Media Coverage and Op-Eds

UW Medal
Political Science Students Awarded President's Medal & Dean's Medal
July 2, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Paris Olympics: Should Rich Countries Use Air Conditioners?"
July 1, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash on KOMO News site, "Western Washington voters share biggest issues they want addressed by candidates in debate"
June 28, 2024
Aseem Prakash
Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded the APSA Excellence in Mentoring and Ranked as One of the Best Scientists in Political Science
May 30, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Climate Policy: A Glass Half-Full Or Half-Empty?"
May 20, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Nature, "The value of unrealistic targets: why some climate activists are unwilling to abandon the 1.5 °C target"
April 29, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "The Rise And Fall Of ESG"
April 23, 2024
Prof. Victor Menaldo
Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Washington Post, "Before Trump, here’s how some other countries prosecuted their ex-leaders"
April 16, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Progress, Retreat Or Compromise: SEC Climate Disclosure Rule"
March 11, 2024
Professor Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "Eras Forests Could Offset Taylor Swift’s Carbon Footprint"
February 26, 2024
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Prof. James Long in The Conversation, "Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia"
February 22, 2024
Professor Aseem Prakash quoted in The Washington Post: "A state pollution tax raised $2 billion. Can it survive the backlash?"
February 6, 2024
Professor Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Presidential Elections And Biden’s Gas Export Pause"
February 6, 2024
 Professor Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "Managing Public Views Of Decarbonization, Cold Waves, And Blackouts"
January 30, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in The Regulatory Review, "Rural Backlash Could Impede Climate Ambition"
January 22, 2024
James Long
Prof. James D. Long on the Iowa Caucus Results and Significance
January 16, 2024
Professor Mark Alan Smith in the KUOW article "Why didn't more Washingtonians vote in the 2023 election?"
January 8, 2024
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Taylor Swift And Other Jet-Setters Can Send A Climate Message"
January 2, 2024
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Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Could Climate Aid Avoid Development Aid’s Implementation Problems?"
December 4, 2023
Prof. Anthony Gill Featured in The New York Times Article on Tipping, "Welcome to the New Economics of Tipping"
November 16, 2023
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Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Is Politics Causing Delhi Air Pollution And Climate Policy Slowdown?"
November 13, 2023
Citizens from Ghana waiting in line to vote
Prof. James D. Long noted in UW Arts&Sci Perspectives, "Voting in Emerging Democracies, Despite the Challenges"
November 2, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Pope Francis And Climate Change: Does Morality Play A Role In Climate Policy"
October 9, 2023
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Prof. Aseem Prakash selected as Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration
October 4, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Climate Clashes With Labor: UAW Strike Reveals ESG Problems"
September 19, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Vandalizing Museums, Disrupting The Burning Man, And Climate Activism"
September 5, 2023
Profs.  Menaldo and Long in The Conversation, "Could Trump turn his politics of grievance into a get-out-of-jail card?"
August 4, 2023
Prof. Victor Menaldo quoted on NPR, "The White House and big tech companies release commitments on managing AI"
August 4, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash in Forbes, "Who Is A Climate Leader? Amazon’s 2022 Sustainability Report"
July 24, 2023
Profs. Long and Menaldo in The Seattle Times, "How have prosecutions of foreign leaders turned out? It’s complicated "
July 5, 2023
Prof. Anthony Gill in American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), "Why Do We Rescue When All Hope Is Lost?"
July 3, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "Biden And Modi Talked About China But Not About Climate"
June 26, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on the NPR, "Is Biden a Good Climate President?"
June 22, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Should Air Pollution In New York And Washington D.C. Trigger A Climate Emergency?"
June 20, 2023
Political Science Major Hayden Goldberg Featured in College of Arts&Sciences Perspectives Newsletter
June 9, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "The Ukraine Invasion Reveals How National Security, International Trade, And Climate Change Are Connected"
May 30, 2023
Prof. Anthony Gill in AIER, "A Sick (Pay) Policy that Redefines Work"
May 26, 2023
Professor Aseem Prakash joins NPR The Indicator Podcast for "President Biden: Climate champion or fossil fuel friend?"
May 9, 2023
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Graduate Student Ryan Goehrung receives UW Excellence in Teaching Award
May 8, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Why Blowing Up Pipelines Will Not Solve The Climate Crisis"
May 1, 2023
Professor Anthony Gill in American Institute for Economic Research, "Why did the Redcoats Wear Red Coats?
April 28, 2023
Prof. Mark Alan Smith on Quillette, "Masking Uncertainty in Public Health"
April 24, 2023
Political Science Student Makes the Husky100!
April 24, 2023
Prof. Victor Menaldo in The Seattle Times, "WA’s capital gains tax will have unintended consequences"
April 14, 2023
Prof. Jake Grumbach's work cited in Vox, "A study confirms it: Tennessee’s democracy really is as bad as the expulsions made you think"
April 12, 2023
Profs. James Long and Victor Menaldo interviewed in UW News, "Beyond Trump — UW political scientists on the legacy of the indictment on the U.S. presidency "
April 10, 2023
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Prof. Victor Menaldo, Prof. James D. Long, and Grad student Morgan Wack work cited in Reason, "Dump the Politicized Case Against Trump and Make Way for Serious Investigations"
April 10, 2023
Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Dogs Are Humans’ Best Friends: Could We Reduce Their Carbon Footprint?"
April 10, 2023
Prof. Victor Menaldo quoted in three articles in The Washington Post, GeekWire, and The Conversation.
April 3, 2023
Prof. Christopher Adolph on the IHME news, "The Lancet: Largest US state-by-state analysis of COVID-19 impact reveals the driving forces behind variations in health, education, and economic performance "
March 28, 2023