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The Politics of Online Dating

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Others have criticized dating apps well-documented track record of exposing users to racism and sexism, among other forms of physical and psychological harm.

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Suthan Krishnarajan Receives the 2024 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Rationalizing Democracy: The Perceptual Bias and (Un)Democratic Behavior”

Political Science Now

While previous studies have shown that citizens accept undemocratic behavior when they stand to gain politically from it, Krishnarajan goes beyond this finding to help us understand how citizens rethink what democracy is when it comes into conflict with their partisan preferences. The Heinz I.

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The Vibes Are Off: Did Elon Musk Push Academics Off Twitter?

Political Science Now

Using a snowball sample of more than 15,700 academic accounts from the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and psychology, we show that academics in these fields reduced their engagement with the platform, measured by either the number of active accounts (i.e., retweeting and replying to others content).

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How Gender Alters the Costs of Political Toxicity.

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Jack Wippell, covers the new article by Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen, “Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity.”

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Democracy and the Epistemic Problems of Political Polarization

Political Science Now

Political polarization is one of the most discussed challenges facing contemporary democracies and is often associated with a broader epistemic crisis. Understanding such harms is also argued to require a greater consideration of the political dynamics of polarization and issues of elite discourse, alongside political psychology.

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Learn more about: Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

Political Science Now

He is a behavioral economist who uses economic theory and empirics to study topics in the intersection of economics, psychology, political science, sociology and anthropology.

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OPINION: Why segregation and racial gaps in education persist 70 years after the end of legal segregation

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Alexandra Filindra is an associate professor of political science and psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago and a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project. Policymakers, funders and education advocates must overcome white resistance to strengthen support for programs geared toward Black and Latino children.

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