Research on Tap: Inequality in the United States
Inequality in the United States Research on Tap: Meet, Greet, and Learn Series Hosted by Spencer Piston, Assistant Professor, Political Science, CAS This Research on Tap event will bring together faculty from across BU who seek to understand the root causes of inequity in the contemporary United States. Faculty will share their latest research findings […]
Student-Faculty Forum: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
The Associate Provost & Dean of Students, Kenneth Elmore, invites BU faculty and students to the upcoming Boston University Student-Faculty Forum: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Learning from Long-Lasting Social Conflicts moderated by Virginia Sapiro, Professor of Political Science and Dean of Arts & Sciences Emerita. Panelists: Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of […]
Hariri Meet Our Fellows Talk Featuring Prof Palmer
Please join the Hariri Institute for Computing on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 for a Wednesday@Hariri/Meet Our Fellows event. The presentation will feature Junior Faculty Fellow Maxwell Palmer, an assistant professor in the Political Science Department. Using statistical, geographic, and simulation analyses, Maxwell explores different ways of identifying and quantifying gerrymanders and shows how these techniques […]
Menino Survey of Mayors in the News
Yesterday the Initiative on Cities released the 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors in Washington, D.C. Professors Einstein, Glick and Palmer (all members of the Department of Political Science) are the principal investigators for the survey, which is funded by Citi and a new grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. The survey team also includes Prof Wilson, […]
Grad Student Winger Publishes on Nixon Doctrine
Graduate student Gregory Winger recently published an article in the Journal of Cold War Studies, “The Nixon Doctrine and U.S. Relations with the Republic of Afghanistan, 1973–1978.” Read more here https://muse.jhu.edu/article/683664 Abstract: The overthrow of the monarchy in Afghanistan in 1973 was a seminal moment in the country’s history and in U.S. policy in Central […]
Profs Kriner & Christenson on Unilateral Action in AJPS
Professors Kriner and Christenson have published an article in the latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science. In their piece, Mobilizing the Public Against the President: Congress and the Political Costs of Unilateral Action, they explore the ability of Congress to constrain unilateral action by the president. Abstract Prior scholarship overlooks the capacity […]
Prof Perez on Catalonia’s Turmoil in the Monkey Cage
Professor Sofia Perez recently published an article in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage: “Catalonia is still in the grip of turmoil. Here’s what you need to know.” Read it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/10/09/catalonia-is-still-in-the-grip-of-turmoil-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
Profs Einstein & Glick Publish on State-Local Conflict
Professors Einstein and Glick recently published an article, “Cities in American Federalism: Evidence on State–Local Government Conflict from a Survey of Mayors,” in Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Abstract Previous scholarship on American federalism has largely focused on the national government’s increasingly conflictual relationship with the states. While some studies have explored the rise of […]
Prof Kriner Wins Back-to-Back Neustadt Awards & the Fenno Prize
Professor Douglas Kriner’s book (co-authored with Eric Schickler), Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power, has won the 2017 Richard E. Neustadt Award given for the best book on executive politics published during the year. This is the second time Prof Kriner has won this prestigious award, also receiving it last year for his […]
Prof Cappella Zielinski’s Book Wins the Jervis & Schroeder Award
Professor Rosella Cappella Zielinski recently received The Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award from the International History and Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association, for her book How States Pay for Wars. Summary Armies fight battles, states fight wars. To focus solely on armies is to neglect the […]