Sebastian Elischer
@elischerafricaAssociate Prof of PoliSci at UF. Kellogg fellow (2021-2022) at ND. Editor@ASRJournal. Tweets do not represent my views or the views of my employer.
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🚨 @CambridgeHPS is partnering with @CRASSHlive for funded Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South in 2026. The theme for applications is Science, Politics and Justice. The deadline for applications is 24 February 2025. crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/fello…
My article @PoPpublicsphere What does it mean to authentically engage in field site&with academia when certain aspects of our true being deviate from established norms in both? Grateful to 🤍interviewees who shared their insights on fieldwork in patriarchal authoritarian contexts
#OpenAccess from @PoPpublicsphere - “Like Us, but Not Quite Us”: Researching Gender Politics in Autocratic Contexts - cup.org/4hpxeEV - @nerminallam #FirstView
Les Gabonais votent pour adopter ou rejeter le projet de Constitution fr.allafrica.com/view/group/mai… #Gabon
Apply for the CSIS Africa Program Spring Internship by 11/24 at 11pm EST careers.csis.org/opportunities/…
Belated advertisement of my recently published paper on the history of wealth inequality in Kenya. A couple of years ago I went down a rabbit hole and started digitizing public notices of inheritances under probate in Kenya.
I will probably never run a real marathon. But I just finished my academic marathon: I published a book :) global.oup.com/academic/produ… Keep reading if you are interested in authoritarianism and/or Russia. Link to a free chapter at the end of the thread.
My latest for @AfricaACSS: Demystifying External Actor Influence in Africa’s Technology Sector. Across Africa’s tech stack, U.S.-based enterprises account for 9 and China-based enterprises account for 6 of the largest providers. 1/2 africacenter.org/spotlight/exte…
This might be my last post here! Shameless self-promotion. Latest article on #climatechange and #security in the #Sahel open access @AfrAfJournal Take a look than join me/us where the sky is blue! doi.org/10.1093/afraf/…
📢 Don't miss this expert webinar on “#Africa & the #Geopolitics of #AI” that I will be chairing on Nov 19, 2 pm GMT (3 pm CET). Hosted by @blavatnikschool & @CIGIonline with speakers from @NEPAD_agency, @MicrosoftAfrica, @gcg_ai, @3genDR Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Don't miss out on this guide on how to run surveys: on creating your own identifying variation: more than 80 pages and an Appendix with examples including social desirability, vignettes, information treatments and more.
📣Blog post alert: Jacob Gerner Hariri & @AsgerWingender document that rulers outside of Western Europe were strengthened by advanced arms technology at a time when societies were weakly modernized and political demands limited ("coercive imbalance")⬇️jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/arms-and-the-d…
So yet another ruling party falls in Southern Africa, in #Mauritius. Big losses for ruling parties in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and now Mauritius. All eyes on Namibia at the end of the month...
In Mali's new law, homosexuality is punishable by 7 years in prison plus a fine of 500 thousand CFA francs (~US$1000).
Mohamed Dramane Traoré, Chargé de mission au ministère de la Justice révèle : " L'homosexualité est sanctionnée dans le code pénal à 7ans de prison et 500 milles FCFA d'amende "news.abamako.com/h/296729.html
Swapo could be the next former liberation movement to lose its grip on power dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-1…
Resolute says CEO Terry Holohan and two other company executives were “unexpectedly detained” by government officials after meetings with local tax authorities on Friday
In light of the past week, this recent paper by @AdamPrzeworski merits a re-read. The argument that “democracy’s defenders must offer a forward-looking perspective that seeks to improve representative institutions” is particularly relevant. Free download: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…
Mali's ruling junta on Friday arrested four employees of Australian miner Resolute Mining including the company’s CEO Terry Holohan. Miners in Mali face growing pressure from the cash-strapped junta seeking to raise funds from its mining operations mining.com/web/resolute-m…
Across 30 African countries, popular trust in key institutions has been on a steady downward trajectory for the past decade. See Afrobarometer’s latest in @thecontinent_ #Trust #Confidence #VoicesAfrica
I so much look forward to the spring semester, when Biden's national security and foreign affairs teams will all become Professors of Practice in elite schools and teach the next generation how to run the world
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