Our faculty and students are engaged in important and innovative research across the disciplinary boundaries of political science, public affairs, economics, and political psychology to tackle many of society’s grand challenges.
American Politics
Our faculty have expertise in public opinion, electoral processes, political psychology, voting behavior, identity politics, judicial politics, and government institutions.
Collaborative Governance
Our faculty are experts in how government, business, and the nonprofit sector identify solutions to complex policy problems using partnerships, alliances, and networks.
Comparative Politics
Our faculty are experts in comparative political economy and institutions, with a focus on regime change, party politics, and elite behavior.
Conflict & Security
Our faculty are experts in the causes, conduct, management, and consequences of conflict, as well as forced migration and criminal violence.
Data Science
Our faculty are experts in using scientific and computational methods to extract insights about policy and political processes from data.
Democracy & Dictatorship
Our faculty are experts in the characteristics that define a country’s regime and in the politics of transition between democracy and dictatorship.
Environmental Sustainability
Our faculty have expertise in adaptations to climate change, with special focus on collaboration, networks, water, energy, and natural disasters.
International Relations
Our faculty have expertise in the politics of conflict and conflict management, global market governance, regional and global hierarchies, and international cooperation.
Law & Policy
Our faculty are experts the empirical study of law and public policy, particularly in the areas of environmental law, international law, drug policy, and criminal justice.
Political & Policy Networks
Our faculty are experts in the emergence, evolution, and impact of political and policy networks in collaborative governance, digital democracy, and illicit activities.
Political Psychology
Our faculty are experts in the influence of identity, biology, psychology, and ideology on voter behavior, public opinion, and public attitudes.
Public Administration & Management
Our faculty are experts in comparative institutional analysis, organization theory, public and non-profit management, Human Resources, and public budgeting.