Activities & Events

Political Science Research Workshop

The Political Science Research Workshop is a venue for graduate students and faculty to present and receive feedback on work in progress. Dissertation chapters, article manuscripts and dissertation proposal drafts comprise the bulk of our presentations. Students who are on the job market and anticipate interviews in the near future may also present a practice job talk.

The PSRW provides a venue to learn critical skills for practicing political scientists. Presenters and discussants learn to give and receive constructive feedback and to utilize this type of intellectual exchange to improve the quality of their written research. Additionally, attendance allows students and faculty to become familiar with the work of their colleagues.

On top of all that… we’ll have lunch!

Please join us most Fridays from 12:00-1:30 pm. No RSVP is required, but all attendees are expected to read the paper before the workshop session and to come ready to offer constructive feedback. Papers will be posted to this website approximately one week before the session (see links below).

If you have any questions, please contact Professor Jon Hanson (johanson@maxwell.syr.edu) or Charles Tuthill (cttuthil@maxwell.syr.edu). 

Spring 2013

February 1st, 2013
Author: Eric van der Vort
Title: For the Good of the Service: Recognition Theory and the Questionable Legacy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Discussant: Michael Newell

February 15th, 2013
Author: Bridget Fahey
Title: Framing a Hot Issue: Print Media Coverage of Climate Change from 2006 to 2012
Discussant: Alicen Morley

February 22nd, 2013
Author: Lorena Vinuela
Title: Decentralization and Party System Fragmentation: Political Economy of Party Competition in Argentina and Bolivia
Discussant: Michael Beckstrand

March 1st, 2013
Author: Franziska Boehme
Title: US Partisan Views on the Ratification of Human Rights Treaties
Discussant: Lindsay Burt

March 8th, 2013
Author: Michael Newell
Title: Discourses of Exceptionalism and Drone Strikes as Sites of Normative Conflict
Discussant: Massimo Ramaioli

March 22nd, 2013
Author: Sarah Pralle, Sean Miskell
Title: The Politics of Energy Subsidies
Discussant: Bridget Fahey

March 29th, 2013
Author: Evan Laksmana
Title: Explaining the Diffusion of Military Practices: A Conceptual and Typological Analysis
Discussant: Erik French

April 19th, 2013
Author: Jing Lin
Title: Funding the Elderly: Explaining Variations in Pension Contribution Rates in sub-national China
Discussant: Sinan Chu

April 26th, 2013
Author: Prakhar Sharma
Title: TBA
Discussant: TBA