News
Nic Dias quoted in the New York Times!
Joint ASC-PSCI Ph.D. student Nic Dias had his work and thoughts quoted in the November 15th edition of the New York Times by Tom Edsall in an opinion…
Read MoreProf. Rudy Sil Writes Short Essay for Penn Almanac
Penn Almanac just published a short essay penned by Professor Rudy Sil on teaching "Controversial Topics in the Classroom." While focusing on how to…
Read MoreNew Publication
Matt Levendusky has published an opinion piece in the New York Times: "Trump Is Excited About These Three Things" in which he notes that the 2024…
Read MoreDaniel M. Smith wins Lawrence Longley Award
Professor Daniel M. Smith won the 2023 Lawrence Longley Award for his recent research (co-authored with Shusei Eshima), “Just a Number? Voter…
Read MoreBrendan O'Leary wins PSAI Farrell Book Prize!
O'Leary's book, Making Sense of a United Ireland, has been chosen as the winner of the PSAI Farrell Book Prize for 2023. Congratulations!
Read MorePh.D. Candidate Mikhail Strokan featured in PennToday
Mikhail Strokan was featured in the August edition of PennToday in an article entitled "Resisting the resource curse". Read the full article here.
Read MoreCongratulations to our Recent Graduates!
Congratulations to the fourteen Ph.D. candidates who successfully defended and deposited their theses last Academic Year. We wish them the best of…
Read MoreGraduate Student Awards
Many of our students have received prestigious awards, grants, and fellowships in the past year. Congratulations to you all! Amber Mackey …
Read MoreIra H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching
Rudra Sil has been awarded the Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching. The Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching…
Read MoreTeaching Awards for Abigail Dym and Nicholas Dias
Abigail Dym has received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching by Graduate Students while Nicholas Dias has been awarded the Penn Prize for…
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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.
Events
Browne Center for International Relations Speaker Series
Mariya Grinberg, MIT
American Politics Workshop Series
Allison Harris, Yale University
American Politics Workshop Series
Shiro Kuriwaki, Yale University
Featured People
Melissa Lee
Klein Family Presidential Assistant Professor of Political Science Director of the World House Student Fellows Program, Perry World House
Michael Jones-Correa
President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science Political Science Department Chair
Jeffrey Green
Professor and Director of Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
Books
Democracy amid Crises Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion
The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I
The definitive account of the political history of Northern Ireland.
Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests?
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.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume III
Assesses the making of the Good Friday Agreement, the consequence, and the potential futures that may unfold from the UK's exit from the EU.
A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume II
A breathtakingly original work offering the most ambitious and broad-ranging interpretation to date.