Sarah Thompson
@sarahthompson.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Cornell Government. I'm interested in the relationship between traditional and state governance, strategies to improve women's participation in politics, & South Asian politics
Today my Non-State Governance class covered students’ choices of topics: pirate democracy and sovereign citizens. Highly recommend Peter Leeson’s book, the Invisible Hook! 🏴☠️ press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Invisible Hook
press.princeton.edu
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today my Non-State Governance class covered students’ choices of topics: pirate democracy and sovereign citizens. Highly recommend Peter Leeson’s book, the Invisible Hook! 🏴☠️ press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Iconic. "At Balthazar...waiters are coming around to every table offering free champagne to celebrate Zohran Mamdani, who soared to victory with a focus on the city’s affordability crisis. “We’re elated,” one patron called out. Nearby, a table just finished the $145 seafood tower."
Update from Emma Goldberg
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Iconic. "At Balthazar...waiters are coming around to every table offering free champagne to celebrate Zohran Mamdani, who soared to victory with a focus on the city’s affordability crisis. “We’re elated,” one patron called out. Nearby, a table just finished the $145 seafood tower."
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Wrote a short article for @voxdev.bsky.social using results from my primary data collection. This article is based on a forthcoming @thejop.bsky.social piece where I argue that male migration is an under-examined pathway for female political engagement. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wrote a short article for @voxdev.bsky.social using results from my primary data collection. This article is based on a forthcoming @thejop.bsky.social piece where I argue that male migration is an under-examined pathway for female political engagement. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Deadline is today at 6pm eastern to submit your abstract to GLD's annual conference, broadly on the theme of local-level citizen engagement! June in Gothenburg, Sweden ☀️ #polisky gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...
GLD's 9th Annual Conference
The Governance and Local Development Institute is inviting proposals for papers to be presented at its 9th Annual Conference, entitled "Participation and Decision-Making: Studies on Citizen Engagement...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Deadline is today at 6pm eastern to submit your abstract to GLD's annual conference, broadly on the theme of local-level citizen engagement! June in Gothenburg, Sweden ☀️ #polisky gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...
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Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application
Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application
Who participates in decision-making at the local level, how, where, and to what ends? Apply for @gldinstitute.bsky.social's 9th annual conference, to be held in June 2026 outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, with your proposals on these questions by Oct. 20th. gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...
GLD's 9th Annual Conference
The Governance and Local Development Institute is inviting proposals for papers to be presented at its 9th Annual Conference, entitled "Participation and Decision-Making: Studies on Citizen Engagement...
gld.gu.se
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Who participates in decision-making at the local level, how, where, and to what ends? Apply for @gldinstitute.bsky.social's 9th annual conference, to be held in June 2026 outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, with your proposals on these questions by Oct. 20th. gld.gu.se/en/opportuni...
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In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
June 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
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EGEN now has a starter pack! If you have been to an @egenpolisci.bsky.social conference you are on this. Please share!
#GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky
#GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky
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May 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
EGEN now has a starter pack! If you have been to an @egenpolisci.bsky.social conference you are on this. Please share!
#GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky
#GenderSky #Polisky #academicsky
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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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I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
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I'll just note that these are the home pages of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, and Bloomberg right now. Just stunning parochialism.
May 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'll just note that these are the home pages of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, and Bloomberg right now. Just stunning parochialism.
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Our article on how elites manage the human resource task of party building is out open access today in @apsrjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Thread below on the main findings 👇
Thread below on the main findings 👇
May 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our article on how elites manage the human resource task of party building is out open access today in @apsrjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Thread below on the main findings 👇
Thread below on the main findings 👇
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Exciting talk by @hochstet.bsky.social organized under our ECO-DEM project, on energy transitions & democracy in the Global South.
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk...
@oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk...
@oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Exciting talk by @hochstet.bsky.social organized under our ECO-DEM project, on energy transitions & democracy in the Global South.
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk...
@oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-talk...
@oliviaarigho.bsky.social @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @dyzenhaus.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social
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Many women in #Pakistan rely on a male family member to go to work or even run a simple errand.
🔎 Research by Sarah Thompson explores why #mobility programmes have struggled & what needs to change to empower women.
🔗Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/gender...
#Gender @globalforum.bsky.social
🔎 Research by Sarah Thompson explores why #mobility programmes have struggled & what needs to change to empower women.
🔗Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/gender...
#Gender @globalforum.bsky.social
The challenges and prospects for increasing women’s mobility in Pakistan
To improve women’s access to public spaces and work, mobility programmes in urban Pakistan must address economic constraints, male guarantor requirements, and social barriers.
www.theigc.org
March 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Many women in #Pakistan rely on a male family member to go to work or even run a simple errand.
🔎 Research by Sarah Thompson explores why #mobility programmes have struggled & what needs to change to empower women.
🔗Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/gender...
#Gender @globalforum.bsky.social
🔎 Research by Sarah Thompson explores why #mobility programmes have struggled & what needs to change to empower women.
🔗Read more: www.theigc.org/blogs/gender...
#Gender @globalforum.bsky.social
I’m halfway through a postdoc with @globalforum.bsky.social and SSA in Colombo 🇱🇰 under the theme of “exclusionary regimes, autocratization, and democracy.” Working on my book on traditional governance and the state, still researching women’s mobility, and watching cricket at every opportunity!
February 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I’m halfway through a postdoc with @globalforum.bsky.social and SSA in Colombo 🇱🇰 under the theme of “exclusionary regimes, autocratization, and democracy.” Working on my book on traditional governance and the state, still researching women’s mobility, and watching cricket at every opportunity!
The next phase of ECO-DEM is a workshop in May in Cape Town, bringing together fellows from the Bogotá, Colombo, and Cape Town hubs and across a few disciplines. Excited to present my research on democracy in former FATA, Pakistan!
Our ECO-DEM project, looking at energy transitions and political transformations across the Global South, has kicked off in Bogotá. @pedroalarcon76.bsky.social @oliviaarigho.bsky.social @rociofernandezu.bsky.social @sarahthompson.bsky.social
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-proj...
globalforum.ceu.edu/eco-dem-proj...
February 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The next phase of ECO-DEM is a workshop in May in Cape Town, bringing together fellows from the Bogotá, Colombo, and Cape Town hubs and across a few disciplines. Excited to present my research on democracy in former FATA, Pakistan!
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I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)
"A beautifully written and insightful take on the evolution of mental healthcare in advanced democracies, and one that opens a new lens on one of the most central, and largely unexamined, parts of the modern state."
The Welfare Workforce by Isabel M. Perera
Out now in #OpenAccess cup.org/3DQJizT
The Welfare Workforce by Isabel M. Perera
Out now in #OpenAccess cup.org/3DQJizT
The Welfare Workforce
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Welfare Workforce
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January 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)
🙌 So excited to have this published in APSR! 🙌 This was my first experiment (💕) and the one that motivated me to keep working closely with local actors in design, implementation, and interpretation www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 7, 2024 at 7:13 PM
🙌 So excited to have this published in APSR! 🙌 This was my first experiment (💕) and the one that motivated me to keep working closely with local actors in design, implementation, and interpretation www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thrilled to announce I'll be joining the amazing scholars and people at Cornell Government as an assistant professor! So many thanks to @saadgulzar.bsky.social and the rest of my advisors, my friends, & cohort for their support — and to my dad, who I wish I could share this moment with ❤️ #polisky
January 12, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Thrilled to announce I'll be joining the amazing scholars and people at Cornell Government as an assistant professor! So many thanks to @saadgulzar.bsky.social and the rest of my advisors, my friends, & cohort for their support — and to my dad, who I wish I could share this moment with ❤️ #polisky
Moving (platforms) is exhausting!
September 20, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Moving (platforms) is exhausting!