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Igor Acácio (Ph.D. 2022) joins CSU Fullerton

Congratulations to Igor Acácio (Ph.D. 2022) who will join California State University, Fullerton as tenure-track assistant professor position in July 1st. Igor's research focuses on democracy and civil-military relations, military missions, and defense and security issues, with a geographical focus...

Profs. Bishin and Weller win APSA LGBTQ Caucus' Bailey Award

We have just learned that professors Benjamin Bishin and Nicholas Weller won the Bailey Award for best paper on LGBT politics presented at the 2022 APSA meeting. Congratulations to both of them! The announcement from the caucus' website: "The committee...

Prof. Esterling on primary elections and representation

An article in WalletHub examines which state in the US is most representative of the whole population and asks whether a state's representativeness ought to influence the order in which the states hold their primaries. The article consults several experts...

The Department's Political Science Honors Society

The department's honor society (Pi Sigma Alpha) now has an official webpage on the department's website! You can find the website here: https://politicalscience.ucr.edu/psa

Recent Publications

When are Identities Politically Consequential?

Benjamin G. Bishin and Harry G. Muttram

Jesus was a Refugee: Religious Values Framing can Increase Support for Refugees Among White Evangelical Republicans

Stephanie L. DeMora, Jennifer L. Merolla, Brian Newman & Elizabeth J. Zechmeister

Public mass shootings cause large surges in Americans’ engagement with gun policy

Tyler T Reny, Benjamin J Newman, John B Holbein, & Hans J G Hassell

Insights

UCR's Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center
New center to study labor issues in the Inland Empire
Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center at UC Riverside is one of five UC centers meant to advance timely labor research.
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Are you voting for a populist candidate?
Study highlights potential for populist leaders to undermine democracy.
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How is Europe responding to the coronavirus pandemic?
In hard-hit Europe, responses to COVID-19 could be lessons for the global community, says political economist Jana Grittersova
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Movement for census awareness swells in Inland Empire
In a two-county region at risk of an undercount, grassroots momentum has grown to ensure participation in the 2020 census
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