Please check out my latest substack post on Japanese design, culture, and disaster preparedness! open.substack.com/pub/globalcomm…
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Evan Lieberman
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Evan Lieberman
@evlieb
poli sci prof, director of @MIT_CIS @lab_diversity working on #democracy, #climate #governance, #ethnicity
MIT Katılım Mart 2011
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Reset or Rupture? The future of US-South Africa Relations open.substack.com/pub/globalcomm…
(my foray into the substack-a-verse)
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The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is searching for two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. Please apply! To learn more, visit: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/clie…
@MIT_CIS
@MITPoliSci
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Want to share my recent piece, just published, recognizing the Tocquevillean (outside the federal government) US response to Climate @FT #climateweek ft.com/content/a3d9d2…
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The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is searching for two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. If you are working on policy-relevant scholarship, please apply! To learn more, visit: lnkd.in/efAGtTmw
@MIT_CIS @MITPoliSci
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Our new annual issue of precis is here!
This edition features interviews with CIS Director of Research Mihaela Papa and Wilhelm Fellow Dafna Rand (@dafnahrand), essays on corruption and nuclear intelligence by @johngithongo and Kunal Singh (@d_extrovert), a spotlight on @MIT_SSP’s Center for Nuclear Security Policy, and much more.
Read below:
cis.mit.edu/publications-r…
@MIT_SHASS
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A few others wrote to say that even as Americans, they were rooting for non-Americans, including Joker to win 25 or for Alcaraz or Sinner. So far, no one writing to say they prefer Sabalenka or Swiatek.
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I received lots of great feedback, thx friends, and others. A minute after publication, a groundskeeper wrote to say I'd probably never been to the open because flags are prohibited! Well, I have been. But admit, I may have been remembering images from other tennis tournaments!
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With today's start of women's and men's singles at the #usopen25, I want to share my brief essay that appeared in the @nytimes yesterday. nytimes.com/2025/08/23/opi…
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@LesothoJohn this looks super interesting. look forward to reading it.
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Just received the cover for my latest book! Coming in February 2026 to a bookstore near you in Southern Africa (available in North America and Europe, too), but published in RSA. Exciting stuff!
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Very happy to share that our study of dignity appeals is now out at @PSRMJournal
PSRM Journal@PSRMJournal
🧠Can dignity appeals boost engagement with marginalized groups? ➡️P. Bollen, W. Kymlicka, @evlieb & B. Read show that Facebook ads using dignity language spark positive reactions, but only when targets are not seen as “blameworthy” #article" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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In my Comparative Public Policy PhD course, the leader of today's class (my student Milder) brought up @evlieb's book
(today's class was on comparative health policy).
Great choice!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac…
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Job alert: Looking for lab manager / research associate for @lab_diversity at MIT, which is a great opportunity for recent undergraduates considering a PhD in political science #development #climate #diversity Recent LM's went to Stanford, Yale, Berkeley
careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/clie…
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Good news: I got tenure!! 🥳 Thank you all who helped since my early grad school days!! 🫶 Advisors, coauthors, colleagues, friends, family...
Bad news: That means I'm no longer a junior scholar
youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3XMO…
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Looking forward to presenting research (joint with @DevinCaughey and Preston Johnston) on ethnicity and climate attitudes in Africa at the @USC Comparative Politics workshop tomorrow.
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Thank you to our speakers @juliettekayyem, @KoriSchake, and @evlieb for their insightful analysis of President Trump's first 100 days in office. In case you missed it, watch here: youtu.be/osl65UXxNJI?si…
@MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci
@AEI @Kennedy_School @BelferCenter #StarrForum
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I am looking forward to this event on Wednesday @MIT_CIS, when I'll be moderating a discussion with two leading analysts Kori Schake (AEI) and Juliette Kayyem (HKS), focused on US Foreign Policy under President Trump
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#EVENTALERT: Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days, April 16, 5:30 PM, MIT 45-230 Experts @juliettekayyem & @KoriSchake will analyze Trump’s first 100 days. Evan Lieberman (@evlieb), director of CIS, will moderate. Learn more: bit.ly/StarrForumTrump
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I am looking forward to welcoming Dr. Dafna Hochman Rand and Ambassador Harsh Shringla to @MIT_CIS next year as our Wilhelm fellows. They each bring extraordinary experience and insights and I am certain we will all learn a lot from having them in our midst.
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CIS is honored to announce Dr. Dafna H. Rand and Ambassador Harsh V. Shringla as the 2025-2026 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellows. Dr. Rand held senior roles in the US State Department and Ambassador Shringla is the former foreign secretary of India. Learn more: cis.mit.edu/news-media/new…
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I've traveled to #SouthAfrica 20+ times since '91, wrote 3 books about the country. While I have many White South African friends and have met many farmers, I can assure you that they don't rank in the top 1000 of minority groups we should worry about. nytimes.com/2025/03/07/wor…
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My piece on the remarkable parallels between turn-of-the-20th century South Africa and the United States today. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…
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