Going Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Broadcast Age (Cambridge University Press 2010) was awarded the 2012 Goldsmith prize for the academic book "that best fulfills the objective of improving democratic governance through an examination of the intersection between the media, politics and public policy." Jeffrey Cohen was a Visiting Scholar in the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics iin 2008-2009 when he was writing Going Local, and is chair of the de
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Becky Morton's (CSDP Visiting Scholar 2004-2005) and Kenneth Williams' book Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality won the 2011 (and inaugural) Best Book Award from the Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association.
Diana C. Mutz, the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of the 2011 Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award from the American Political Science Association’s Political Communication Section. Professor Mutz was a Visiting Scholar at CSDP for the 2009-2010 academic year. The award, named after the late Murray Edelman, a trailblazing scholar of political science communication, was establishe
Professor Adam Meirowitz has been awarded the 2012 Social Choice and Welfare Prize, which honors young scholars of excellent accomplishment in the area of social choice theory and welfare economics. Adam will receive his medal at the meeting of The Society for Social Choice and Welfare next August in New Dehli. As the prizewinner, he will also give a one hour lecture.
Professor Kosuke Imai has been chosen by the Society for Political Methodology to be the first to receive their Emerging Scholar Award. This award recognizes scholars within 10 years of PhD who are making exceptional contributions to political methodology.
Rafaela Dancygier, assistant professor of Politics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, recently received the 2011 Best Book Award from the European Politics & Society Section of the American Political Science Association for her book titled, "Immigration and Conflict in Europe"(Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Christina Paxson, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, announced yesterday that Charles Cameron and Markus Prior will become co-directors of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP), effective July 1, 2011.
In a note to CSDP affiliates, Cameron and Prior wrote “Over the last 11 years, CSDP has played a vital role in the intellectual life of Princeton. Its legacy of accomplishment is a great tribute to our friend and former colleague Larry Bartels. We are very
Campaigns & Elections magazine named Aaron Strauss, former CSDP-affiliated graduate student, among its 2011 Rising Stars. The award goes to a select group of operatives age 35 and under who have "an established track record of achievement in political consulting or advocacy and the promise to achieve greatness."
Andrew Owen, former CSDP-affiliated graduate student and current assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, was named the winner of the American Political Science Association Experimental Methods Dissertation Award for 2011. Owen's dissertation demonstrates the asymmetric effects of good vs. bad performance in retrospective voting. The Experimental Methods section will present the award at the annual meeting in September 2011 in Seattle.
Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University, was awarded a 2011 Guggenheim fellowship for his work on the Supreme Court in times of crisis. Jeff will be joining CSDP for the 2011-2012 academic year as a Visiting Senior Research Scholar.
