Krzysztof Krakowski
@kkrakows.bsky.social
Political scientist at DPE, King’s College London, studying conflicts: https://krzyskrakowski.github.io/
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This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This will spark some great papers: an open digital dataset of roads in the Roman Empire
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Państwo z palcem na spuście: dlaczego Brazylia toleruje przemoc policji i co to mówi o demokracji? - https://oko.press/dlaczego-brazylia-toleruje-przemoc-policji-i-co-to-mowi-o-demokracji
Państwo z palcem na spuście: dlaczego Brazylia toleruje przemoc policji i co to mówi o demokracji?
Dopóki społeczna zgoda na przemoc policyjną będzie trwała, takie będą się powtarzać – w imię bezpieczeństwa, zemsty, polityki
oko.press
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Państwo z palcem na spuście: dlaczego Brazylia toleruje przemoc policji i co to mówi o demokracji? - https://oko.press/dlaczego-brazylia-toleruje-przemoc-policji-i-co-to-mowi-o-demokracji
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At La Statale Milano in the Social & Political Sciences Dept. with NASP graduate school & EPRA Hub we have organised a new seminar series: Milan Conflict Research Seminars (MiCoReS). Here this term programme.
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At La Statale Milano in the Social & Political Sciences Dept. with NASP graduate school & EPRA Hub we have organised a new seminar series: Milan Conflict Research Seminars (MiCoReS). Here this term programme.
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📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📢 New publication! 📢
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
Does political violence backfire in mature democracies?
In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.
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Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
HPE candidates on the job market
Job market season is here.
www.broadstreet.blog
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
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🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)
(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)
👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Most important findings in this thread:
1/11
(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)
👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Most important findings in this thread:
1/11
September 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)
(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)
👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Most important findings in this thread:
1/11
(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)
👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Most important findings in this thread:
1/11
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🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”
The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…
The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…
Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”
The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced scholarship of the highest quality on the subject of democracy. Citation from the Award Committee: The Robert A. Dahl Award honors an untenured scholar whose work makes an outstanding contribution to the study of democracy and broadens our understanding of how democracies function.
politicalsciencenow.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Vicente Valentim Receives the 2025 Robert A. Dahl Award for “The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand”
The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…
The Robert A. Dahl Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor an untenured scholar who has produced…
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🚨New paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.
👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity
👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨New paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.
👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity
👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity
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This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:
Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write
I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write
I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:
Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write
I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write
I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...
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@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @charasz.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, and I are closing down #IPSA with the last panel of the conference - come if you still have energy and want to see some intriguing projects using historical evidence in a variety of ways!
July 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @charasz.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, and I are closing down #IPSA with the last panel of the conference - come if you still have energy and want to see some intriguing projects using historical evidence in a variety of ways!
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📢 The most recent volume of the Annual Review of Political Science is now online. Take a look at the table of contents arevie.ws/45pJ0f1
June 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📢 The most recent volume of the Annual Review of Political Science is now online. Take a look at the table of contents arevie.ws/45pJ0f1
What a cool paper: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What a cool paper: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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🏙️What happens when a city loses its capital status? #MyPhDPitch
In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.
In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.
May 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🏙️What happens when a city loses its capital status? #MyPhDPitch
In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.
In 1999, Poland cut its regions from 49 to 16, leaving 31 cities without their former role. At @eui-eco.bsky.social, @martakorczak.bsky.social studies how this reform shaped local development, from brain drain to lost business appeal.
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🆕 Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina
Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...
Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...
Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina
Both sanctions and social norms reduced fare evasion at metro stations in Buenos Aires, but only the latter increased accountability-seeking. What does this mean for civic engagement in developing cou...
voxdev.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🆕 Motives matter: Reducing fare evasion at metro stations in Argentina
Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...
Today on VoxDev, @kkrakows.bsky.social (King's College London) & Lucas Ronconi (Universidad de Buenos Aires) discuss the impact of sanctions and social norms on accountability-seeking behaviour: voxdev.org/topic/public...
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🆕 Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a study co-authored by our academic, Dr Krzysztof Krakowski 🤝
Read more 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/policy-...
Read more 👇
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Policy that appeals to sense of civic duty encourages citizens to seek accountability
Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a new study.
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🆕 Public policy that appeals to a citizen’s sense of civic duty helps stimulate an interest in holding those in positions of power to account, according to a study co-authored by our academic, Dr Krzysztof Krakowski 🤝
Read more 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/policy-...
Read more 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/policy-...
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We are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London.
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...
Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...
Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!
QPE research group - QPE Early Career Workshop
5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy
19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London
Monday 19 May
15:30 to 16:00 Welcome
16:00 to 17:00 Keynote lecture Prof. Sonia Bhalotra (Universit...
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April 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London.
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...
Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...
Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!
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My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
My article with U Daxecker titled "Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India" has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social.
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
Below is a 🧵explaining the argument, the empirical case, and many thank you(s).
doi.org/10.1086/736113
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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What a treat. Prof Adam Przeworski (NYU) at our Department of Political Economy distinguished lecture series. A true giant in his field and such an honour for our community to host him. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What a treat. Prof Adam Przeworski (NYU) at our Department of Political Economy distinguished lecture series. A true giant in his field and such an honour for our community to host him. @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Over a century ago, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox refugees reshaped Greece. While initially lagging, they outperformed natives in education, favoring transferable degrees over local fields, from Michalopoulos, Murard, Papaioannou, and Sakalli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33586
March 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Over a century ago, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox refugees reshaped Greece. While initially lagging, they outperformed natives in education, favoring transferable degrees over local fields, from Michalopoulos, Murard, Papaioannou, and Sakalli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33586
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🆕 research co-authored by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election 🗳️
Read more below ⬇️
(@polbehavior.bsky.social)
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...
Read more below ⬇️
(@polbehavior.bsky.social)
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...
Black Lives Matter movement had a significant and decisive impact on US politics, study finds
New academic research provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election.
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🆕 research co-authored by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election 🗳️
Read more below ⬇️
(@polbehavior.bsky.social)
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...
Read more below ⬇️
(@polbehavior.bsky.social)
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...