Professor Mayers Publishes in Diplomacy and Statecraft
The current issue of Diplomacy and Statecraft (September 2015) contains an essay by David Mayers, “Humanity in 1948: The Genocide Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” By approving prohibitions on genocide and embracing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations in 1948 sustained a theory premised on the centrality of […]
Two Faculty Members and a Ph.D. Student Publish Together in the APSR
Three members of the department — Professor John Gerring, Assistant Professor Max Palmer, and Ph.D. student Dominic Zarecki have an article together in the latest issue of the American Political Science Review (with a fourth colleague, Jan Teorell from Lund University). The article, titled “Demography and Democracy: A Global, District-level Analysis of Electoral Contestation” investigates […]
PhD Student, Brian Smith, Publishes Article
Brian Smith, one the of the department’s Ph.D students, has just published an article in one of the top journals in political theory. The article, titled “On Revolution: Arendt, Locke, and Republican Revision” appears in History of Political Thought (36:3 (2015) 560-579). Congratulations to Brian. Here is Brian’s abstract: When Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution was published […]
Professor Einstein’s Work on Information Featured in the Washington Post
Recently, professor Katie Einstein’s work (with Jennifer Hochschild) was featured on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. The Monkey Cage is a top source for policy relevant and newsworthy political science research and perspectives. Their post derives from their work on political information and is titled “No, we’re not arguing from the same facts. How […]
Professor Kriner Publishes New Book: The Particularistic President
Professor Doug Kriner, along with former BU colleague (now at Washington University) Andrew Reeves, recently published a new book with Cambridge University Press. The book, “The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality” analyzes how U.S. Presidents distribute federal grants and other resources to states, at least in part, for political reasons. Kriner and […]
Professors Einstein and Glick Win Award From APSA Urban Politics Section
Professors Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick recently had work recognized by the American Political Science Association’s Urban Politics section. Specifically, their paper about mayors’ views on policies focused on low income residents was recognized as the year’s best conference paper in urban politics. Professors Einstein and Glick will accept the award at this year’s […]
Professor Wilson Addresses US Conference of Mayors: Warms Up Audience For Luminaries
Recently, Professor Graham Wilson introduced the Boston University Initiative on Cities Menino Survey of Mayors at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual summer meeting in San Francisco. Wilson took the stage at Friday’s plenary luncheon to briefly introduce the audience to the project (now in its second year) that department members Katherine Levine Einstein and […]
PhD Student, Oya Yegen, Receives Abadan Award
Congratulations to one of our PhD student, Oya Yegen, on receiving an Abadan Award for a position at Koc University’s Law Department. More information on the award can be found here.
Department Graduate Students Win Summer Research Fellowships
Recently several graduate students from the department were recognized with summer research fellowships. Three graduate students were named Pardee Center Summer Fellows. The three students and their areas of research are 1) Sahar Abi Hassan (politcal trust in Venezuela and Spain), 2) Junda Jin (water policy and trade in China), and 3) Claire Seulgie Lim (gender […]
Professors Christenson and Glick Awarded Best Journal Article by APSA Law and Courts Section
Dino Christenson and David Glick’s recently published article in the American Journal of Political Science was just awarded the American Political Science Association’s, Law and Courts section’s, prize for best journal article published in 2014. The award recognizes their article “Chief Justice Roberts’s Health Care Decision Disrobed: The Microfoundations of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy” in which they […]