Calvin Thrall
@calvin-thrall.bsky.social
Assistant professor @Columbia. Firms, diplomacy, global governance. Bikes, books, guitars, skateboards. Vegan for the planet.
Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs is hiring to fill the Arnold Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies—a full professor (/of practice) level position that comes with directorship of the Saltzman Institute. Please apply!
Arnold A. Saltzman Professor in War and Peace Studies - New York City, New York (US) job with Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs | 37876354
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the City of New York invites applications from scholars and practitioners ...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs is hiring to fill the Arnold Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies—a full professor (/of practice) level position that comes with directorship of the Saltzman Institute. Please apply!
Something political science would benefit bigly from: World Politics style multi-book review articles where none of the books are written by political scientists. For example: one on “zones” featuring @atossaaraxia.bsky.social, Slobodian, etc. Let’s bring new stuff into the field!
I hyped the first two books before but reading all three together is the way to go. There’s a bit of corporate fluff here and there but that pales in comparison with the gains. One learns things about global political economy that one just doesn’t get from academic articles and books.
August 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Something political science would benefit bigly from: World Politics style multi-book review articles where none of the books are written by political scientists. For example: one on “zones” featuring @atossaaraxia.bsky.social, Slobodian, etc. Let’s bring new stuff into the field!
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Academic job alert: The International Relations department at LSE is looking to hire two assistant professors, in international security and in IPE (climate, environment, global business). App deadline: 7th Sep 2025. Details👇
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
August 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Academic job alert: The International Relations department at LSE is looking to hire two assistant professors, in international security and in IPE (climate, environment, global business). App deadline: 7th Sep 2025. Details👇
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
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So, Columbia paid out $221M so that the Trump administration would resume payments on $400M in existing grants (i.e., signed work contracts) and so that Columbia could compete for future HHS/NIH awards.
Lucy didn't even wait a week before pulling up the football.
Lucy didn't even wait a week before pulling up the football.
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So, Columbia paid out $221M so that the Trump administration would resume payments on $400M in existing grants (i.e., signed work contracts) and so that Columbia could compete for future HHS/NIH awards.
Lucy didn't even wait a week before pulling up the football.
Lucy didn't even wait a week before pulling up the football.
A very worthwhile read from my colleague, Suresh Naidu. We are between a rock and a hard place, and it’s not particularly helpful to pretend that contracting with Trump settles anything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A very worthwhile read from my colleague, Suresh Naidu. We are between a rock and a hard place, and it’s not particularly helpful to pretend that contracting with Trump settles anything.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
My vacation rental has Why Nations Fail on the bookshelf, cementing its status as beach reading.
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My vacation rental has Why Nations Fail on the bookshelf, cementing its status as beach reading.
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the single image every genuinely freedom-loving american has been waiting for
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
the single image every genuinely freedom-loving american has been waiting for
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New working paper!
with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social and David Lindsey, we collect the largest existing dataset on diplomatic personnel, and use it to analyze gender disparities in U.S. Foreign Service assignments
draft here: mattmalis.github.io/files/pdf/LM...
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with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social and David Lindsey, we collect the largest existing dataset on diplomatic personnel, and use it to analyze gender disparities in U.S. Foreign Service assignments
draft here: mattmalis.github.io/files/pdf/LM...
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June 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New working paper!
with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social and David Lindsey, we collect the largest existing dataset on diplomatic personnel, and use it to analyze gender disparities in U.S. Foreign Service assignments
draft here: mattmalis.github.io/files/pdf/LM...
🧵 below
with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social and David Lindsey, we collect the largest existing dataset on diplomatic personnel, and use it to analyze gender disparities in U.S. Foreign Service assignments
draft here: mattmalis.github.io/files/pdf/LM...
🧵 below
🚨 New working paper 🚨
In an era of political nationalization, here’s something interesting: locally organized business interest groups—eg “chambers of commerce”—are more popular than ever. Why is that?
In an era of political nationalization, here’s something interesting: locally organized business interest groups—eg “chambers of commerce”—are more popular than ever. Why is that?
June 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🚨 New working paper 🚨
In an era of political nationalization, here’s something interesting: locally organized business interest groups—eg “chambers of commerce”—are more popular than ever. Why is that?
In an era of political nationalization, here’s something interesting: locally organized business interest groups—eg “chambers of commerce”—are more popular than ever. Why is that?
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🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
June 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
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📢 [New Research] 📢 We tracked EVERY S&P 500 company's reaction to Fed announcements for 20 years
The Paris Climate Agreement didn't just change environmental policy—it completely flipped how Wall Street prices sustainability during rate hikes.
From -28.5bp penalty to +64.5bp protection 📈🧵
The Paris Climate Agreement didn't just change environmental policy—it completely flipped how Wall Street prices sustainability during rate hikes.
From -28.5bp penalty to +64.5bp protection 📈🧵
June 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
📢 [New Research] 📢 We tracked EVERY S&P 500 company's reaction to Fed announcements for 20 years
The Paris Climate Agreement didn't just change environmental policy—it completely flipped how Wall Street prices sustainability during rate hikes.
From -28.5bp penalty to +64.5bp protection 📈🧵
The Paris Climate Agreement didn't just change environmental policy—it completely flipped how Wall Street prices sustainability during rate hikes.
From -28.5bp penalty to +64.5bp protection 📈🧵
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My ambassador paper with Shu Fu is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!
Ambassadors promote domestic exports to a host country and represent the interests of their home country at large. However, are trade benefits equally distributed domestically? 🧵
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Ambassadors promote domestic exports to a host country and represent the interests of their home country at large. However, are trade benefits equally distributed domestically? 🧵
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
May 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My ambassador paper with Shu Fu is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!
Ambassadors promote domestic exports to a host country and represent the interests of their home country at large. However, are trade benefits equally distributed domestically? 🧵
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Ambassadors promote domestic exports to a host country and represent the interests of their home country at large. However, are trade benefits equally distributed domestically? 🧵
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
At this point, the primary value of interviewing Trump appointees seems to be documenting the administration’s lies for posterity.
Read this excerpt of an interview with Jay Bhattacharya, new NIH director.
And do not miss the last graf.
Via @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
And do not miss the last graf.
Via @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
May 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
At this point, the primary value of interviewing Trump appointees seems to be documenting the administration’s lies for posterity.
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A real IPE legend—Ted was one of the first to really grok the political implications of the rise of the multinational firm, and we are all richer for it. May he rest in peace.
The IO family is saddened by the loss of Theodore (Ted) Moran, professor emeritus at Georgetown University.
Moran, an expert on the politics of foreign direct investment, was a member of our editorial board from 1979-1983. Our thoughts are with his family, colleagues and friends.
Moran, an expert on the politics of foreign direct investment, was a member of our editorial board from 1979-1983. Our thoughts are with his family, colleagues and friends.
April 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A real IPE legend—Ted was one of the first to really grok the political implications of the rise of the multinational firm, and we are all richer for it. May he rest in peace.
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Happy to circulate a revised version of our paper, "Exiting Russia" - on what did (not) happen with MNCs leaving Russia in the first 18 months post-invasion. Outcomes both reinforce and challenge key theories in international political economy. www.rwellhausen.com/uploads/6/9/...
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Happy to circulate a revised version of our paper, "Exiting Russia" - on what did (not) happen with MNCs leaving Russia in the first 18 months post-invasion. Outcomes both reinforce and challenge key theories in international political economy. www.rwellhausen.com/uploads/6/9/...
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The world is bad! Might as well read some cool work on scientific interdependence and CRISPR!
Now out in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social
Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology (with Tyler Pratt)
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Now out in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social
Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology (with Tyler Pratt)
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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April 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The world is bad! Might as well read some cool work on scientific interdependence and CRISPR!
Now out in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social
Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology (with Tyler Pratt)
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
🧬⬇️
Now out in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social
Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology (with Tyler Pratt)
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
🧬⬇️
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1/ Excited to share our new paper on measuring workforce politics with @reubenhurst.bsky.social and Justin Frake, where we measure the partisan composition (Democrats and Republicans) for over 3.5 million companies and nearly 28 million workers.
March 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1/ Excited to share our new paper on measuring workforce politics with @reubenhurst.bsky.social and Justin Frake, where we measure the partisan composition (Democrats and Republicans) for over 3.5 million companies and nearly 28 million workers.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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“For the Duration”: A poem by Katie Ford
For the Duration
A poem by Katie Ford
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April 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“For the Duration”: A poem by Katie Ford
Plan to destroy US academia:
1. Create moral panic
2. Withdraw funding
3. Use ICE to deter international students
4. Make university president a job that nobody wants (👇)
5 will be syllabus moderation and post-tenure review, as some red states are already doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/n...
1. Create moral panic
2. Withdraw funding
3. Use ICE to deter international students
4. Make university president a job that nobody wants (👇)
5 will be syllabus moderation and post-tenure review, as some red states are already doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/n...
New Columbia President Attacked by Stefanik Over 2023 Text Message (Gift Article)
Elise Stefanik, a prominent Republican, questioned Claire Shipman’s commitment to protecting Jewish students. Ms. Shipman pledged “to build on the significant progress we’ve made.”
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Plan to destroy US academia:
1. Create moral panic
2. Withdraw funding
3. Use ICE to deter international students
4. Make university president a job that nobody wants (👇)
5 will be syllabus moderation and post-tenure review, as some red states are already doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/n...
1. Create moral panic
2. Withdraw funding
3. Use ICE to deter international students
4. Make university president a job that nobody wants (👇)
5 will be syllabus moderation and post-tenure review, as some red states are already doing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/n...
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Earlier this week five of my senior colleagues wrote a response to the demands placed on Columbia. The link is here. I also post a short note from Senior Faculty in the Department of Political Science who endorse their response.
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
March 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Earlier this week five of my senior colleagues wrote a response to the demands placed on Columbia. The link is here. I also post a short note from Senior Faculty in the Department of Political Science who endorse their response.
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...