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Learn More About: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing

Political Science Now

Project Title: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing Genevieve Bates, University of Wisconsin-Madison Genevieve Bates is an Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate and an incoming Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D.

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

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Working in Indonesia and Peru, we also use this research, and our close partnerships with local communities and organizations, to spur action that supports gender equality and the basic human right to water. For government authorities, we created policy briefs, translated into Bahasa Indonesian and Spanish.

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Meet Oren Samet, 2023 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantee

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The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Before beginning his Ph.D.,

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OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving students

The Hechinger Report

In August of that year, Jack Dorsey donated $10 million to Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research — even though Dorsey didn’t finish college and didn’t attend Boston University. In other contexts, when a donation is linked to a wrong, or a human rights violation, the donor is seen as complicit in that wrong.

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OPINION: America should learn from Europe and adopt tougher regulations on artificial intelligence

The Hechinger Report

The companies pledged to focus on researching the societal dangers of AI, such as the perpetuation of bias and abuse of privacy, and to develop AI that addresses those dangers. When it comes to AI, we can’t afford the same wait-and-see approach many governments took to regulating social media. I now also chair Ireland’s first A.I.

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Apply Now for 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops | Deadline: April 27, 2025

Political Science Now

Comparative & Multi-Method Approaches within Political Economy Research Comparative scholars increasingly draw upon a variety of methods to investigate key questions raised by political economies across the global community. Co-leaders: Javier Prez Sandoval , University of Oxford, and Elizabeth G.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

She argues, in line with the international human rights position, that children are citizens, too, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Research findings leave room for debate about just how bad corporal punishment by teachers is for kids, especially in the United States. And we can say yes.”.