The Latin American Elections Hub (LATAM-EH) aims to enhance dialogue between the U.S. audience—particularly in Michigan and the Midwest—and Latin America. To achieve this, the hub organizes panels to discuss the most significant elections in the region, their relevance to the U.S., and the associated democratic risks. LATAM-EH also seeks to create a network of… Continue reading Latin American Elections Hub
Research Theme: Elections, Political Behavior, Public Opinion, & Political Psychology
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
Academic researchers, policy practitioners, and the general public alike have come to depend on indicators of democracy such as the Freedom House and Polity indexes. Such indicators are used to trace waves of democracy, educate students about world politics, test theories about the causes and consequences of democracy, allocate foreign aid, assess efforts to promote… Continue reading Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
World Values Survey (WVS)
The World Values Survey (WVS) is an international research program devoted to the scientific and academic study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural values of people in the world. In order to monitor changes in values and understand their implications, the WVS has carried out successive waves of surveys since 1981 in over 120 countries, containing… Continue reading World Values Survey (WVS)
The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab | Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública
Amplifying the Voice and Representation of Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab (PR-POL) is a project that aims to amplify the voice and political representation of people living in Puerto Rico. Specifically, we are designing and administering the first panel survey of a large, representative sample of Puerto Ricans living on the island.… Continue reading The Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab | Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública
Local Patterns of Election-Related Violence and Peace
This project is a partnership between the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) and University of Michigan, with support from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) to leverage election observer missions and local election results to inform the challenges of building sustainable peace in Africa. It collates results from roughly 300 polling stations in… Continue reading Local Patterns of Election-Related Violence and Peace
xSub: Cross-National Data of Sub-National Violence
xSub is a repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world. Our goal is to preserve and consolidate multiple open-source data collections in one comprehensive electronic archive, creating a “database of databases” for purposes of research, education, policy-making and evaluation. The archive currently includes data on armed conflict and contention… Continue reading xSub: Cross-National Data of Sub-National Violence
RAPID: Quasi-Experiment on the Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement
This project examines the political consequences of Hurricane Harvey by studying post-Harvey migration patterns as an event with serious political and economic consequences. This framework examines variations in the decision of displaced individuals to move to different areas and how this affects their associated experience. Researchers also examine how people’s political attitudes change in response… Continue reading RAPID: Quasi-Experiment on the Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement
Election Forensics
Election forensics are statistical methods used to determine whether the results of an election accurately reflect citizens’ voting behavior. These methods rely on the analysis of officially reported election results, and are often conducted at the level of polling stations, precincts or ballot boxes and voting machines. Compared to observational methods, election forensics analyses tend… Continue reading Election Forensics
Arab Barometer
The Arab Barometer was established in 2005 by the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan in close collaboration with institutions and scholars in the Arab world. The project is a multi-country survey project that provides data for theory-driven scholarly inquiry and for dissemination and outreach activities that are useful for political development.… Continue reading Arab Barometer
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative, cross-national program of comparative electoral behavior among over 60 election study teams from around the world. The CSES allows examination into how societal, political, economic and structural contexts shape citizen behavior and condition democratic choice; the nature of political and social divisions; and how citizens… Continue reading Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)