The most recent issue of the Political Science Department’s newsletter is now available. As always, despite challenging financial times, the department has plenty of news to celebrate. Please take a few moments to peruse the newsletter to see what our … Read more

Jason Roberts, associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Erik J. Engstrom, professor of political science at the University of California at Davis, are featured in today’s Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. … Read more

We are thrilled at the news that Professor Jim Stimson is the recipient of the the 2016 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research. The award is given by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, which was founded in 1947. … Read more

In an article featured in the Washington Post, Professor Layna Mosley examines the debate on whether globalization has a negative impact on poor workers in the developing world. The evidence indicates that results are mixed: Working conditions in many parts … Read more

Recent research published in Jason Roberts’ book, “Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform: The Politics of Congressional Elections Across Time”, co-authored with Jamie L. Carson, is featured in the cover story of this month’s Atlantic, “How American Politics Went Insane”. From the … Read more

The Department of Political Science states in the strongest terms our commitment to inclusivity and our determination to continue providing a welcoming and inclusive environment to all. We are fully committed to the University’s Policy Statement on Non-Discrimination, which prohibits … Read more

Brandon M. Lofton received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with highest honors and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his law degree from New York University where … Read more

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumna, Caroline Zullo, Class of 2015, has been selected for the elite Carnegie Junior Fellows Program. She is Carolina’s first recipient of the one-year award in 25 years of record keeping by the … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for European Studies (CES) was awarded two three-year grants from the European Union (EU) Commission and a special grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States. All awards begin … Read more

In one set of studies, Ryan finds that people can think of both economic and noneconomic issues in moral terms, and that when they do so, they resist compromises on those issues. It also turns out that liberals and conservatives … Read more