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Professor Adams highlighted in College Magazine

October 25, 2024

Professor Jim Adams was the subject of a recent profile piece in College of Letters & Science Magazine, entitled "Political Polarization is Not Unique to the U.S., but its Causes Are." The profile showcases Professor Adams's expansive work on affective polarization around the world and in the U.S. Check it out!

https://lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society/political-polariz…

Recent PhD Dr. Jonathan Colner publishes on ranked choice voting in the American Journal of Political Science

October 10, 2024

Jonathan Colner (UCD PhD 2024) recently published some of his dissertation research in the AJPS. Proponents of ranked choice voting (RCV) have argued that it can increase candidate entry, quality, and diversity. Using a pre-registered difference-in-difference design that covers 273 American cities over 30 years, Colner finds that RCV has short-term effects on candidate entry but does not increase quality or increase the proportion of under-represented groups like women and minorities. Other policies may be needed to more fundamentally change the candidate pipeline.

UCD PhD student and undergrad alumni Anya Stewart wins UC IGCC dissertation fellowship

October 10, 2024

PhD candidate Anya Stewart was named a dissertation fellow by the UC Institute for Global Cooperation and Conflict in 2024-2025. Her dissertation research focuses on the uses and abuses of martial law, a situation in which governments replace local civilian authority with military authority following an explicit declaration by the central government. Anya is also a UC Davis undergraduate alumni - go Aggies! https://ucigcc.org/people/anya-stewart/

Enrico La Viña wins a $15,000 UC IGCC grant to fund his dissertation research

October 10, 2024

PhD candidate Enrico La Viña was named a dissertation fellow by the UC Institute for Global Cooperation and Conflict in 2024-2025. His dissertation project asks why, despite safeguards like civil society, professional bureaucracies, international organizations, and elections, democratic governments evade repercussions and even profit from state repression. He shows that in situations of democratic backsliding, democratic processes and institutions could, paradoxically, fuel rather than curb state repression.

Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen wins an APSA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement award

October 10, 2024

PhD candidate Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen won a doctoral dissertation research improvement grant (DDRIG) to support his research on reciprocity in international relations. His research project explores the process by and the conditions under which the norm of reciprocity affects security decision-making. https://politicalsciencenow.com/meet-andrew-roskos-ewoldsen-2023-apsa-doctoral-dissertation-research-improvement-grantee/