Yale ISPS

Megan Ranney and Stuart Buck sit in high-back leather chairs in a wood-paneled room

We were so thrilled to help host @stuartbuck.bsky.social for conversations with @meganranney.bsky.social of @yalesph.bsky.social and Michelle Hahn of the Tobin Center about the importance of reproducibility in science. bit.ly/4tnu7Dl

Vanessa Williamson next to a cover of her book: The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History

Yale Community: Please join us for a lunch talk at noon next Tuesday (2/10) with @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social about her book “The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History.” Register to attend: bit.ly/4r1X46r

Tyna Elandou of OpenAI speaks at a podum in a conference room with stained glass windows and a high ceiling

It's time to reimagine democracy. Let's see what innovative political scientists, economists, sociologists, public servants, fiction writers, lawyers, journalists, futurists, computer scientists, and technologists have to say: bit.ly/3YVtP8O @hlandemore.bsky.social @kjephd.bsky.social

ISPS Launches New Funding Program to Create High-Value Social Science Datasets | Institution for Social and Policy Studies The new grants will build upon existing ISPS support for research that advances survey methodology, research exploring democratic innovations, as well as conferences addressing important social and public policy issues

NEW funding opportunities for Yale social scientists: bit.ly/3NxIRzk

ISPS Launches New Funding Program to Create High-Value Social Science Datasets | Institution for Social and Policy Studies The new grants will build upon existing ISPS support for research that advances survey methodology, research exploring democratic innovations, as well as conferences addressing important social and public policy issues

NEW funding opportunities for Yale social scientists: bit.ly/3NxIRzk

Kevin Arceneaux gestures to a projection screen in a classroom

So happy to host @vinarceneaux.bsky.social of Sciences Po for a presentation on the limited effects on public opinion and political behavior after study subjects deactivated their Facebook accounts.

Word cloud featuring words such as rights, immigrants, working class, corporations, citizens, healthcare, minorities, rich

Yale Youth Poll Delivers New Insights on Policy and Generational Views bit.ly/4r2Pubd

Word cloud featuring words such as rights, immigrants, working class, corporations, citizens, healthcare, minorities, rich

Yale Youth Poll Delivers New Insights on Policy and Generational Views bit.ly/4r2Pubd

Jacob Hacker speaker from a lectern, on a blue background, with Yale ISPS logo and text: Studying political institutions to identify and address critical challenges

ISPS: Studying political institutions to identify and address critical challenges isps.yale.edu

📄 New working paper !
co-authored w/ Nicholas Sambanis
@icl-yale.bsky.social

Do people conform to perceived social norms when forming national security preferences? And how do conflict exposure and partisanship shape this process?

Link to w.p.
doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Juliana Mothersbaugh gestures from behind a lectern on a blue background, with Yale ISPS logo and text: Explaining American political institutions and behavior

ISPS: Explaining American political institutions and behavior isps.yale.edu

Josh Kalla gestures while teaching a class, on a blue background with Yale ISPS logo and text: Exploring democratic innovations

ISPS: Exploring democratic innovations isps.yale.edu

Stuart Buck headshot next to faded image of glowing lights and digits, with text: Reproducible Science is Good Science; Conversations with Sutart Buck of the Good Science Project; Jan. 21 & 22, 2026

Members of the Yale community: Please join us on Jan. 21 & 22 for two conversations with @stuartbuck.bsky.social on reproducibility in science. Register to attend on 1/21 at bit.ly/3Z5IZbu or on 1/22 at bit.ly/4qdXZAi

A woman speaks in front of a blue background, with Yale ISPS logo and text: Exploring ethical tensions in science, law, policy, and health

ISPS: Exploring ethical tensions in science, law, policy, and health www.isps.edu

Alan Gerber speaks holding a microphone, on a blue background with Yale ISPS logo and text: Refining research designs for better results

ISPS: Refining research designs for better results

Stuart Buck headshot next to faded image of glowing lights and digits, with text: Reproducible Science is Good Science; Conversations with Sutart Buck of the Good Science Project; Jan. 21 & 22, 2026

Members of the Yale community: Please join us on Jan. 21 & 22 for two conversations with @stuartbuck.bsky.social on reproducibility in science. Register to attend on 1/21 at bit.ly/3Z5IZbu or on 1/22 at bit.ly/4qdXZAi

Students listening to a speaker, on a blue background with Yale ISPS logo and text: "Learning in the classroom and the world"

ISPS: Learning in the classroom and the world

@lizbarry.bsky.social

@rezendi.com

@eliassi.bsky.social

@mbakker.bsky.social

@judithmedia.bsky.social

@adapalmer.bsky.social

@joshfairfield.bsky.social

@marcidale.bsky.social

@aditijuneja3.bsky.social

Tyna Elandou of OpenAI speaks at a podum in a conference room with stained glass windows and a high ceiling

It's time to reimagine democracy. Let's see what innovative political scientists, economists, sociologists, public servants, fiction writers, lawyers, journalists, futurists, computer scientists, and technologists have to say: bit.ly/3YVtP8O @hlandemore.bsky.social @kjephd.bsky.social

Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality. www.nber.org/papers/w34643

Kim Moxley speaks, superimposed on a blue background with ISPS logo and text: Applying research to policy

ISPS: Applying research to policy

Illustration of ISPS library, with bookcase, couches, rug, overhead light pendants, window with snowflakes outside, and text: Happy Holidays from your friends at ISPS.

Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season

Giovanni Maggi speaks at a table in a classroom

Read about our faculty-to-faculty course on trade and tariffs: bit.ly/4aTwZ40

Chart showing young voters overwhelming disapprove of Trump, with data for age groups 18-22, 23-29, 30-24, 45-64 and 65+

Young Voters Turn on Trump, Disapprove of Big Beautiful Bill: New results from the Yale Youth Poll: youthpoll.yale.edu/fall-2025-re...

@yalejacksonschool.bsky.social

Tamar Chugoshvili speaks seated at a table in a lounge

Tamar Chugoshvili talked to us about democratic backsliding in Georgia and how to resist: bit.ly/4rOGCak

U.S. Capitol Building reflecting in the Reflecting Pool

NEW STUDY shows party control shapes racial representation in U.S. Lawmaking: bit.ly/4rKdKQB @maclockhart.bsky.social @jacobhacker.bsky.social @markarianga.bsky.social

A Different Kind of Wedge Issue: What Golf Reveals About Working Across Ideological Lines How do political differences affect workplace performance? A study of professional golfers, co-authored by Yale SOM’s Balázs Kovács, suggests that working alongside someone of the opposite political o...

What does golf reveal about working across ideological lines? A new study co-authored by Balázs Kovács offers some intriguing answers: insights.som.yale.edu/insights/dif...

Chris Christie speaks in a library next to a lamp and a bookcase while seated in a leather chair.

Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie, Senior Fellow at the Jackson School of Global Affairs, speaks with students about politics and our fractured media environment during a conversation moderated by Bryan Garsten for the Yale Center for Civic Thought.

Survey experiments' popularity in political science is getting attention. What is good and bad about them? How can one maximize their benefits and mitigate their downsides?

Greg Huber and I wrote up our thoughts:
Paywalled: doi.org/10.1016/bs.h...
Free: m-graham.com/papers/Huber...