What are people’s favorite recent poli sci articles that have a cool empirical approach? I’m teaching a PhD-level seminar in applied methods (experiments, causal inference, and some survey + measurement). I’m updating the syllabus looking for recommendations. Self-recommendations are welcome!

Would love to see the syllabus!

Disinfo. All the Twitter accounts tracking it, when the API was still free, before Elmo. See @rvawonk.bsky.social as one example. See her article about Russian influence in Canadian occupation (Ottawa, international bridges) & early days of massive disinfo (circa 2016)

Not an experiment, but this article with Tessa Provins and Nate Monroe tests for parameters falling in particular intervals, rather than typical directional hypothesis tests. www.davidfortunato.com/jop2022.pdf

Self-rec of my recent article on refugee social networks. Might be useful for those interested in experiments, networks effects, and integrating fieldwork and experimental design www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On process-tracing combined with other approaches, I would recommend @melinscribe.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Basically a DiD design, but good goly was it cool how they did it.