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Thrilled this is out! I document how male elites creatively adapt to electoral reform in Indian village councils. Relevant for thinking about: 1) limits of reforms meant to equalize power, 2) (male) elite capture, 3) "proxy" representatives.View quoted post on X
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Thrilled to continue the young scholar series at the @IdeasofIndia podcast @mercatus, where we invite academic job market candidates working on India to talk about their research. We have a handful of 30-min slots and they fill up within the first few days of announcement.View quoted post on X
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To be considered, please use this google form (takes about 5-7 minutes).
The past editions of the series featured fantastic scholars.👇🏾
The 2024 series featured @RollyKapoor, @DeepikaPadmanab, @sukrit_puri, @deepti_sharma8, Steven @BrownstoneEcon, Aarushi Kalra @chidiya_, Abishek Choutagunta @kaapi_croissant, @Kushagr_Bakshi, Atanu Chatterjee @atanu_xahs
The 2023 series featured @rajatkochhar, Vani Swarupa Murali, @KartikeyaBatra, @kumar_rithika, @Vanisha49, @dunc_webb, @i_sarathpillai, @vatsalecon.
The 2022 series featured fantastic scholars like Khushdeep Malhotra, Anoop Jain @Fruit_noops, @aliz_toth, @raamadhok, @mahimavasishth, @BanerjeeShweta, @nish_vats.
The 2021 series featured fantastic scholars like @arkdevghosh, @tiwari_chhavi, Gaurav Mittal @geo_mittal, @bhumipurohit, @AshishKumarSed1, @karsha, @Dr_NehaG, @KaranBabbar19, @KimFeCramer, @ArchanaDang1, @apuravbhatiya, @radhi_jain.
And it all started in 2020 when we featured work by incredible scholars like @vaishnavisur, @RohitTicku, @tanu_kumar1, @RayProma, @VaidehiTandel, Kunal Mangal @mrgunalan.
I answered a few questions related to the job market series last year. Here’s the link x.com/srajagopalan/s… (7/7)
@kumar_rithika, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at @RiceUniversity, visits @uohpolsci.
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Excited to announce our 2025–26 cohort of Kellogg Visiting Fellows! This dynamic group of scholars and journalists will advance research on global democracy and development at @NotreDame tackling urgent issues from electoral politics in India to media transparency in Latin America. Welcome!
Read more at bit.ly/4d4x97J
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