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Xavier Romero Vidal Nov 30, 2022

Emily Farris Nov 29, 2022

It is academic job offer season. Don’t leave resources on the table. My coauthors and I wrote a piece on all the things you can negotiate for in a start up package outside of the salary (specific to political science, but probably similar in econ, other social sciences). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/wow-i-didnt-know-these-options-existed-understanding-tenuretrack-startup-packages/2D4EBC319921435782EA95109E223C90

“Wow, I Didn’t Know These Options Existed”: Understanding Tenure-Track Start-Up Packages | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core

“Wow, I Didn’t Know These Options Existed”: Understanding Tenure-Track Start-Up Packages - Volume 56 Issue 1

Cambridge Core

Xavier Romero Vidal Nov 28, 2022

🖊️In this blog post Cristian Márquez Romo and I discuss our new paper on attitudes towards corruption among politicians. We also consider the implications of our results for the current political crisis in Peru: in the current economic climate, concerns about corruption are likely to increase even for MPs supporting President Castillo. https://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/new-blog-why-politicians-downplay-corruption-while-power

New Blog: Why politicians downplay corruption while in power | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)

by: Xavier Romero Vidal and Cristian Márquez Romo Why politicians downplay corruption while in power Corruption is a major challenge for democratic governance.

Xavier Romero Vidal Nov 19, 2022

Lilian Edwards Nov 19, 2022

Completely fascinating a/c by former head of trust&safety at Twitter of overwhelming power of app stores even over platforms & the arbitrariness of their rules ( h/t @joris )

"the most direct explanation is that platform policies are shaped by the preferences of a small group of predominantly American tech executives".

When can we see human rights and rule of law applied to platforms? Capricious autocracy can't rule the internet for ever. Aux barricades les citoyens!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html

Opinion | What’s Twitter’s Future? The Former Head of Trust And Safety Weighs In

Elon Musk’s brand of radical transformation has unavoidable limits.

The New York Times