Political Science News and Events
Miriam Elman quoted in Washington Times article on left's divide over Israel
Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science, says panelists at a recent anti-Semitism forum downplayed escalating anti-Jewish bigotry on U.S. college campuses, "where the problem is not coming from Trump or the alt-Right but from the progressive Left."
Elizabeth Cohen weighs in on deportation in Sun Community News
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science, says not only are deportations harmful to families, but are also disruptive to the labor force and economy.
Lambright weighs in on nominee for NASA administrator in WIRED
"He [President Trump] doesn’t have to be an advocate of climate change research," says Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs. "But he has to neutralize the idea that he is a climate change denier."
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Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI
Eggers Hall, 341
Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.
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Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Virtual
Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.