Political Morality Conference to be held at Penn State
Penn State’s Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will be hosting a hybrid conference on political polarization and moral decision-making on Friday, April 25, at Foster Auditorium in Paterno Library and live-streamed on Zoom. According to consortium director Daryl Cameron,…
Social media buzz may predict election results earlier in tight races
With social media platforms serving as soapboxes for politicians, campaigns and voters alike, pollsters may be able to better predict election results by tracking the buzz around each candidate on social media, according to a new study published by a team of researchers from Penn State, Stanford…
Why Social Science? - Because It Might Help Us Save American Democracy
This month's Why Social Science? post comes from Dr. John T. Jost (New York University) and Dr. Daniela Goya-Tocchetto (University of Buffalo) who discuss political polarization and the future of American democracy. By John T. Jost, Ph.D. (New York University) and Daniela Goya-Tocchetto,…
Blog on politics and policy seeking submissions
3Streams is a looking for blog submissions focusing on the convergence of politics, policy, and ideas, according to Chris Witko, blog editor and professor of public policy and political science at Penn State. Blog editors are particularly interested in elevating the work of scholars with novel…