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Week of December 7, 2020

Department of Political Science Bulletin, December 7, 2020

Today’s bulletin is also posted on our website:

http://www.polisci.washington.edu/Alumni/Newsletter/newsletter.html

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

This is the last newsletter for Autumn Quarter 2020. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday break. See you in the new year.

Political Science COVID-19 Prevention Plan is also located on our website. If you come to campus, you are required to review the plan and take the UW General COVID-19 safety training. You must fill out the COVID-19 attestation in Workday on each day you come to campus.

New episode of the Political Economy Forum Podcast:

Professor Victor Menaldo discusses whether companies like Amazon or Google should be broken up on Big Tech and Antitrust Policy.

New episode of Neither Free Nor Fair?

Prof. James Long hosts Prof. Pippa Norris of Harvard & Electoral Integrity Project to discuss the concept of electoral integrity and whether the US makes the grade.

 

FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Thomas Bernauer, Aseem Prakash and Liam F. Beiser-McGrath. 2000. Do Exemptions Undermine Environmental Policy Support? An Experimental Stress Test on the Odd-Even Road Space Rationing Policy in India. Regulation & Governance, 14(3): 481-500.

POLITICAL SCIENCE TALKS/SEMINARS

Niko Switek (DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor) will give a talk Tuesday, December 8th, 4 pm, as part of the Fall 2020 Lecture Series: 'Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust' organized by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. He will discuss the prevalence of anti-Semitic and extremist positions in the modern far-right Alternative for Germany party, and how this affects overall public discourse in Germany. Register at: https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/2020-course-lecture-series-lessons-not-learned-from-the-holocaust/

Doug and Maggie Walker Environmental Conversations: Gary Segura (co-founder Latinodecisions.com) “Latino Vote in 2020 Elections: Implication for Climate Policy,” Thursday, December 10, 2020, 5:00pm via Zoom.  This event is co-hosted by CEP and EarthLab. The Walker Conversations are free and open to the public, but you do need to reserve a spot. Please click on the link to reserve your place: Link Here

Please send newsletter items to Ann (buscherf@uw.edu) by noon on Thursdays.

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