Ellen M Lust
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@EllenMLust
Founding Director, Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD) and Professor of Political Science. Research primarily on Middle East and Africa.
Fellow interview with @RachaelMcLellan, Assistant Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the @UofGlasgow. In this interview, Rachael tells us about her work in #Tanzania on local control, #decentralization, and authoritarian regimes. 🔗gld.gu.se/en/about-gld/n…
Bonus ep of Governance Uncovered! @HBagdanov joins @EllenMLust to discuss Hannah's GLD Working Paper "Social Norms and Sector-Level Engagement with the State: Evidence from East Jerusalem," and implications of ongoing conflicts in Gaza and the West Bank. 🎧bit.ly/456gLQj
In Governance Uncovered ep.60: @pbhattarai & @EllenMLust discuss local-level quotas in #Nepal for women and Dalits. Prakash is the Executive Director at the Center for Social Change, working on the changing sociopolitical dynamics of Nepalese society. 🎧shows.acast.com/63c7e44c24a704…
The Comparative Politics Section (Section 20) is extending its travel grant deadline to July 15 by 23:59 EDT. Applicants are chosen by lottery by end of July. Apply here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/organization…
Day one of the GLD Competing Authorities workshop, 2024! An interdisciplinary group of scholars has come together to discuss how the salience of diverse arenas of authority and social institutions shapes politics and development. This project is supported by @FMoulayHicham 🧵1/3
In the latest GovernanceUncovered, we focus on governance at a local level in the city where GLD is based - #Gothenburg. With guests from @Goteborgs_Stad (the City of Gothenburg), @chalmersuniv, @goteborgsuni, and @imgoteborg 🧵(1/2)
I can't wait to host @lamamourad here at @BakerInstitute/@RiceUniversity this Thursday. Her talk on the local politics of #refugee hosting in #Lebanon will be hybrid, so please join us online even if you're not in Houston! Registration below ↓
We're looking for a communications intern to join us in the fall of 2024📝 Apply if you want to learn more about social media strategy, research communication, website management, podcast editing, and event planning! gld.gu.se/en/opportuniti… Deadline: May 26
Please send your nominations for the APCG-African Affairs Best Graduate Student Paper Award! We look forward to reading a broad and diverse set of outstanding papers. @TheAPCG @APSAtweets @Sarah_Brierley1 @dyzenhaus
The GLD roundtable on Gender and Local Politics is now up on YouTube! The panelists provided us with insights from #Morocco, #India, and #SouthAfrica - where questions about gender quotas, equality, and political representation are gaining traction. Watch: bit.ly/3UheHRx
Congratulations @dbgreenwald! This masterful book traces how Israel rules the West Bank via the Palestinian Authority, as well as how Palestinian politicians navigate that form of occupation. An unparalleled dive into Israeli domination & Palestinian agency at the local level.
