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

Gregory Collins: "Eric Voegelin on the Constitutional and Metaphysical Foundations of Property Rights in U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence" Political Science Lecturer Gregory Collins has a new article in the Political Science Reviewer journal entitled “Eric Voegelin on the Constitutional and Metaphysical...	Political Science visiting student Nyasha Mukonoweshuro earns Rhodes Scholarship Yale University Department of Political Science visiting student Nyasha Mukonoweshuro, from Zimbabwe, who came to Yale as a 2023-24 Henry Fellow after graduating from...	Gregory Huber: "Messages Designed to Increase Perceived Electoral Closeness Increase Turnout" Gregory Huber, Forst Family Professor of Political Science, Director of the ISPS Behavioral Research Lab and the Chair of the Department of Political Science, has a new...
Alex Coppock: Research Design in the Social Sciences: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign Assistant Professor Alexander Coppock, has published a new book entitled Research Design in the Social Sciences: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign with Graeme Blair and...	Didac Queralt awarded the 2022 Lepgold Book Prize Assistant Professor Didac Queralt has won his fourth award for his book Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance (Princeton University Press, 2022)....	Nicholas Sambanis named the Kalsi Family Professor of Political Science Nicholas Sambanis, whose field-defining work has re-shaped how scholars conceive of inter-group conflicts, ranging from everyday forms of discrimination to violent protests...

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