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 satellite images taken every night over the last 20 years in… Continue reading Electricity in India: Many still live in darkness
Project: Center for Political Studies
Christian Davenport receives Award for Engaged Scholarship
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 events is designed to create… Continue reading Christian Davenport receives Award for Engaged Scholarship
James Morrow gives inaugural lecture
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.”
Nancy Burns to receive APSA’s Martha Derthick Best Book Award
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!
Ted Brader to receive the 2015 APSA Doris Graber Book Award
Professor Ted Brader will receive the 2015 APSA Doris Graber Book Award, for Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work. Congratulations Ted!
Anne Pitcher elected Vice President of the African Studies Association
Professor Anne Pitcher (DAAS and Political Science) has been elected as the incoming Vice President (transitioning to President in 2016) of the African Studies Association (ASA), the world’s most eminent and established organization focused on Africanist scholarship. Anne’s achievement illustrates the high regard with which Africanists across our nation and beyond hold her and her… Continue reading Anne Pitcher elected Vice President of the African Studies Association
Arthur Lupia awarded Carnegie Fellowship
Arthur Lupia is among the first recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. The annual fellowship awards up to $200,000 to support humanities and social science scholars so they can devote a year or two to research and writing. Lupia will use this opportunity to transform the understanding of the public value of social science.
American National Election Studies receives $10 million in federal funding
ANN ARBOR—The National Science Foundation has awarded $10.23 million to researchers at the University of Michigan and Stanford University to conduct a series of surveys on political participation and vote choice in the 2016 presidential election. The project is part of a continuing project, the American National Election Studies, that is the longest political time… Continue reading American National Election Studies receives $10 million in federal funding
Ken Kollman named director of ISR Center for Political Studies
ANN ARBOR—Ken Kollman has been named director of the Center for Political Studies (CPS) at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). Kollman, who is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor at the U-M Department of Political Science, will begin his five-year term on August 15, 2015 after he returns from sabbatical, according… Continue reading Ken Kollman named director of ISR Center for Political Studies
Search committee named for U-M ISR Director
ANN ARBOR—Provost Martha E. Pollack has named a search committee for the next Director of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. James House, the Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor of Survey Research, Public Policy & Sociology, emeritus, will chair the committee, which is charged with conducting a broad search and recommending an unranked… Continue reading Search committee named for U-M ISR Director