Category: Department News

Cherry Tree at Harvard

The Political Methodology Excellence in Mentoring Award Committee is pleased to announce Kosuke Imai as one of the recipients of the 2021 Mentoring Award

Kosuke ImaiProfessor Imai’s extensive work on statistical methods for causal inference and development of computational algorithms for data-intensive research in the social sciences has been justly celebrated through multiple awards, and he has left an indelible imprint in the development of our field through a number of efforts, including as past president of the Society…

Katrina Forrester co-edited a special section of Dissent magazine

Katrina Forrester co-edited a special section of Dissent magazine with Moira Weigel on Technology and the Crisis of Work. You can read their introductory article about the effects of the pandemic on work, care, and digital technologies, “Bodies on the Line,” here. You can find the complete issue here….

Upending American Politics: Theda Skocpol and Caroline Tervo – Library of Congress

Upending American Politics: Theda Skocpol and Caroline Tervo Theda Skocpol and Caroline Tervo discuss their 2020 book “Upending American Politics” with Kluge Center Program Specialists Dan Turello and Janna Deitz. In the book, Skocpol and Tervo examine the actions of the Tea Party movement as well as the more recent progressive resistance movement, in addition…

New research by Dr. Sparsha Saha Harvard and Dr Ana Catalano Weeks University of Bath scholars finds that voters don’t punish ambitious women candidates running for office

New research by Harvard and University of Bath scholars finds that voters don’t punish ambitious women candidates running for office. The study, published in the journal Political Behavior, challenges the long-held assumption that negative views about ambition are standing in the way of female candidates in politics. Following Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2016,…