@briangknight and I are excited to announce the 3rd Northeast Political Economy Conference (NPEC), Oct 2, 2026 @BrownUniversity.
Interdisciplinary (Econ Poli Sci), 8 presentations, with keynotes by @RDancygier and Jesse Shapiro.
Please submit by June 5 forms.gle/8awQHipn9PdSPxUf6
@briangknight and I are excited to announce the 3rd Northeast Political Economy Conference (NPEC), Oct 2, 2026 @BrownUniversity.
Interdisciplinary (Econ Poli Sci), 8 presentations, with keynotes by @RDancygier and Jesse Shapiro.
Please submit by June 5 forms.gle/8awQHipn9PdSPxUf6
📢📢 Hiring: Research Assistant in Applied Political Economy
I am looking for an RA to support ongoing research in applied political economy on topics of state surveillance and political violence.
To apply, please complete this Google Form forms.gle/dcJ1Ta82hoZGLsut7 and upload: your CV, one-paragraph explaining your interest and availability, a coding sample
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as possible.
🚨Last few days to submit to PEEP - the 4th Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference. We (@gemmadipoppa@abwiedemann, Miguel Pereira and I) look forward to reading your submissions and to see you at Harvard on Sep 2nd! Submit at the link below
In #Iran il terrore della gente, stretta tra i raid e le minacce del regime. In esclusiva al Tg1 il racconto di una donna di Teheran che ha superato – non senza difficoltà – i continui blocchi di internet. 
#Tg1 Perla Di Poppa
📣 Call for Papers📣
Political Economy of Europe Pre-Conference (PEEP)
📍 Harvard University | Sept 2 (day before #APSA)
🗓 Deadline: March 1
📩 lnkd.in/e8DRkFWZ
co-organized with @abwiedemann (Princeton), @mariacarreri (Bocconi), and Miguel Pereira (LSE)
This is the 4th iteration of the conference - program from last year below.
We welcome observational, experimental and formal theory work on Europe.
Looking forward to reading your submissions!
Thrilled to see our paper on “Spending Limits, Public Funding, and Election Outcomes” published in the @JEEA_News! 👇👇
We investigate the effects of far-reaching campaign finance rules, with @Nikolaj_Broberg and @ClemenceTricaud.
Short thread on what we do and find (1/n).
1/ All states monitor the political activity of their citizens. But who do they choose to surveil, and why?
We study this question with the universe of Italian political surveillance files: 152,000 individuals born 1816–1932, across democracy and autocracy.
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Studying the logic of state surveillance based on the universe of Italian files finds that states target educated and subaltern groups, with mobilization and radical change potential, from @gemmadipoppa and Annalisa Pezone nber.org/papers/w34492
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🎯 Takeaway:
States use surveillance as a preventive tool against the empowerment of educated but excluded groups.
👉 As excluded groups gain political empowerment, surveillance may recreate inequalities by silencing them just as they gain political voice.