Introduction

Building on its historical strength, Yale is a leader in research and teaching in contemporary Political Science. The Department is home to around 45 faculty, whose scholarship and teaching span across the subfields of Political Science and the countries of the world. The undergraduate major is among the largest on campus, and the graduate program produces Ph.D. students who have taken leadership positions in the discipline. 

Many Political Science faculty also play active roles in related programs at Yale, such as the Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics; Directed Studies; the Institution for Social And Policy Studies; and the MacMillian Center. The Department also sponsors numerous seminars, lectures, and conferences that are open to all members of the Yale community.

News

Jennifer Gandhi
Jennifer Gandhi,  Howard Wang ’95 Professor of Global Affairs and Political Science at Yale University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2025...
Matt Dahl
Graduate Student Matt Dahl has an article in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies entitled “Hallucination-Free? Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools...
Milan Svolik
Milan Svolik, Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science at Yale University will receive a $200,000 fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation to support...
Daniel Mattingly
Associate Professor Daniel Mattingly has an article in the American Journal of Political Science entitled “Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership...
Daniel Mattingly
Associate Professor Daniel Mattingly won the American Journal of Political Science Best Article Award for his article “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign-Domestic...
Kenneth Scheve and Isabela Mares
Isabela Mares, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Kenneth Scheve,  Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs, FAS Dean of Social Science,...