Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP)

Upcoming Events

Social Sentiment in Times of Crises (SOSEC) Project
Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 11:00 am12:00 pm
Location
222 Corwin Hall
Charles Cameron and Jonathan Kastellec | Making the Supreme Court
Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 4:30 pm6:30 pm
Location
300 Wallace Hall
CSDP Colloquium | Devin Caughey
Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 12:00 pm1:30 pm
Location
300 Wallace Hall

Research Highlights

Hye Young You Publishes New Book, Hearings on the Hill: The Politics of Informing Congress

Good public policy in a democracy relies on efficient and accurate information flows between individuals with firsthand, substantive expertise and elected legislators. While legislators are tasked with the job of making and passing policy, they are politicians and not substantive experts. To make well-informed policy, they must rely on the…

Zelizer Features Nation’s Top Political Experts in New Book on Election Integrity

Julian Zelizer, the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs and CSDP affiliate, has co-edited his latest book, Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue. The book, published by NYU Press, showcases the nation’s top political scientists, historians, and legal scholars as…

Andy Guess Publishes Two Articles on Social Media in Science
How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign?

Andrew M. Guess, Neil Malhotra, Jennifer Pan, Pablo Barberá, Hunt Allcott, Taylor Brown, Adriana Crespo-Tenorio, Drew Dimmery, Deen Freelon, Matthew Gentzkow, Sandra González-Bailón, Edward Kennedy, Young Mie Kim, David Lazer, Devra Moehler, Brendan Nyhan,…