politicians are 15-20% higher in the years with aid inflows. Direct cash transfers should be considered in fragile contexts.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
September 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@adreher.bsky.social, Jingke Pan, & @cjschneider.bsky.social find that in regions receiving foreign aid, targeted killings of politicians are 15-20% higher in the years with aid inflows. Direct cash transfers should be considered in fragile contexts.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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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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New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
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Looking forward to present new research (with @hannaeback.bsky.social and @michaelimre.bsky.social) on the relationship between ideological polarization, coalition governance and the number of party members in the German states at the Sogang Conference on Party Activism and Democracy next week 😊
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Looking forward to present new research (with @hannaeback.bsky.social and @michaelimre.bsky.social) on the relationship between ideological polarization, coalition governance and the number of party members in the German states at the Sogang Conference on Party Activism and Democracy next week 😊
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📌The special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" is now published as Vol. 20 Issue 2 in RIO! @the-peio.bsky.social
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
The Review of International Organizations
The Review of International Organizations publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of international political economy, with a focus on ...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📌The special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" is now published as Vol. 20 Issue 2 in RIO! @the-peio.bsky.social
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
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I look forward to this week's dialogue on a (sadly) timely topic: Sudden aid cuts @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @isdcberlin.bsky.social @adreher.bsky.social @kiel.institute @uni-goettingen.de @fuchsa.bsky.social
On June 26, the 3D Seminar will continue with Angelika Budjan (University of Stuttgart) and Md Abu Bakar Siddiq (Tetra Tech), who will discuss the implications of sudden cuts in international aid for development cooperation and affected communities.
Register at:
listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
Register at:
listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/list...
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I look forward to this week's dialogue on a (sadly) timely topic: Sudden aid cuts @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @isdcberlin.bsky.social @adreher.bsky.social @kiel.institute @uni-goettingen.de @fuchsa.bsky.social
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2 exciting PreDoc positions in my team at the University of Bern, starting late summer/early fall! Collaborate on cutting-edge research in Political Economy, Development &Behavioral Economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.
June 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 2 exciting PreDoc positions in my team at the University of Bern, starting late summer/early fall! Collaborate on cutting-edge research in Political Economy, Development &Behavioral Economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods.
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Wie effektiv ist die westliche Entwicklungshilfe an den globalen Süden? Der Entwicklungsökonom Axel Dreher fordert neue Konzepte - und gibt Donald Trump in einer Sache recht.
Armutsbekämpfung: „Es kostet 5000 Dollar, ein Menschenleben zu retten“
Wie effektiv ist die westliche Entwicklungshilfe an den globalen Süden? Der Entwicklungsökonom Axel Dreher fordert neue Konzepte - und gibt Donald Trump in einer Sache recht.
www.wiwo.de
February 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wie effektiv ist die westliche Entwicklungshilfe an den globalen Süden? Der Entwicklungsökonom Axel Dreher fordert neue Konzepte - und gibt Donald Trump in einer Sache recht.
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Study #Development #Economics in #Göttingen! We accept applications for our Master of students with either citizenship or Bachelor from EU/EEA countries until May 15. Info: uni-goettingen.de/en/203661.html. @unigoettingen.bsky.social @agrarunigoe.bsky.social igoe.bsky.social @3dseminar.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Study #Development #Economics in #Göttingen! We accept applications for our Master of students with either citizenship or Bachelor from EU/EEA countries until May 15. Info: uni-goettingen.de/en/203661.html. @unigoettingen.bsky.social @agrarunigoe.bsky.social igoe.bsky.social @3dseminar.bsky.social
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Salute to the Canadians for putting these ads up in downtown DC, they’re right and they should say it more 🫡
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Salute to the Canadians for putting these ads up in downtown DC, they’re right and they should say it more 🫡
The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...
March 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...
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This is a pretty remarkable set of results. I got fixated on adults in this, since it seems like a big change!
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a pretty remarkable set of results. I got fixated on adults in this, since it seems like a big change!
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The RIO allows manuscripts rejected at APSR, IO, ISQ to be transferred to the RIO (and v.v.). Interested in discussing the draft of RIO’s transfer policy? Share your thoughts and suggstions for improvement: shorturl.at/9jbQb,
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
www.wp.peio.me
February 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The RIO allows manuscripts rejected at APSR, IO, ISQ to be transferred to the RIO (and v.v.). Interested in discussing the draft of RIO’s transfer policy? Share your thoughts and suggstions for improvement: shorturl.at/9jbQb,
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
@the-peio.bsky.social, @iojournal.bsky.social, @apsrjournal.bsky.social
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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
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Thanks to @eu-renew.bsky.social, the main findings of our recent @the-peio.bsky.social article on the link between IO design, cosmopolitan identity and potential domestic effects (uni.ms/m1ckl) are now also available in the format of an audio book: eu-renew.eu/podcast/, ep. 18. Strongly recommended!
Podcast – EU RENEW
eu-renew.eu
February 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thanks to @eu-renew.bsky.social, the main findings of our recent @the-peio.bsky.social article on the link between IO design, cosmopolitan identity and potential domestic effects (uni.ms/m1ckl) are now also available in the format of an audio book: eu-renew.eu/podcast/, ep. 18. Strongly recommended!
Some thoughts on the suspension of USAID in an interview with @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social: wiwo.de/politik/ausl... (in German)
WirtschaftsWoche
wiwo.de
February 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Some thoughts on the suspension of USAID in an interview with @wirtschaftswoche.bsky.social: wiwo.de/politik/ausl... (in German)
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New publication alert @the-peio.bsky.social
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Locking in democracy? Transitions, returning autocratic elites, and human rights treaty commitment - The Review of International Organizations
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? Existing explanations focus on the logic of the democratic lock-in as elites in new democracies commit their countries to inte...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New publication alert @the-peio.bsky.social
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Under what conditions are new democracies more committed to human rights? More specifically, what role do former autocratic elites play in shaping ratification of international human rights treaties?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...