2026
- Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir. By Omer Aijazi. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. 284p.By: Steven VanderheidenAbstract: Ethnographer of disaster and decolonialism Omer Aijazi book Atmospheric Violence
- Global Justice and the Biodiversity Crisis: by Chris Armstrong, Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2024By: Steve VanderheidenAbstract: Anthropogenic environmental change, especially when of a scale that could without hyperbole be called a
- Transforming Texas-style commodification: Sovereignty, resilience, and energy justiceBy: Whiskey Sours, Steve VanderheidenAbstract: We examine the 2021 collapse of the Texas electrical grid as a case study of vulnerabilities introduced by the
- Through the Grapevine: Socially Transmitted Information and Distorted Democracy. By Taylor N. Carlson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024. 207p.By: Anand Edward SokheyAbstract: If you study American politics or political behavior, you
- How Exiles Mobilize Domestic DissentBy: Elizabeth R Nugent, Alexandra A SiegelAbstract:How can exiles mobilize dissent back home? We argue that internet communication technologies enable exiles to play an instigator role in domestic contentious
- Easy to Produce, Hard to Persuade: The Asymmetric Effects of AI on the Online Information EcosystemBy: Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer Pan, Alexandra Siegel, Yamil VelezAbstract:The hype around large language models and other forms of AI has led to
- Responding to criticism: Autocratic states and treaty reservation withdrawalBy: Kelebogile Zvobgo, Megan Shannon, Cody D EldredgeAbstract:Autocracies, like democracies, use reservations to adjust their treaty commitments. But autocracies receive far
- How Partisan Policies Can Shape Health Behaviors: Executive Order Proof-of-Vaccine Mandate Bans Increased COVID-19 VaccinationsBy: Deena N Brosi, Gregory Tung, Beth M McManus, Srinivas Parinandi, Glen P MaysAbstract:COVID-19 vaccine resistance was
- Who Claims Fraud? Correlates of State Legislators' Voter Fraud ClaimsBy: Samantha Register, Srinivas Parinandi, Alexandra A SiegelAbstract: State legislators play a key role in election administration, but have increasingly challenged the
- What is the effect of political influencers on TikTok? Early results from a field experiment with young adultsBy: Abdelaziz Alsharawy, Robert Anstett, Michelangelo LandgraveAbstract: Politicians from both major political parties in the United