Assessing new ways to measure public opinion
March 1, 2016
Photo credit: Thinkstock With costs for scientific sample surveys soaring and response rates falling, a growing number of analysts are turning to social media data to gauge public opinion. But are Tweets and Facebook posts really as accurate as traditional surveys and polls?A team of researchers from the University of…
Voting restrictions stir anger, mobilize more Democrats to polls
February 25, 2016
Photo by Thinkstock.ANN ARBOR—In recent years, many states have passed laws that make it more difficult for people to register and vote.But while these laws may be disenfranchising some minority voters—many of whom support the Democratic Party—they also may be having the unintended consequence of angering many voters, mobilizing them…
Stuart Soroka gives inaugural lecture
February 15, 2016
Stuart Soroka gave his Michael W. Traugott Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science Inaugural Lecture on February 10, 2016. The lecture was entitled “Bad News Good Democracy”. Congratulations Stuart (and Mike)! CPS tweet
Electricity in India: Many still live in darkness
February 9, 2016
Light output in India 1993 – 2013. ANN ARBOR—India has made progress bringing electricity to its people, but satellite images of the country show that some local governments have exaggerated the success.This is just one of the findings of University of Michigan researcher Brian Min, who has analyzed thousands of…
CLEA wins 2012 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award
January 1, 2016
Ken Kollman, Allen Hicken, and Jill Wittrock along with David Backer (one of our PhDs, currently at Maryland) and Daniele Caramani have just been awarded this year’s Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award from APSA’s Comparative Politics section. Established in 1999, the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award is presented annually to the best data…
Christian Davenport receives Award for Engaged Scholarship
November 30, 2015
On October 7, 2015 Professor Christian Davenport received the award for Engaged Scholarship from the Sie Center at the Denver Dialogues on Peace and Security. The Denver Dialogues on Peace and Security is part of a Sié Center initiative funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This series of…
2015 Hanes Walton Memorial Lecture
November 9, 2015
The Hanes Walton Memorial Lecture will be held on November 12, 2015 and the speaker will be Paula McClain. Her lecture is titled “From Ralph Bunche to Hanes Walton Jr.: An Intellectual Lineage.”
James Morrow gives inaugural lecture
November 9, 2015
James Morrow gave his A.F.K. Organski Collegiate Professorship in World Politics Inaugural Lecture on October 14, 2015. The lecture was entitled “The Future of World Politics.”
John Jackson and Walter Mebane named members of first class of Fellows of the Society for Political Methodology
November 9, 2015
John Jackson and Walter Mebane have been named members of the first class of Fellows of the Society for Political Methodology. Selection “honors individuals who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to the development of political methodology, and whose methodological work has had a major international impact on subsequent scholarship in…
Nancy Burns to receive APSA’s Martha Derthick Best Book Award
July 20, 2015
Nancy Burns will receive APSA’s Martha Derthick Best Book Award for The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions. Congratulations Nancy!