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🚨 New Paper w/ @YoshikuniOno, conditionally accepted @PolBehavior 🎉 Why are elected officials often much older than voters? We use age manipulation software to uncover voters' age biases. Surprise: Voters (even older ones) like young candidates! 👦🏻👨🏻👴🏻 charlesmcclean.com/s/How-Do-…
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Pleased that my paper “Paper Pusher or President’s Guard: Contentious Action in Syria’s Revolution” has been conditionally accepted at the Journal of Peace Research The latest version is online here: osf.io/preprints/osf/9c5vu_v…
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A @usnews story yesterday, "U.S. Lawmakers Are Oldest of Any Democracy. Here's Why," cited my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer (both quoted) on youth representation and democratic legitimacy. Paper: charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-R… usnews.com/news/best-countri…

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Now underway: Anna Yorozuya and I are delighted to kick off the Japan Conference for Social Scientists @YaleMacMillan. The conference brings together 23 participants for two days of discussion. More details here: macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/…
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Excited to share my new article with Don Lee @ElectoralStdies Using a conjoint experiment during an electoral reform debate in Korea, we show that women and young people favor reforms that strengthen representation—but not at any cost to accountability. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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今年初の論文が公刊されました。若者は投票に行かないと言われますが、人生初の選挙では投票に行く確率が10%高くなることを示しました。投票率を1割も上げる要因は他に中々ないと思います。 (1/4) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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On Thursday, I'll be @georgetownsfs for a conference, where I'll discuss why young voters have backed Takaichi and what this tells us about social change and politics in Japan. If you're in DC, hope you can join us! 📅 events.georgetown.edu/event/…
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Coming to @MPSAnet - wondering what you will do? Attend 2 AWESOME events. The first is a one-of-a-kind "Featured Books event" featuring books by Kate Baldwin @amycatalinac @lschiume @KuipersNicholas Christina Wolbrecht and Dave Campbell👇
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Happy to share my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer has won the @SPPQJournal Best Paper Award from @APSA_SPP We find that including younger representatives in decision-making bodies can boost perceptions of fairness and institutional trust charlesmcclean.com/s/Youth-R…
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REMINDER: Applications are open for the CSIS Japan Chair summer internship. The priority deadline is Friday, April 10, 2026. For more information, visit careers.csis.org/opportuniti…
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For the final event in our @YaleMacMillan #Japan series this semester, I'm looking forward to hosting @photograshiori this Monday (4/6) for a screening of her award-winning documentary @bbd_movie, followed by a Q&A. 🎬 shioriito.com/films 📅 macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/…
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Today, we're delighted to welcome Hilary Holbrow (@hamiltonlugar) as the next speaker in our #Japan series @YaleMacMillan. She'll discuss her new book on women and immigrants in corporate Japan. 📕 cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo… 📅 macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/…
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Thank you to @JimRaymo, @PrincetonGJL, and @PUPolitics for hosting me yesterday to present new research with @strauszm on population aging and democratic representation. Really appreciated the great conversation and thoughtful comments.
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JSPQS夏季集会の報告募集が公表されました。7/4-5@一橋です。ふるってご参加ください! sites.google.com/view/jsqps/…
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Applications are open for the CSIS Japan Chair summer internship. The priority deadline is Friday, April 10, 2026. For more information, visit careers.csis.org/opportuniti…
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Call for Submissions: AI for Social Science Methodology @yaledatascience • Keynote: @NAChristakis • Panel with editors of leading journals on publishing AI research • Mentoring roundtables for early-career scholars • Generous travel support Discussion-driven, high-quality research. 📩 Submit your work: yalefds.swoogo.com/socialsci… Please share with colleagues working at the AI × social science frontier! @Yale @PopAssocAmerica
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Excited to host Christina Davis (@Harvard_GovDept @HarvardUSJapan) on Monday (March 2) as the next speaker in our #Japan series @YaleMacMillan. She’ll present new research on how WTO rulings shape business confidence in global supply chains. macmillan.yale.edu/eastasia/…
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This morning, I joined @KristiGovella and @nszechenyi at the @CSIS @JapanChair to discuss the outcome of Japan's snap election. The video is now posted if you’d like to watch: youtube.com/live/xF1F3JSM-fo…
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