Pradeep Chhibber, Pranav Gupta et al., “ Indian Election Data for Polling Stations and Villages: National Elections 2009-2019,” Scientific Data ( Nature), 12:1104 (2025).
News
Jennifer Bussell and Hillel Soifer are leading the organization of an Emerging Methodologists Workshop to foster a new generation of methodologists in qualitative and multi-method research. The call for proposals (for advanced grads, postdocs, and junior faculty from underrepresented groups) is here.
Scott Straus, “ Genocide and Enslavement,” Ethnic and Racial Studies (2025), online.
In alumni news, Rachel Bernhard won a 1.5 million dollar grant from the European Research Council for her multi-year research agenda on the role of complexity in politics.
Michaela Mattes and Jessica Weeks, “ Apology Diplomacy: The International Image Effects of Interstate Apologies,” International Organization. 79:2 (2025), pp. 306-331.
This excellent podcast on Xiaobo Lü’s new book.
Omar Wasow is featured in this KQED interview on the No Kings protests.
Scott Straus on the The Times Radio, on learning from past peace deals in relation to the recent agreement for Gaza.
Amy Lerman is featured in this Berkeley News piece on the Abundance Accelerator program that is part of the Possibility Lab, which she directs.
David Broockman and Benjamin Lauderdale, “Moderates,” American Political Science Review , 2025