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…
The International Studies Association has honored Joshua D. Kertzer with the 2021 Karl Deutsch Awardee
The International Studies Association has honored Joshua D. Kertzer with the 2021 Karl Deutsch Awardee. Named for Karl Deutsch, this award was established in 1981 to recognize scholars in IR under age 40, or within ten years of defending their dissertation. The Karl Deutsch Award (https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Karl-Deutsch) is presented annually to a scholar who is judged…
Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded an APSA doctoral dissertation research improvement grant
Pamela Nwakanma has been awarded an APSA doctoral dissertation research improvement grant…
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…
CNN video: Professor Michael Sandel discusses his theory that credentialism is the last acceptable form of prejudice in today’s society
Harvard professor Michael Sandel discusses his theory that credentialism is the last acceptable form of prejudice in today’s society, and how that relates to President Trump’s political rise….
Danielle Allen Awarded the Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity by the Library of Congress
Library of Congress to Award Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen Allen, who is Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, will Work with the Library to Share Expertise on Justice, Citizenship and Democracy with a Wide Audience Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today that Danielle…
The Charter School Advantage Wall Street Journal op-ed article By Paul E. Peterson and M. Danish Shakeel
The Charter School Advantage A new study shows African-Americans and children from poorer backgrounds outpace their peers in traditional district schools…
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,…