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April 17, 2020
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jonathan Mummolo, recipient of the Arthur H. Scribner Bicentennial Preceptorship. In 1950, a bequest of Arthur H. Scribner of the Class of 1881 was assigned to
Melissa Lee
April 16, 2020
Professor Melissa Lee discuses COVID-19 in developing countries. How these countries can best respond, what tools they need most, and what could hamper their efforts to contain Covid-19.
Portraits of Ismail White and Corrine McConnaughy
April 7, 2020
Ismail White and Corrine McConnaughy, both scholars in American politics, will join the Department of Politics in 2020-2021
Silhouette of two children running through a cloud of ones and zeros.
April 1, 2020
The machine learning techniques scientists use to predict outcomes from large datasets may fall short when it comes to projecting the outcomes of people’s lives, according to a mass collaborative
Portrait photo of Prof. Melissa Lee
March 31, 2020
Melissa Lee's new book Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State
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March 30, 2020
Robert P. George in Conversation with Nicholas A. Christakis
Leonard Wantchekon
March 26, 2020
Professor Leonard Wantchekon and 19 other economists co-signed a letter to the G20 leaders emphasizing the need for swift assistance to vulnerable emerging and developing countries impacted by the COVID-19
Portrait photo of Prof. Melissa Lee
March 23, 2020
Professor Melissa Lee has been named the 2020-21 Lightning Scholar of Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania's hub for global affairs. The Perry World House Lightning Scholars Program gives
COVID-19
March 20, 2020
Latest information for members of the Politics Department about COVID-19
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March 4, 2020
From Hungary to the UK, mainstream conservatives have capitulated to the authoritarianism of the far right.
Laura Hausman and Cassie Rodriguez
March 2, 2020
Laura Hausman '20 and Cassie Rodriguez '19 are two of eleven Princeton students selected to join the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), which funds graduate fellowships and undergraduate
Andy Guess standing in a hallway
February 21, 2020
Professor Andrew Guess has recieved funding from the Social Science Research Council to study the proliferation of "fake news".
Elizabeth Tsurkov outside
February 17, 2020
Graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov publishes two articles on the war in Syria based on her in the field observations.
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February 14, 2020
Professors Ali Valenzuela and LaFleur Stephens-Dougan participated in a panel discussion titled "Race and Politics in 2020" at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.
Jeremy Darrington
February 12, 2020
The Pace Center for Civic Engagement speaks with Politics Librarian Jeremy Darrington on his role in helping students and faculty with their research.
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February 4, 2020
The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism: Japan and the World Order Edited by Yoichi Funabashi and G. John Ikenberry Japan’s challenges and opportunities in a new era of uncertainty
Man in a newsroom
February 3, 2020
Professor Keith Whittington discusses his initial reaction to the Senate's departure from historical precedent in the lack of impeachment witnesses with NBC.
Atul Kohli
January 31, 2020
Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the United States Shaped the Global Periphery
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January 30, 2020
Professor Jan-Werner Müller looks at the history and current role of the supranational organization of Christian Democracy in European Union politics.
Knox in front of a window, Mummolo in front of a fireplace
January 29, 2020
Professors Dean Knox and Jonathan Mummolo work to have the record corrected on a police bias study based on logical fallacies and unsound statistical reasoning.