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

Fall 2025 presentations for the IR Graduate Research Seminar
DatePresenter(s)Topic(s)/Title(s)Discussant(s)
James VreelandWelcomeN/A
Harshal ZalkeCoordinating Development Under Political RiskJob Talk
Christian BaehrEnergy Transitions and Political Transformation: Evidence from the Shale Oil RevolutionJob Talk
Manasi BoseRebel Governance and International Engagement: The Material Payoffs of Rebel Political InstitutionalizationJob Talk
Fiona BareThe Political Economy of Climate Finance: Information, Incentives, and Institutional DelayJob Talk
Rikio InouyeRacialized Support:  Race Shapes Both Material Evaluations of, and Conflict Support for Asian and Arab Countries Job Talk
 Fall Break 
Hiroto SawadaNatural Disasters, Asymmetric Exposure, and War: Why Empirical Evidence on Climate Conflict Is MixedJob Talk
Tetsekela Anyiam-OsigweFollowing Their Lead? The African Development Bank and the Bretton Woods InstitutionsJob Talk
Min Byung Chae, Shu-Ting Wu, & Liangyuan ZengFreedom Pineapples: Economic Sanctions and Political BacklashN/A
Charlotte FitzekChapter: JapanRikio Inouye
Elizabeth BachmanBelow the Surface: Chinese Influence at the International Seabed AuthorityQuincy Kumfert
 Thanksgiving Week 
 Optional Seminar (TBA) 
 

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Spring 2026

Spring 2026 presentations for the IR Graduate Research Seminar
DatePresenter(s)Topic(s)/Title(s)Discussant(s)
N/AOptional Seminar (TBA)N/A
Sun ShenPresidential Influence and the Making of International Agreements in the U.S.Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe
Yueyi LiManufacturing Value Chain Interdependence and GeopoliticsHiroto Sawada
Liangyuan ZengGray-Zone Coercion and the Limits of Rally Effects (updated 13 Feb 26)Elizabeth Bachman
 No Seminar This Week 
Jingzhi Xu & Quincy KumfertTrade Exposure and Elite-Level Ethnic Integration: Evidence from Malaysia (Xu) & Fossil Fuels and Fish: Economic Determinants of Maritime Territorial Contestation (Kumfert)Fiona Bare & Christian Baehr
 Spring Break 
Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe & Rikio InouyeThe Preferred Partner? How Co-financing with the African Development Bank Shapes Public Perceptions of Foreign Assistance (Anyiam-Osigwe) & From Allies to Neighbors: The Impact of Military Service on Support for Migrant Resettlement (Inouye) 
Hye-Min Yi & Steven HanTBAYueyi Li
Min Byung Chae & Alley McFarlandTBASteven Han & Jingzhi Xu
TBAOptional Seminar (TBA)TBA
Taehwa Hong & Shu-Ting WuTBASun Shen & Hye-Min Yi
TBAOptional Seminar (TBA)TBA