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Congratulations Andy Phillips on the new book!

April 10, 2023

Hi everyone, Yesterday, we put a copy of this in our department’s book display case. Congratulations, Andy Philips! Get your piece of this pie at online bookstores near you: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politics-of-budgets/F694FE0ABA2DB857BDCB4C2BB7A972AE#fndtn-information

Congratulations to Michelle and Ganesh!

Feb. 17, 2023

Check out the new article co-authored article by 2 of our current Ph.D. students, Michelle Benedum and Ganesh Gorti! "In recent decades, countries across Asia, Latin America, and Africa have adopted environmental decentralization reforms to encourage the community-based management of water, forests, fisheries, and other natural resources. While such reforms...

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Interview with Steve Chan comparing Taiwan and Ukraine!

Feb. 13, 2023

There are parallels between the Russo-Ukrainian war and China’s conflict with the United States over the status of Taiwan, but important differences as well, CU Boulder political science professor contends. Check out this interview with our very own, Steve Chan, comparing Taiwan and Ukraine! Click here to read!

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Congratulations Srinivas Parinandi!

Feb. 7, 2023

Congratulations to Srinivas Parinandi on his paper "Social Welfare Returns to Legislative Capacity: Evidence from the Opioid Epidemic" that has been chosen as the winner of the Best Paper in American Politics Award from the MPSA's Award Committee.

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Why does climate policy lag science?

Jan. 17, 2023

"The climate is changing quickly—that much is clear. And yet, despite recent gains, climate policy seems to move at a glacial pace." CU political science professor Srinivas Parinandi and environmental studies professor Max Boykoff discuss how government structure and political culture affect environmental policy in the United States. click here...

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Wealthy democracies have looser immigration policies, researchers find

Jan. 3, 2023

"Does rising inequality lead to more-restrictive or less-restrictive immigration policies?" According to Political Science professor Adrian Shin, the answer isn't so cut and dry as you may expect. In new research conducted by Dr. Shin and his colleagues at UCLA, the answer turns out to be "both". The state of...

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ELECTION 2022 | CU poll shows top Democratic incumbents leading among likely Colorado voters

Nov. 3, 2022

Top-ticket Democratic incumbents hold double-digit leads over their Republican challengers among likely Colorado voters, a new poll from the University of Colorado Boulder's nonpartisan American Politics Research Lab shows. The annual Colorado Political Climate Survey also found strong support among likely voters for ballot measures to fund free meals for...

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Congratulations to Matt Harvey on his second article!

Nov. 2, 2022

Congratulations to Matt Harvey for publishing his second peer reviewed article and his first single-authored piece: The Sublime and the Pale Blue Dot: Reclaiming the Cosmos for Earthly Nature in Environmental Values (in AOP, in print in 2023). This is an article-version of a chapter of his exciting dissertation. Click...

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Will abortion spur more women to vote in November? Expert weighs in

Nov. 1, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections are right around the corner, and a slew of high-profile races, including some in Colorado, remain nail-bitingly close. One question, in particular, has left many political pundits scratching their heads: How big of a role will the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to strike down...

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CU Political Science Professor Sarah Sokhey has the latest on Ukraine war

Oct. 4, 2022

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