Sophie Borwein
@sborwein.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia
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In the months to come, AI layoffs could trigger a populist backlash, warn @beamagistro.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, and Peter Loewen.
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
The Coming AI Backlash
How the anger economy will supercharge populism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In the months to come, AI layoffs could trigger a populist backlash, warn @beamagistro.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, and Peter Loewen.
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
How should policymakers respond to AI’s harmful effects on employment?
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New in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen.
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Coming AI Backlash
How the anger economy will supercharge populism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen.
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration
Registration is now open for the 2025 Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop, taking place November 7 & 8 at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
The deadline to ...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
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In Canada, your degree may matter more than your bank account when it comes to investing in your child’s education. A quick thread 🧵
Congratulations to @sborwein.bsky.social, lead author on this article now on first view @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social. With @bdhuey.bsky.social Jim Farney. @equityed.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada
www.cambridge.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In Canada, your degree may matter more than your bank account when it comes to investing in your child’s education. A quick thread 🧵
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Congratulations to @sborwein.bsky.social, lead author on this article now on first view @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social. With @bdhuey.bsky.social Jim Farney. @equityed.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Income Inequality and Parent Education Spending in Canada
www.cambridge.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Congratulations to @sborwein.bsky.social, lead author on this article now on first view @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social. With @bdhuey.bsky.social Jim Farney. @equityed.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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NEW -
Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP
"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"
- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus
#OpenAccess
Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP
"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"
- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus
#OpenAccess
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW -
Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP
"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"
- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus
#OpenAccess
Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP
"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"
- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus
#OpenAccess
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Last time slot, yet another full house: Stellar end to our series of #EPSA2025 panels on AI and the knowledge economy! Great to see this scholarly community emerging, please get in touch if you want to be involved in future initiatives!
June 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Last time slot, yet another full house: Stellar end to our series of #EPSA2025 panels on AI and the knowledge economy! Great to see this scholarly community emerging, please get in touch if you want to be involved in future initiatives!
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#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
@sborwein.bsky.social
& @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
@sborwein.bsky.social
& @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
June 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
@sborwein.bsky.social
& @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
@sborwein.bsky.social
& @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
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"Place Types." Excited that this paper with @sborwein.bsky.social is now available. We develop a new typology of place types in Canada at a fairly fine-grained level of geography, and then show how these place types relate to Canadian politics. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Place Types." Excited that this paper with @sborwein.bsky.social is now available. We develop a new typology of place types in Canada at a fairly fine-grained level of geography, and then show how these place types relate to Canadian politics. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
- @sborwein.bsky.social & @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
- @sborwein.bsky.social & @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
June 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
- @sborwein.bsky.social & @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
Place Types - cup.org/44cNqVq
"...we propose a new typology of geographic places for use in advancing Canadian politics research on the political effects of place..."
- @sborwein.bsky.social & @jacklucas.bsky.social
#FirstView
@northeasternu.bsky.social could not have made a better choice!!!
From one Husky family to another 🐾! I’m thrilled to announce that in the fall I’ll be joining @northeasternu.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in AI Governance. After five long and challenging job markets, this moment feels incredibly special.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@northeasternu.bsky.social could not have made a better choice!!!
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Just a reminder if you have the capacity to give, UBC is campaigning to raise funds for student learning today. You can click the link below to learn all about how Political Science uses these funds to help students with research and other learning opportunities.
I realize I usually talk about terrible no good things here, so here's a thing that's actually really positive. UBC is organizing a Giving Day today, to raise money for student opportunities.
There's a dedicated political science fund, that you can access here!
givingday.ubc.ca/31090/gd2025...
There's a dedicated political science fund, that you can access here!
givingday.ubc.ca/31090/gd2025...
Political Science Student Learning Fund - UBC Giving Day 2025
At UBC Political Science, we’re shaping the policymakers of tomorrow, one transformative experience at a time.
givingday.ubc.ca
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just a reminder if you have the capacity to give, UBC is campaigning to raise funds for student learning today. You can click the link below to learn all about how Political Science uses these funds to help students with research and other learning opportunities.
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With the federal election approaching, I’m excited to share insights on how Canadians' vote intentions have shifted since 1945. This forthcoming CJPS paper, with @jacklucas.bsky.social, Dave Armstrong, and @eplusgg.bsky.social, features a public dataset, R package, and Shiny app—more details below!
April 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
With the federal election approaching, I’m excited to share insights on how Canadians' vote intentions have shifted since 1945. This forthcoming CJPS paper, with @jacklucas.bsky.social, Dave Armstrong, and @eplusgg.bsky.social, features a public dataset, R package, and Shiny app—more details below!
Happy to have our new paper out in EJPR (with @jacklucas.bsky.social, Tyler Romualdi, Zack Taylor, Dave Armstrong and Katie McCoy). Has Canadian urban-rural *policy* disagreement widened since the 1990s? We find little evidence it has.👇 for more.
New paper on urban-rural policy divides. We use 456 unique issue questions from 1993-present to show (1) large & persistent urban-rural issue divides, (2) especially large divides in cultural policy, and (3) no evidence that divides have grown over time. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Happy to have our new paper out in EJPR (with @jacklucas.bsky.social, Tyler Romualdi, Zack Taylor, Dave Armstrong and Katie McCoy). Has Canadian urban-rural *policy* disagreement widened since the 1990s? We find little evidence it has.👇 for more.
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Fascinating look at the political implications of AI and partisan differences by @beamagistro.bsky.social @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social & Loewen in @ajpseditor.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
March 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Fascinating look at the political implications of AI and partisan differences by @beamagistro.bsky.social @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social & Loewen in @ajpseditor.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Happy to have our newest paper out @ajpseditor.bsky.social, with @beamagistro.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen. We examine public responsiveness to the multidimensional trade-offs between job and price changes relating to AI and offshoring.👇
Excited to share our new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social) with @sborwein.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, & Peter Loewen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping labor markets and sparking political debates. Like economic globalization, AI developments promise benefits, including job creation and lower pr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Happy to have our newest paper out @ajpseditor.bsky.social, with @beamagistro.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen. We examine public responsiveness to the multidimensional trade-offs between job and price changes relating to AI and offshoring.👇
A great thread from @beamagistro.bsky.social on some of our recent work.
2/ Co-authored with @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social
and Peter Loewen, we explore how AI reshapes economies & politics, revealing its potential to deepen partisan divides.
and Peter Loewen, we explore how AI reshapes economies & politics, revealing its potential to deepen partisan divides.
December 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
A great thread from @beamagistro.bsky.social on some of our recent work.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Caltech CSSPP is thrilled to announce a call for abstracts for the Conference “Navigating the New Frontier: The Political and Economic Implications of AI,” on September 13-14, 2024 at Caltech. Send your abstract by March 31st! lindeinstitute.caltech.edu/events/csspp...
February 28, 2024 at 11:35 PM
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Caltech CSSPP is thrilled to announce a call for abstracts for the Conference “Navigating the New Frontier: The Political and Economic Implications of AI,” on September 13-14, 2024 at Caltech. Send your abstract by March 31st! lindeinstitute.caltech.edu/events/csspp...
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Excited to share my latest paper out at PSRM
"Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs" with Peter Loewen, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social and @blakelw.bsky.social.Open access here: bit.ly/49gEWg3
"Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs" with Peter Loewen, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social and @blakelw.bsky.social.Open access here: bit.ly/49gEWg3
February 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Excited to share my latest paper out at PSRM
"Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs" with Peter Loewen, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social and @blakelw.bsky.social.Open access here: bit.ly/49gEWg3
"Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs" with Peter Loewen, @bartbonikowski.bsky.social, @sborwein.bsky.social and @blakelw.bsky.social.Open access here: bit.ly/49gEWg3
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Online first: "Perceived technological threat and vote choice: evidence from 15 European democracies" by @sborwein.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social Peter John Loewen @blakelw.bsky.social & @beamagistro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
February 2, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Online first: "Perceived technological threat and vote choice: evidence from 15 European democracies" by @sborwein.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social Peter John Loewen @blakelw.bsky.social & @beamagistro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...