Courses

Number	CCN	Semester	Level	Title	Section	Instructor(s)
W135	49672		Session C	Game Theory in the Social Sciences (Online Course)		Sean Gailmard
W135	12406	Summer 2020	Session C	Game Theory in the Social Sciences (Online Course)	1	Sean Gailmard
W135	13900		Session C	Game Theory in the Social Sciences (Online Course)		Sean Gailmard
W135	12842		Session C	Game Theory in the Social Sciences (Online Course)		Sean Gailmard
W145A	12408	Summer 2020	Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA	1	Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	76025		Undergraduate	Understanding Political Developments in India
W145A	77650		Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	70345			UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	12857		Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	13905		Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	12299	Summer 2025	Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA (Online Course)	1	Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	49702		Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W145A	13959		Session C	UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA		Pradeep K Chhibber
W3	13052	Summer 2020	Session C	Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods	1	Jason Wittenberg
W3	12386	Summer 2025	Session C	Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods (Online Course)	1	Jason Wittenberg
W3	15767		Session C	Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods		Jason Wittenberg

Upcoming Events

Oct 13, 2026

Making California more affordable: An expert panel

Affordability is one of the central issues for California voters this election season, and for good reason. BESI recently published a white paper series, which diagnoses the core drivers of the affordability crisis, and proposes policy and governance reforms to improve things. This "author meets critics"-style event will put the series author, BESI researcher Samuel Trachtman, in conversation with three leading California policy experts to discuss how policy and political reform can set the state on a trajectory towards greater affordability.

Oct 23, 2026

Indispensable but Invisible: Legal Expertise and Juridical Capital in the Governance of Late Imperial China | Lecture by Li Chen

During the Qing period (1644–1912), late imperial China was in theory governed by approximately two thousand local administrators who were appointed for their mastery of the Confucian classics rather than for their administrative or legal expertise. How did these scholar-officials actually carry out the daily tasks of local governance, including judicial administration? Based on a forthcoming monograph, this talk analyzes the training and roles of the thousands of legal specialists who advised local officials behind the scenes and handled most of the judicial and other substantive administrative work on their behalf. Despite their important functions in local governance, these legal..

Nov 12, 2026

Surviving Exile: Why Activists Persist and Why it Matters Back Home

Professor Elizabeth R. Nugent will present part of a book she is finalizing on activism in exile. Dr. Nugent studies the politics and political psychology of authoritarianism and religion in the Middle East and is the author of After Repression: How Polarization Derails Democratic Transition, published by Princeton University Press (2020).

Nov 13, 2026

Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals | Lecture by Rory Truex

How do social norms and professional incentives affect policy discourse within the Washington foreign policy community? We conducted over 50 semi-structured interviews and a survey of nearly five-hundred American foreign policy and national security professionals about their views towards the People's Republic of China. Over one fifth of survey respondents noted instances of professional pressure to voice a more hawkish point of view towards China, and many feared being perceived as naive or compromised by their views on, ties to, and experiences in China. These pressures were particularly acute for foreign policy professionals that are traditionally marginalized from power–those who..

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Making California more affordable: An expert panel

Indispensable but Invisible: Legal Expertise and Juridical Capital in the Governance of Late Imperial China | Lecture by Li Chen

Surviving Exile: Why Activists Persist and Why it Matters Back Home

Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals | Lecture by Rory Truex

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