IR Graduate Research Seminar
Faculty Leader
James Vreeland
Meeting Day/Time
Tuesdays, 11:50 AM – 1:10 PM
Location
Robertson 002
Papers are due by 12:00 PM on the Friday before each seminar and will be posted immediately afterwards. Members of the department may download them by clicking the presentation title in the table below.
2025–2026 Schedule of Presentations
Fall 2025
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic(s)/Title(s) | Discussant(s) |
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| James Vreeland | Welcome | N/A | |
| Harshal Zalke | Coordinating Development Under Political Risk | Job Talk | |
| Christian Baehr | Energy Transitions and Political Transformation: Evidence from the Shale Oil Revolution | Job Talk | |
| Manasi Bose | Rebel Governance and International Engagement: The Material Payoffs of Rebel Political Institutionalization | Job Talk | |
| Fiona Bare | The Political Economy of Climate Finance: Information, Incentives, and Institutional Delay | Job Talk | |
| Rikio Inouye | Racialized Support: Race Shapes Both Material Evaluations of, and Conflict Support for Asian and Arab Countries | Job Talk | |
| Fall Break | |||
| Hiroto Sawada | TBA | Job Talk | |
| Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe | TBA | TBA | |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Charlotte Fitzek | TBA | TBA | |
| Elizabeth Bachman | TBA | TBA | |
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Spring 2026
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| Spring Break | |||
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