Skip to content

Political Science News and Events

Gueorguiev discusses legacy of China's Xi Jinping in New York Times

China's leader, Xi Jinping, "strikes me as ruthless but cautious in erecting a durable personal legacy," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.
March 3, 2021

See related: China, COVID-19, Government

Barkun quoted in Business Insider piece on QAnon's Trump conspiracy theory

"You really feel like you're in an Alice in Wonderland world when you start going through the ideas of the sovereign citizens," says Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science. "They will construct more and more complex rationalizations that push the events that they wish for farther and farther into the future." 
March 1, 2021

Study on Globalizing Public Administration by Harry Lambright and Coauthors Published

Shena Ashley, Soonhee Kim & William H. Lambright
February 25, 2021

Explore by:

Gen Z and the Future of Politics

Eggers Hall, 220 (Strasser Legacy Room)

Add to: Outlook, ICal, Google Calendar

How does Gen Z use TikTok to challenge the political establishment? Why is Gen Z so active in political social movements yet vote at such low levels? How are Gen Z policymakers successful in a political system dominated by boomers?

The future of American Politics is coming soon, and it will be led by Gen Z. 

Please join us and participate in a conversation with renowned experts in Gen Z politics about the coming “cohort cliff” when boomers will give way to a new generation of voters and political leaders and what that will mean for the future of American democracy. 

D. Sunshine Hillygus is a professor of political science at Duke University. She is director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology (https://dism.duke.edu/ ) and co-director of the Polarization Lab (https://www.polarizationlab.com/ ). 

Kevin Munger is the Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor of Political Science and assistant professor of political science and social data analytics at Penn State University. 

Maurice Brown '19 is a U.S. Army veteran running for Onondaga County Legislature.

This event is part of a series of discussions hosted by the Hicker Family Professor in Renewing Democratic Community to promote civil discourse and mutual understanding.


Category

Social Science and Public Policy

Type

Talks

Region

Open to

Public

Organizer

Maxwell Dean's Office

Contact

Bethany Walawender
315.443.3461

bdwalawe@syr.edu

Accessibility

Contact Bethany Walawender to request accommodations


Political Science Department
100 Eggers Hall