Other Writing
This Week in Social Science
I co-write a weekly research newsletter called This Week in Social Science. You can find it on my Substack. We summarize two social science articles each week, saying what the researchers did, what they found, and why it matters.
EI Research Partners: Insights
Reducing the influence of false information
The effects of repression on nonprofit organizations
Bureau of Democracy, Rights, and Governance
Some of my writing while at USAID was for public consumption. I’ve posted some of that writing here.
NOTE: The United States Agency for International Development has been shut down, so the public links to these writings may break in the near future.
Monthly “Learning Digest” Newsletter
A Case for Democracy (Part 1): Public Goods Provision, Social Protections, Education, and Health.
A Case for Demoracy (Part 2): Economic Growth, Global Peace, Climate Change, and Transparency.
Democratization and Backsliding: Theories and Evidence.
Democracy Metrics 2024: Soul Searching Amidst Decline.
Democracy Metrics 2023: Stagnation, Resilience, and Controversy.
Democracy Metrics 2022: Understanding Global Trends in Democracy and Governance.
Democracy Metrics 2021: Democracy Under Threat.
Democracy Metrics Survey Edition: Findings from International Surveys.
Weekly “Facty Friday” Newsletter
I founded USAID’s weekly research newsletter, Facty Friday. Facty Friday summarized two academic studies in 300 words or less each week, telling readers what the researchers did, what they found, and why it matters for international development. My colleagues and I wrote these every week for almost three years and posted them on DRGLinks as a public good for the international development community.
If DRGLinks is taken down and you’d like access Facty Friday, contact me by email: cdgrady21[at]gmail[dot]com.