Faculty Alumni Political Science
Former CIA Director William J. Burns to Keynote 2025 Hagel Lecture
With his recent role as the head of the U.S. intelligence community, Burns offers intimate insight into how world leaders think — and how their intera...
March 5, 2025
Faculty Alumni Political Science CIR
Rochelle Terman received 2025 Dean’s Early Career Research Award
By Aubrey Christofersen The 2025 winner of the Annual Dean’s Early Career Research Award has been announced as Assistant Professor Rochelle Terman of ...
February 26, 2025
Income inequality has led to an erosion of democracy in countries around the world
A study in PNAS sheds light on why democracy is more often threatened by elected presidents and prime ministers in the 21st century than by military c...
January 7, 2025
Faculty Political Science Announcements
Deadly Force explores when, where, and whom police shoot in America’s largest cities
New book is an effort to place facts before policy debate, while also making the call for greater police department transparency.By Sarah Steimer As d...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Student Political Economy Political Science Announcements
College Students Co-author Scholarly Article on Climate Change Attitudes
The final quarter of a Social Science Inquiry sequence, taught by Andrew Eggers, saw students collaborating on the design and execution of a social sc...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Student Political Science Political Economy Announcements
Pathways in World Politics previews international relations studies at a research university
Over three weeks, high school students explore world politics in a university environment, and with research-focused professors teaching the course, l...
January 13, 2025
Political Science Announcements In the News
New Foreign Policy new rankings place UChicago’s Political Science and CIR in the top 15
The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute has long partnered with Foreign Policy t...
August 2, 2024
Political Science Announcements In the News
Project Syndicate - Sue Stokes discusses how inequality spurs democratic backsliding
CHICAGO – With November’s election in the United States fast approaching, Democrats continue to debate whether to campaign on the economy or the futur...
December 10, 2024
Political Science In the News Announcements
Mother Jones – Robert Pape discusses the SCOTUS immunity ruling and the prospects for political violence
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from prosecution for crimes he allegedly committed while ...
July 5, 2024
Faculty Political Science Announcements
Michael Albertus discusses land reform and South Africa’s election
For the first time since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is poised to lose its governing majori...
May 28, 2024