New version of our paper on cycles in choice experiments. Lots of cutting to get word count down, so more in the appendix. Check out Appendix B4 for a new section breaking down some of the other estimators recently proposed in the lit. osf.io/preprints/soca…

Politicisation undermines the responsiveness of intl. institutions: 👇our WEP Journal article on when the EU Commission responds to public opinion over policy integration w. Aleksandra Khokhlova Anastasia Ershova Fabian David Schmidt Goran Glavaš (EUINACTION Political Science Leiden) doi.org/10.1080/014023…

This recent article in Trouw is a much-belated, and quite balanced, discussion of the label 'Global South' [in Dutch, gated]. I shared some of my concerns about using the label (which I still find inaccurate, homogenizing and misleading) for the piece. trouw.nl/buitenland/het…

Our #EP2024 Voter-Advice-Application is now live (w/ EUMatrix.eu). You vote on 20 issues and we "match" you to the MEPs & national/Euro parties based on how they voted. Currently in English, but available next week in all official EU languages. Have fun! eurompmatch.eu

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New evidence from a high-quality field experiment: Even prolonged contact (through vocational training programs) is insufficient to improve relations between migrants and locals in conflict settings. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

How much data do you need to conduct an informative staggered diff-in-diff? In our new working paper Florian Hollenbach 🤷🏻‍♂️ and I simulate the power of #DiD estimators, and find that you might need *a lot*, even to detect large effects. We also provide suggestions for improving power 1/

Today we released the first papers from OpenResearch's Unconditional income Study, which gave 1k ppl $1k/mo for 3 yrs & had a N=2k control group This 🧵 is for RCT nerds: how did we measure the cash's fx? Learn about 96% response rates, blood draws, changing a state law & more..

Prejudice is often rooted in misperceptions: that the outgroup are lazy, unpatriotic, etc. Our new field experiment asks: to reduce misperceptions, is it better to become close with one outgroup member (deep contact), or to have brief encounters with many (broad contact)?