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

Egor Lazarev
Assistant Professor of Political Science Egor Lazarev has received several additional awards recently for his book State-Building as Lawfare: Custom, Sharia, and State Law in...
Daniel Mattingly
Associate Professor Daniel Mattingly has an article in Foreign Affairs magazine entitled “China’s Soft Sell of Autocracy Is Working And America’s Efforts to Promote Democracy...
Egor Lazarev
Assistant Professor of Political Science Egor Lazarev received the 2024 Gaddis Smith International Book Prize for best first book by a Yale ladder faculty member for State-...
Isabela Mares and Alexander Trubowitz
Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science Isabela Mares and Ph.D. candidate Alexander Trubowitz are winners of the 2024 Best Paper Award from the APSA European Politics...
Basil Bastaki
Basil Bastaki, Yale Univeristy Political Science Ph.D. Candidate, has an article in International Security entitled “Stabilizing Civil Wars without Peacekeeping: Evidence...
Victor Wu
The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society 2024 Gaus Memorial Prize has been awarded to Yale Ph.D. student Victor Wu, for his paper, “The Normative Implications of...