Past Workshops
Monday, June 4, 2018 -
11:30am to 1:00pm
Encina Hall West, Room 400 (GSL)
Speaker: Barry Weingast, Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Field: Comparative Politics
Barry R. Weingast is the Ward C. Krebs Family Professor, Department of Political Science, and a Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution. He served as Chair, Department of Political Science, from 1996 through 2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -
11:30am to 1:00pm
Encina Hall West, Room 400 (GSL)
Speaker: Nathan Lee, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Field: American Politics, Political Methodology
Nathan Lee's research focuses on how citizens and policymakers form their factual beliefs in politics. In particular, he is interested in the "politics of expertise", i.e., the conditions under which different types of policy-relevant experts succeed or fail to influence policy decisions. He employs a variety of methods, with an emphasis on survey methods and survey experiments.
Friday, May 25, 2018 -
1:15pm to 3:00pm
Encina Hall West, Room 400 (GSL)
Speaker: Jennifer Pitts, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Field: Political Theory
Jennifer Pitts is Associate Professor of Political Science.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 -
11:30am to 1:00pm
Encina Hall West, Room 400 (GSL)
Speaker: Christopher Berry, Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Field: American Politics
Christopher R. Berry is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, academic director of the Center for Municipal Finance, and faculty director of the Master of Science Program in Computational Analysis and Public Policy. His research interests include metropolitan governance, the politics of public finance, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Monday, May 21, 2018 -
11:30am to 1:00pm
Encina Hall West, Room 400 (GSL)
Speaker: Camilo Garcia-Jimeno, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Field: Comparative Politics
Professor Garcia-Jimeno received his PhD from MIT and has taught at Penn since 2011. His research focuses on political economy, economic history, theory and econometrics.
