Congratulations to Ted Brader, who was a keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Political Consultants in Vienna, Austria in May 2010!
Project: Center for Political Studies
Nancy Burns: Creating a Winning Hand
When Nancy Burns was in the tenth grade, she spent a lot of time in the back seat of her family’s car. Most weekends, her parents drove Burns and her little sister southwest from their new home in rural Henderson, Tenn., to check up on the old house they were still trying to sell, 335… Continue reading Nancy Burns: Creating a Winning Hand
Burns reappointed Director of ISR Center for Political Studies
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nancy Burns has been re-appointed Director of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). A political scientist who has studied the reasons for gender differences in political participation, she was the first woman named to lead an ISR Center in 2005. “I am pleased… Continue reading Burns reappointed Director of ISR Center for Political Studies
Inglehart finds choice, gender equality, tolerance drive rise in world happiness
Tell Us How to Boost National Morale in Gloomy Times? by Matt Mabe, Business Week 12/11/2008 The 2008 World Values Survey found that freedom of choice and tolerance and not simply wealth have lots to do with a rise in happiness Happiness hunters have done it again. They’ve used an army of pollsters and a… Continue reading Inglehart finds choice, gender equality, tolerance drive rise in world happiness
Moaddel finds Iraqi attitudes more secular & nationalistic
Aug. 2, 2007¶Iraqi attitudes continue to shift toward secular values¶¶ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The political values of Iraqis are increasingly secular and nationalistic, according to a series of surveys of nationally representative samples of the population from December 2004-March 2007.¶¶Findings from a July 2007 survey are expected to be released before the end of the summer.¶Click image… Continue reading Moaddel finds Iraqi attitudes more secular & nationalistic
Burns and Kollman awarded CASBS fellowships
Nancy Burns will be a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) in Palo Alto from September, 2006 through May, 2007. She will be writing a book, coauthored with Donald Kinder, examining the consequences of gendered and racial ideas for political thought and action. Ken Kollman is also on sabbatical… Continue reading Burns and Kollman awarded CASBS fellowships
Robert Franzese named Acting Director of CPS
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 economic (a) institutions (e.g., electoral… Continue reading Robert Franzese named Acting Director of CPS
CPS welcomes Koremenos and von Stein
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 and agreement design. She has… Continue reading CPS welcomes Koremenos and von Stein
Danziger and Featherman at local book signing
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 Michigan authors and researchers David… Continue reading Danziger and Featherman at local book signing