“We want to acknowledge that AI is out there in the world, but we also want our students to think about who they are,” Sinclair said.

The article describes a thus far unexplored consequence of globalization pressures: the place-based nature of globalization pressures reinforces local identity and moves voters towards candidates with local ties, especially when they hit key industries in local economic clusters.

The article utilizes research from 12 democracies to examine gender-quotas in world legislatures.

The article focuses on a key question that has become more common in modern media criticism: When journalists perceive more misinformation from one side of the political spectrum, do they face a normative dilemma between truth and balance?

The award is given each year to "the best paper presented by a political scientist on women, gender and Black Politics at a national or regional Political Science conference in the past academic year."

The article, titled "How Lego Became a Go-To Meme of the Propaganda Wars," discusses recent AI propaganda videos utilizing Lego characters addressing the war between Iran and the US.

The article looks at Vedder's research regarding compulsory sex-marking and the impact of abolishing the practice on freedom and autonomy for all people.

Motolinia discusses her new book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, and helps answer the questions "Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when parties control the necessary resources?" with host Dr. Miranda Melcher from Kings College London.

The initiative strikes a vital balance between AI and commitments to student formation, knowledge development and discovery across the university’s research and education enterprises, and features work by teams lead by Political Science chair Betsy Sinclair.

Most voters are generally aware that most politicians are wealthier than they are. But do they know just how big this gap is? In new research covering the United States, Brazil, Chile, and India, Marko Klašnja and Lucia Motolinia find that the richest politicians are far wealthier than voters imagine. And while they determine that voters want politicians to be less wealthy, telling them the truth about politicians’ wealth makes little difference to their attitudes towards their elected representatives.