Political Science

Nicholas Dias.

Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs

In his dissertation research, joint communication and political science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.

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Lech Walesa and Trudy Rubin sit on a stage at Perry World House.

Lech Wałęsa on the state of democracy

The former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had a wide-ranging chat with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow Trudy Rubin, tackling topics like Russia, Ukraine, and how to build democracies.

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Three people sit on a stage in front of a screen reading Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania.

Two scholars on bridging difference to speak about the Middle East

In a conversation hosted by Perry World House, Omar Dajani, a Palestinian-American professor of law, and Mira Sucharov, a Canadian-Jewish professor of political science, shared their experience working together and discussed how despite their different views, they find ways to communicate and look for what they have in common.

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Ashley Fuchs standing outside

Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar

Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen as a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Established by the British Government, the Marshall Scholarship funds as many as three years of study for a graduate degree in any field in an institution in the United Kingdom. 

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Three people stand in front of a bookcase full of books in burgundy binding, the man on the left is wearing judge robes and has his right hand in the air, the woman on the right is in judge robes and has her right hand in the air and left hand on a bible and a man in the middle wears a suit and tie, is holding the bible and is looking at the woman

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy

Three Penn experts—Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marci A. Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences, and former Penn Carey Law School dean Ted Ruger—share their thoughts on the history-making justice.

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In the News


Christian Science Monitor

A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?

Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a partisan trust gap has emerged in public perception of the Supreme Court as a conservative institution.

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The Washington Post

Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court has a majority that’s looking skeptically at the exercise of governing power by administrative agencies like the Federal Trade Commission.

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The New York Times

Why losing political power now feels like ‘losing your country’

Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that political elites, not average voters, are driving the democratic backsliding that is occurring in America.

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Axios

Report: Latin America’s progress on helping sex abuse victims

Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences points to Chile as an international example of a large sex abuse scandal turning into effective activism.

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CBC Radio (Canada)

The GOP race is over. The question after Haley drops out: Will her voters move to Trump?

Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Biden surrogates can’t outright ignore warning signs from polling data.

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

Our political parties have become unrecognizable

Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the Republican lean to the right during the last few decades has distorted labels like moderate and conservative.

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