Melina Platas
@melinaplatas
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Political scientist @NYUAbuDhabi. Research on education, health, and air quality in Africa. @HooverInst National Fellow in 2024-25. Cover art by @lagendan
Abu Dhabi
Joined April 2011
Who is hungry?
ICYMI: "It is less likely that the materials used in this year’s census will be found being used as food wrappers but the integrity of the data, like the taste of the rolex, will be in the eating"- Dr Melina Platas on May 22, 2024. #MonitorUpdates
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RT @AAgather: Now that I have taken it all in, let me take this opportunity to thank you all for the congratulatory messages over my appear…
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Kampala, things are not okay! "Researchers from Makerere University have linked 7,257 deaths in Kampala in the last four years to air pollution." @DailyMonitor Get air quality info from @AirQoProject app, or Current readings:
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@GerardoMunck @sarahsunnbush Thank you so much, @GerardoMunck, I very much agree. I hope the conversation continues.
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This project started as a curiosity/frustration with democracy ratings, and wondering whether country experts might assess regime type in systematically different ways. I'm glad to finally be able to share the results, and grateful for my amazing co-author @sarahsunnbush
New article with @melinaplatas published #openaccess @cps_journal: “National Identity and Democracy Ratings” - here's a short🧵with some of our findings 1/
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@lukusem I personally think his journal (or a section thereof) should be required reading in schools. It's just one account of course, and we need many from each angle, but it is an important one, and telling.
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I could not have asked for a more thoughtful, generous, and inspiring mentor and advisor, and I'm thrilled for him as he begins this next chapter. @Kennedy_School is very fortunate indeed.
We’re excited to share that Jeremy M. Weinstein, a renowned scholar of political science, experienced academic leader, and dedicated public servant will become dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on July 1.
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Kampala has higher levels of air pollution than most realize. @DailyMonitor interviews @UWMadison @NelsonInstitute PhD candidate @DorothyLsoto to learn more. Video and special report @AirQoProject
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RT @ivansewajje: Startup Partnerships are gold ! Look at @MobicastMedia , leveraging their digital billboards to amplify @AirQoProject's a…
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I hadn't seen you in so long, but no one who had the good fortune to cross your path would ever forget you. I'm thankful we bumped into each other on this planet, however briefly. You will be missed.
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She isn't on Twitter, but congratulations to Elisabeth Anderson for this wonderful recognition of her book, Agents of Reform: Child Labor and the Origins of the Welfare State You are fabulous and I'm so thankful to have you as a friend and colleague.
👏 Elisabeth Anderson wins the 2023 Stein Rokkan Prize for enriching our understanding of the origins of the welfare state through the history of the middle-class struggle against child labour. @UiB @ECPR @NYUAbuDhabi @PrincetonUPress @ASAnews @socscihist
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Thanks to @AirQoProject for organizing this panel!
Great insights shared this morning at #COP28! We had a great panel session this morning discussing pathways for scaling up Africa-led interventions to manage #AirPollution. #COP28UAE
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RT @AirQoProject: How can digital technologies accelerate #ClimateAction? Join us at #COP28 as we discuss the potential for leveraging #AI…
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Thank you for this important piece, @okellogab256!
Happy to share this Spotlight on Air Pollution in Africa. Areas for urgent action include: continuous air monitoring, investment in clean energy, improved solid waste mgt, investment in environmentally friendly technology and infrastructure improvements.
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