Robert Franzese named Acting Director of CPS
August 1, 2006
Robert J. Franzese, Jr. has been appointed Acting Director of the Center for Political Studies for 2006-2007, beginning in late August, while Nancy Burns is on leave. Professor Franzese’s research interests center on the comparative and international political economy of developed democracies. His work has focused on how political and…
CPS welcomes Koremenos and von Stein
September 1, 2005
Barbara Koremenos joined Michigan as an Associate Professor of Political Science in September 2005. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1999. She also received an M.P.P. from Chicago in the early 1990s. Much of her research applies game theory to issues of institutional…
Danziger and Featherman at local book signing
April 29, 2002
Welfare Reform, Education Reform, Poverty and Beyond¶PSC authors and researchers book signing and conversation¶¶Monday, April 29, 2002¶4:00 – 6:00 p.m.¶Shaman Drum Bookstore¶313 South State Street¶Refreshments¶¶With welfare reform and changes in public education at the top of today’s public policy agenda, how can social science contribute to the debate? University of…
Ron Inglehart receives honorary doctorate
January 1, 1970
Ron Inglehart has received an honorary doctorate from Leuphana University in Lueneburg, Germany. Ron is the second person from our department to receive this honor from Leuphana; he joins Andy Markovits, who also received this award a few years ago. Congratulations, Ron!
Hanes Walton elected Vice President of APSA
January 1, 1970
Hanes Walton has been elected Vice-President of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Congratulations, Hanes!
Liz Gerber elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
January 1, 1970
Liz Gerber has been elected as a leader by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She will be inducted at a ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 6, 2012. This is a wonderful and well-deserved honor. Congratulations, Liz!
Ronald Inglehart Endowed Professorship Inaugural Lecture
January 1, 1970
Professor Ronald Inglehart received an appointment to the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professorship in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights. His inaugural lecture “Evolutionary Modernization and Culture Change” will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 4:10 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater where he will be introduced by LSA Dean…
Scott Page elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
January 1, 1970
Scott Page has been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, “a prestigious society that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields”. Congratulations Scott!
Ron Inglehart receives the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
January 1, 1970
Ron Inglehart has received the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (in Swedish Skytteanska priset). The prize was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University, to be given “to the scholar who in the view of the Foundation has made the most valuable contribution to political…
Ron Inglehart is one of three U-M researchers to receive grants from Russia
January 1, 1970
Ron Inglehart is one of three University of Michigan researchers who are among the winners of an international grant competition from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The grants are designed to attract leading scientists from around the world to Russian educational institutions. For more information,…