Event Archive
Memories of Resistance and Democratic Resilience
Monika Nelepa
University of Chicago
October 7, 2025 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Job Talk: Foreign Policy and Authoritarian Intelligence Agencies
Suzanne Freeman
MIT
October 2, 2025 9:00AM Millikan Room, E53-482
Mapping the Fault Lines of Global Conservative Philanthropy: A Relational Approach to Transnational Advocacy Networks
Tomás Gold
Brown University
September 30, 2025 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Job Talk: Deterrence without the Bomb? Explaining Military Postures of Non-Nuclear U.S. Allies
JJ Kwon
MIT
September 25, 2025 9:00AM Millikan Room, E53-482
Reflections on Nuclear Policy, 2018-2025
Austin Long
Center for Nuclear Security Policy
September 24, 2025 12:00PM NE49-3100, 600 Technology Square
Campaigning to a Polarized Electorate: Emotions and Information in Real Election Campaigns
Cesi Cruz
University of Michigan
September 23, 2025 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Practice Job Talk: "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens"
Ye Zhang
MIT
September 18, 2025 9:00AM Millikan Room, E53-482
Global Security Challenges: A View from Down Under
John Blaxland
Australian National University
September 17, 2025 12:00PM NE-49-3100, 600 Technology Square, Cambridge
How Dangerous are Autonomous Nuclear Systems?
Michael Horowitz
University of Pennsylvania
September 5, 2025 1:49PM
September 5, 2025
1:49PM
Practice Job Talk: World Wide Webs: How Migrant Networks and Porous Bureaucracies Forged the Knowledge Economy in the Global South
Jerik Cruz
MIT
September 4, 2025 9:00AM Millikan Room, E53-482
2025 Data Summit: Election by the Numbers
MIT Election Lab hosting the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
July 9, 2025 9:00AM Samberg Conference Center, 50 Memorial Drive or Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpN6i0g2rlF4ITWhwvBwwZw
The Origins of State Strength and Economic Development:
Insights from Historical Political Economy
Michael Albertus, Volha Charnysh, Mark Dincecco, Jean Hong, Hojung Joo, Peng Peng, Jan Pierskalla, Didac Queralt, Emily Sellars and Yuhua Wang
University of Chicago, MIT, University of Michigan, Harvard University, Washington University in St. Louis, The Ohio State University and Yale University
May 16, 2025 9:00AM
May 16, 2025
9:00AM
Political Opposition to Foreign Real Estate Ownership
Amy Pond
Washington University
May 9, 2025 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
A Decent, Democratic Regime, a Trujillo Regime, or a Castro Regime: When and Why the United States Promotes Democracy or Dictatorship
Alexander Downes
George Washington University
May 7, 2025 12:00PM The Pye Room E40-496
The Politics of Militant Democracy
Isabela Mares
Yale University
May 6, 2025 12:30PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Political Violence as a Vocation: How Politicians Shape Citizens’ Demand for Repression
Yanilda González
Harvard University
May 5, 2025 12:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
May 2, 2025
3:00PM
Labeling AI-Generated Content in a Complex Media Environment
Gabrielle Péloquin-Skulski, and Kai Zhou
MIT Political Science Senior Research Support Associates and PhD Student
May 2, 2025 1:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial
Carla Norrlöf
University of Toronto
April 30, 2025 12:00PM The Pye Room E40-496
Violent Origins and Authoritarian Order: Divergent Trajectories After Successful Rebellions
Killian Clarke
Georgetown University
April 29, 2025 12:30PM
April 29, 2025
12:30PM
Randomization Inference with Sample Selection
Zeyang (Arthur) Yu
Princeton University
April 28, 2025 12:00PM
April 28, 2025
12:00PM
Exploring Latinidad: From Content to Politicization
Alejandro Frydman
MIT Department of Political Science PhD Student
April 25, 2025 1:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom