Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

How is AI shaping democracy? ISPS's @leegeiller.bsky.social organized a conference to find out. bit.ly/4o2oJBC Featuring @dschiff.bsky.social @paoloagnolin.bsky.social @jason-jones.bsky.social

Alejandro Poiré discusses how we must “reinvent and reconstruct the very concept of democracy”: bit.ly/3XMrMmM

So thrilled we could host former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel and @greggnunziata.bsky.social for a discussion about what it means to govern responsibly when partisanship runs high and trust in institutions runs low. bit.ly/3XktCeD

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at ISPS.

So thrilled we could host former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel and @greggnunziata.bsky.social for a discussion about what it means to govern responsibly when partisanship runs high and trust in institutions runs low. bit.ly/3XktCeD

Alejandro Poiré discusses how we must “reinvent and reconstruct the very concept of democracy”: bit.ly/3XMrMmM

Sign up for a new six-week virtual course on animal ethics! Scholarships available! Full details and application: bioethics.yale.edu/foundations-...

How is AI shaping democracy? ISPS's @leegeiller.bsky.social organized a conference to find out. bit.ly/4o2oJBC Featuring @dschiff.bsky.social @paoloagnolin.bsky.social @jason-jones.bsky.social

Congratulations, August Rios on becoming a Rhodes scholar! bit.ly/47PgeVS

Congratulations to Bryan Garsten, named among the newest members of the American Academy of Sciences & Letters. bit.ly/48koOMw

Check out what the Millstone public service fellows did over the summer: bit.ly/3LHLBsL

Tomorrow! Please put this in your calendar ...

Please join us this Thursday at 3:30 PM via ZOOM for our Gradate Policy Fellows Showcase, featuring presentations on migration, hormones, criminal justice, venture capital, tax policy, health care, youth, music nonprofit organizations, and more. Register to attend: bit.ly/4oIxFh2

We were so pleased that former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel spoke with our undergraduate Millstone fellows. He was joined by Gregg Nunziata, former general counsel to Sen. Marco Rubio and chief nominations counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee to about how government can and should work better.

Join us this Wednesday ...

Please join us for this year's Litowitz Lecture by Alejandro Poiré on "How to Confront Democratic Backsliding and Autocratization: Lessons From Mexico’s Failed Democratization.” Tuesday at 4 PM at Luce Hall, Room 101. Register to attend: bit.ly/498Gvzw

Thanks so much to @gorenlj.bsky.social for interviewing Jack Greenberg and me about 'Congressional Expectations of Presidential Self-Restraint' on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Political Science podcast. newbooksnetwork.com/congressiona...

With support from ISPS, the student-run Yale Politics Initiative held a seminar with Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. @adamsmith.house.gov

Yale Community: Please join us for a special breakfast talk next week with Tamar Chugoshvili on innovations to democratic resistance. RSVP to attend: bit.ly/4onTvWE

We are thrilled to once again help support this year's Global Environmental Justice "Environmental Joy" conference. Today and tomorrow at the School of the Environment. ycej.yale.edu/en/conferenc...

Join us Nov. 3 at ISPS to hear former IRS Commissioner and OMB Director Danny Werfel and @greggnunziata.bsky.social, former general counsel for Sen. Marco Rubio, speak about leadership, policy, and institutional culture in public service. Register to attend: bit.ly/3J514T3

Join us Nov. 3 at ISPS to hear former IRS Commissioner and OMB Director Danny Werfel and @greggnunziata.bsky.social, former general counsel for Sen. Marco Rubio, speak about leadership, policy, and institutional culture in public service. Register to attend: bit.ly/3J514T3

We chat with @slskowronek.bsky.social about his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and how American democracy may have outgrown the Constitution: bit.ly/3WODXPz

Join us next Tuesday, Oct. 28!

We chat with @slskowronek.bsky.social about his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and how American democracy may have outgrown the Constitution: bit.ly/3WODXPz

Can sortition save democracy? @alicirone.bsky.social leads a conference on representation and recruitment for citizens' assemblies. bit.ly/4ni4aAW

Join us Wednesday Oct. 22 for a showcase of students sharing their experiences as Millstone fellows working public service internships. Great for juniors looking to apply to the program. Register to attend: bit.ly/4n56o6I

How has technological advancement shaped democracy? Where are democratic systems headed with the rise of AI? We invite the Yale community to join us and visiting scholars for a symposium on how to innovate democracy in the era of rapid technological transformation. Register to attend: bit.ly/4opWQo1

Time Magazine features Lori Bruce's work for a story on baby boxes: time.com/7299476/baby...

Good science invites others to assess the work and to reproduce and replicate the results. See how and why we do it at Yale. bit.ly/4nJkFa7

Good science invites others to assess the work and to reproduce and replicate the results. See how and why we do it at Yale. bit.ly/4nJkFa7

The Center for Civic Thought invites the Yale community to a guest seminar with Nicholas Buccola on his book "One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle Over an American Ideal." Friday from 12:30 to 2 PM at ISPS, 77 Prospect, Room A001. Register to attend: bit.ly/48fHlKp

Made possible by support from @arnoldventures.bsky.social @publicagenda.bsky.social & @ispsyale.bsky.social The #ExpandingEngagementLab is stoked to build on this to learn how engage other chronic non-voters! expandingengagement.org 9/9

New in American Journal of Epidemiology! doi.org/10.1093/aje/...

🎉 Just out in Policy and Internet! Is AI in policymaking a fix or a threat? This study, supported by @ispsyale.bsky.social, suggests AI's democratic legitimacy depends on how it is explained and integrated with public voice. 🔗Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Who counts as a "radical?" Which movements could be considered a "backlash?" How does AI affect the way we consume news? Enjoy our chat with sociologist Daniel Karell about the future of political discourse. bit.ly/42fZaVP

What does the U.S. Constitution mean in American democracy today? The Center for Civic Thought entertains some ideas ... bit.ly/4pC9vWl

In recent years, China has offered a range of childcare subsidies and tax breaks to encourage family formation. But these measures are unlikely to work, writes Emma Zang.

New study from @cantstopkevin.bsky.social. People often trust fake "pink slime" local news sites more than real ones: bit.ly/48hwuiW

New study from @cantstopkevin.bsky.social. People often trust fake "pink slime" local news sites more than real ones: bit.ly/48hwuiW

➡️📍📑 New Working Paper with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach. A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️ preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

Ian Shapiro will discuss "Angry Populist Politics: Why It's Happening and What to do About It" at the New Haven Lawn Club on Wed. Sept. 17 at noon. Buy tickets to this preordered lunch event: www.ycnh.org/events/septe...