🚨 New research paper: *Rulers on the Road*. We map emperors’ itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire from 719 to 1519 and shed light on how they projected power without centralized bureaucracies. Very fun project with @claranw.bsky.social@andrejkokkonen.bsky.socialshorturl.at/npKQ4

We are looking for a postdoc to join our team 😊✨ perfect for those interested in historical state formation, historical geospatial data, etc. Gothenburg has a great research environment. Get in touch if you have any questions!

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 I'm hiring two postdocs (2-3 years) for a research project on political polarization hosted at @aarhusuni.bsky.social#AcademicSky#PhDChatinternational.au.dk/about/profil...

Two postdoctoral positions in research project on political polarization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

Thank you too!! Also for inviting me to join here :) :)

Absolutely :) done!

Thank you! :)

Hence, certain hierarchies and leadership roles may persist as relics of precolonial times across colonial regimes. However, persistent functional governing activity and relevance are more restricted to areas previously under indirect colonial rule. /end

The most pronounced differences in persistence between former French and British colonies are in 1) functional differentiation and 2) the importance of traditional authorities for the everyday lives of group members.

We find a robust link between past and present institutions that is almost exclusively driven by the institutions of ethnic groups in former British colonies.

We match Murdock’s famous “ethnographic atlas” data on precolonial jurisdictional hierarchy with contemporary measures of the political complexity of ethnic groups’ traditional institutions.