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Professor Michael Jones-Correa elected as AAPSS 2025 Robert A. Dahl Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Michael Jones-Correa, who has been elected to the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the 2025 Robert A…
Read MoreGraduate Student Lauren Palladino Winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Science category
Congratulations to Lauren Palladino, second year graduate student in our department, winner of the 2025 Penn Grad Talks, Social Sciences category.…
Read MoreNew Publication in the Irish Times for Professor Brendan O'Leary
Professor O'Leary has co-authored an article stemming from the ARINS/Irish Times survey results, released earlier this month. The article, "Trends…
Read MoreProfessor Brendan O'Leary Interviewed by the Irish Times Inside Politics Podcast
Professor O'Leary, Chair of the Political Science department and Chair of ARINS (Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South) Public Opinion…
Read MoreNew Prize for Prof. Tariq Thachil's co-authored book
Tariq Thachil and his co-author Adam Auerbach’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (…
Read MoreUPenn's Beta Tau chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors Society, has been awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2023-2024
This is the twelfth time that the chapter has received this award, which is quite an achievement! These awards are intended to recognize local…
Read MoreEmeritus Professor Rogers Smith featured in new article about the Most Patriotic States in America
Professor Rogers M. Smith was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Most Patriotic States In America. You can find it here: https://wallethub.…
Read MoreProfessor Tariq Thachil wins 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Tariq Thachil’s book, Migrants and Machine Politics, coauthored with Adam Auerbach, was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award from APSA’s…
Read More2023 David A. Lake Award for best paper awarded to professor Julia Gray and Ph.D. student Chloe Ahn
Political science professor Julia Gray and graduate student Chloe Ahn received the 2023 David A. Lake Award for the best paper presented at the 20023…
Read MoreProfessor Edward Mansfield elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Ed Mansfield, Hum Rosen Professor of Political Science and Christopher H. Browne Center director, who is one of five Penn…
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Penn’s Political Science Department is experiencing a renaissance. Over the past decade, our faculty has grown by 50%, an increase in quantity that has been matched by gains in quality. The strength of our faculty in each of four major subfields is being built with an eye to excellence embracing a variety of approaches and methodologies.
Featured People
Guy Grossman
David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations Co-Director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab)
John Lapinski
Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
Loren Goldman
Associate Professor of Political Science
Rudra Sil
Professor of Political Science SAS Director of the Huntsman Program
Marc Meredith
Professor of Political Science
Michael Jones-Correa
President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Books
Ageing and Health: The Politics of Better Policies
One of the most important political and economic challenges facing Europe and elsewhere is the ageing of societies.
Monitors and Meddlers. How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections.
"Foreign influences on elections are widespread.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume II
A breathtakingly original work offering the most ambitious and broad-ranging interpretation to date.
The Principle of Political Hope: Progress, Action, and Democracy in Modern Thought
Refreshing and lucid, Goldman reconstructs hope as a necessary condition for social and political engagement, reinvigorating the possibility of utopia in the process.
Making Sense of a United Ireland
“This is an important and superbly argued book, rich in detail, truth-telling but also hard-nosed.
The Unequal Pandemic: Covid 19 and Health Inequalities
It has been claimed that we are ‘all in it together’ and that the COVID-19 virus ‘does not discriminate’.