Robert Kubinec
@rmkubinec
Political scientist @UofSC Research: business politics/corruption, Middle East politics, measurement, Bayesian statistics/@mcmc_stan, #rstats.
I am on bsky at bsky.app/profile/rmkubi… The site is still developing but it's already proven to be quite useful and a lot less of the weird/terrifying content on there
Excited to contribute to this symposium on the Politics of Time in MENA! #MENA #ArabSpring Find full piece here: zenodo.org/records/153892… #APSAMENA 🧵
We have a new Ph.D. candidate in the house! Congratulations to Greg Nelson, who successfully defended his dissertation proposal this week! His work on women's rights policies in authoritarian regimes is 🔥
Hot off the presses! The new issue of American Politics Research features an article by Dr. Jessica Schoenherr and @MilesArmaly! Curious about how judicial friendship affects people's perceptions of the Supreme Court? Keep reading! (it's open access!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring dlvr.it/THckd2
As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring theconversation.com/as-syria-ponde…
Hot off the presses from Professor @rmkubinec!
My latest in @ConversationUS: What lessons does political science have for rebuilding Syria? I draw 5 lessons from a diverse scholarship on Islamists, corruption, democracy, militaries, and bureaucracies. And NO mention of Trump in the article 😁. (link below)👇
who's gonna tell him how inflation works
JUST IN: President Trump says he will "demand that interest rates drop immediately."
🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 The Political Science Graduate Symposium at USC has extended the submission deadline for American Politics, Public Policy/Admin, and Theory to January 15, 2025! Submit your abstract now: tinyurl.com/2vzfufas Let’s make this an event to remember!
those effects ain't random, bro
Is fluoride exposure associated with lower IQ scores in children? jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… A new systematic review of 74 studies says yes. The accompanying editorial says it's time to reassess fluoride exposure jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… @JAMAPediatrics
The first NYUAD student whose thesis on Tunisia I supervised spent the past 7 months in arbitrary detention there. He's Danish & was a freelance journalist focused on migration. He's telling the story here & his words in this screenshot couldn't be truer: schooloftunisia.substack.com/p/introduction…
After spending the better half of 2024 subjected to a bogus criminal investigation and arbitrary detainment in the form of a travel ban in Tunisia, I finally made it out in late December. 7 months of being afraid to speak for repercussions is a lot, but now, that's over 🧵⬇️