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Wilson Sokhey, associate professor in the Department of Political Science , has spent 20 years traveling to and studying the politics and economics of Russia and former nations of the Soviet Union. And there has been plenty of news out of this region in recent weeks: Ukrainian troops kicked off...

Our very own Jaroslav Tir is being featured in the peace section of the United Nations (UN) Research website for his book, Incentivizing Peace: How International Organizations Can Help Prevent Civil Wars in Member Countries . Coauthored with CU Ph.D. Johannes Karreth, Incentivizing Peace describes how international organizations like the...

Congratulations to Marija Verner (University of Colorado Boulder, Ph.D. 2002) for successfully defending her dissertation, "What makes a Green Citizen: Pre-Existing Belief Systems, Vulnerability, and Environmental Attitudes in the Americas." As Marija ends her graduate career with CU, she will start a postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Program on Climate...

CU Boulder’s Strategic Relations and Communications CU Boulder’s Strategic Relations and Communications is looking for a Student Employee to join the Buff Info team as a student communication liaison. Buff Info answers general university-related inquiries via Live Chat, Phone and Email. Buff Info is a new team on campus and...

Congratulations to CU Political Science Professor Carew Boulding for winning the Seligson Prize from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University! The Seligson prize was awarded to the best scholarly work of 2020 or 2021 that utilized LAPOP survey data. Carew won for her new book Voice...

"In 1968, Frank Webb (PolSci’68) earned a degree from CU Boulder but didn’t lay eyes on the diploma until 1971, when he returned home after serving in the Vietnam War. More than 50 years later, Webb is headed to Folsom Field Stadium to participate in something the war prevented him...

Summer 2022 Courses

Political Science Professor Sarah Sokhey and former CU undergrad, now a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Pittsburgh, Jeffrey Nonnemacher newest article about the STUDIO Undergraduate Research Lab has recently been published in PS. Abstract: Undergraduate research labs have long been recognized as having educational and professional benefits, but much...

Congratulations are due to Dania Arayssi, for her receipt of the Figueroa Family Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to Dania in recognition of her commitment to the achievement of a diverse student body and her work in improving the state of our world and its people. In offering this award,...

PhD Candidate Adriana Molina Garzón is lead author of the article, “Decentralization Can Increase Cooperation among Public Officials“ published in the American Journal of Political Science and recently featured in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine . ABSTRACT Collective action among public officials is necessary for the effective delivery of...