Tore Wig
@torewig.bsky.social
Political Science Professor at University of Oslo. Working on political violence, war, democracy and autocracy. Visiting 24-25 Nuffield College & DPIR Oxford University.
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Det kommer illevarslende meldinger om at Ukraina snart må oppgi Pokrovsk. Virkningen av dette nederlaget kommer til å bli overdrevet av mange. Derfor skriver jeg om hva dette betyr i dag. snoen.substack.com/p/pokrovsk-f...
Pokrovsk faller trolig
Russerne er i ferd med å ta en ny by i Donetsk. Betydningen bør ikke overdrives, men kommer til å bli overdrevet.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Det kommer illevarslende meldinger om at Ukraina snart må oppgi Pokrovsk. Virkningen av dette nederlaget kommer til å bli overdrevet av mange. Derfor skriver jeg om hva dette betyr i dag. snoen.substack.com/p/pokrovsk-f...
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"No" Ned said with sadness in his voice. "Now it ends.'
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"No" Ned said with sadness in his voice. "Now it ends.'
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“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
Gender Differences in Economics Seminars
(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
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Det finnes etter hvert et ganske stort antall kvantitative studier på dette, som ser systematisk på læringsutfall korrelert med undervisningsformer, og de finner stort sett at tradisjonell lærersentrert undervisning gir bedre resultat. Se for eksempel her: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is traditional teaching really all that bad? A within-student between-subject approach
Recent studies conclude that teachers are important for student learning but it remains uncertain what actually determines effective teaching. This st…
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October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Det finnes etter hvert et ganske stort antall kvantitative studier på dette, som ser systematisk på læringsutfall korrelert med undervisningsformer, og de finner stort sett at tradisjonell lærersentrert undervisning gir bedre resultat. Se for eksempel her: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Relatert: Den siste Stortingsmeldingen om høyere utdanning anbefalte sterkt bruk av såkalt aktive læringsmetoder, med påstanden at "undersøkelser viser at studenter lærer mer". Jeg sjekket opp kunnskapsgrunnlaget som lå til grunn i referansene, var én eksperimentell studie basert på få studenter
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Relatert: Den siste Stortingsmeldingen om høyere utdanning anbefalte sterkt bruk av såkalt aktive læringsmetoder, med påstanden at "undersøkelser viser at studenter lærer mer". Jeg sjekket opp kunnskapsgrunnlaget som lå til grunn i referansene, var én eksperimentell studie basert på få studenter
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In any somewhat functioning country this would lead to the fall of the government
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In any somewhat functioning country this would lead to the fall of the government
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Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
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Both can be true:
1. Many bad faith actors are trying to impose conservative viewpoints on academia and should be resisted as threats to academic freedom
2. Viewpoint diversity (broadly defined) is good for free inquiry scatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t... eternallyradicalidea.com/p/is-higher-...
1. Many bad faith actors are trying to impose conservative viewpoints on academia and should be resisted as threats to academic freedom
2. Viewpoint diversity (broadly defined) is good for free inquiry scatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t... eternallyradicalidea.com/p/is-higher-...
October 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Both can be true:
1. Many bad faith actors are trying to impose conservative viewpoints on academia and should be resisted as threats to academic freedom
2. Viewpoint diversity (broadly defined) is good for free inquiry scatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t... eternallyradicalidea.com/p/is-higher-...
1. Many bad faith actors are trying to impose conservative viewpoints on academia and should be resisted as threats to academic freedom
2. Viewpoint diversity (broadly defined) is good for free inquiry scatter.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t... eternallyradicalidea.com/p/is-higher-...
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Betting agency data strongly suggest an information leak of some kind in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize award. Between 00:40 and 02:00 last night, the Polymarkets probability of a Machado win rose from 4 % to 73 %
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Betting agency data strongly suggest an information leak of some kind in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize award. Between 00:40 and 02:00 last night, the Polymarkets probability of a Machado win rose from 4 % to 73 %
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...
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RFK Jr is the OG p-hacker.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
RFK Jr is the OG p-hacker.
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Fukuyama and Find Out
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Fukuyama and Find Out
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the history will continue until morale improves
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the history will continue until morale improves
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🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"?
This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he plans to designate antifa as ‘major terrorist organization’
It is unclear how anti-fascists, an umbrella term for far-left-leaning groups rather than a single entity, will be labeled
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September 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"?
This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We must support our colleagues working in autocratic regimes
German journalists' union criticises decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air reut.rs/41WavKK
German journalists' union criticises decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air
Germany's main journalists' union urged major U.S. media to support journalists after Walt Disney-owned broadcaster ABC pulled 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in a row over comments by the show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We must support our colleagues working in autocratic regimes
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I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice
I would like to file several complaints
I would like to file several complaints
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice
I would like to file several complaints
I would like to file several complaints
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Please share this information and the call for papers in your departments, serve lists, emails etc. so it reaches especially those who aren’t using this platform! We very much hope to see as many people attend the EPSS inaugural conference in 2026 so spread the word!
🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
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😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Please share this information and the call for papers in your departments, serve lists, emails etc. so it reaches especially those who aren’t using this platform! We very much hope to see as many people attend the EPSS inaugural conference in 2026 so spread the word!
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Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.
September 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.
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In my field in #polisky, the literature on war typically starts and ends with states as actors. But if you read history about war, as in Horne's 'The Price of Glory," war is always about individuals. There's not enough research in IR that bridges that gap (but @jaylyall.bsky.social). We need more.
September 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In my field in #polisky, the literature on war typically starts and ends with states as actors. But if you read history about war, as in Horne's 'The Price of Glory," war is always about individuals. There's not enough research in IR that bridges that gap (but @jaylyall.bsky.social). We need more.
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Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
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 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
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What if ICE is standing around outside the polls arresting people off the street in heavily Latino areas? What if the National Guard are deployed outside the polls in heavily Black areas?
"Papers, please" elections, even if the opposition wins, will not clear the bar of "free, fair, and democratic elections"
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What if ICE is standing around outside the polls arresting people off the street in heavily Latino areas? What if the National Guard are deployed outside the polls in heavily Black areas?
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This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
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But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.