Oil Shake-Up: Refining Transitions in a Low-Carbon Economy
August 27, 2019
Senior Fellow Deborah Gordon co-authors study on why it is critical to assess how shifting to a low-carbon economy will impact oil refining.
Research Briefs 2019
American Bias and Blind Spots on World Politics
August 12, 2019
Associate Professor Jeff Colgan guest edited a special issue of the Journal of Global Security Studies, centered on a "particularly important concern in global security studies: American bias."
Traceable Tasks and Complex Policies: When Politics Matter for Policy Implementation
July 30, 2019
In a recent article, co-author Susan Moffitt, Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, explores varying political energies during policy implementation, specifically of the landmark No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
Civil War and Citizens' Demand for the State: An Empirical Test of Hobbesian Theory
July 22, 2019
In new research, Assistant Professor Rob Blair uses Hobbes’s Leviathan to demonstrate why severely victimized citizens of wartime violence should lean on centralized authorities more instead of local ones, in post-conflict settings.
Watson Faculty Named CIFAR Fellows
July 18, 2019
Professor Andrew Schrank and Associate Professor Prerna Singh have been named CIFAR Fellows by the Canadian-based global charitable organization.
Three Visions of International Order
July 8, 2019
In a new article, Associate Professor Jeff Colgan proposes a hybrid form of an international order that merges the three broad visions that have recently emerged from Washington.
Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War
July 1, 2019
In the latest report by the Costs of War Project, it is estimated that 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases have been emitted by the U.S. military since the start of the Global War on Terror in 2001.
The Long March: Deep Democracy in Cross-National Perspective
May 23, 2019
Former Postdoctoral Fellows Ali Kadivar and Adaner Usmani co-authored a new study on substantive democratization, and its correlation to unarmed pro-democratic mobilization.
Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?: Culture, Causation, and Responsibility
May 20, 2019
In a new report released by the Manhattan Institute, Professor Glenn Loury delves into the persistence of racial inequality in the United States.
The Clean Air Act's Use of Market Mechanisms
May 14, 2019
In a chapter of the recently published Lessons from the Clean Air Act, Professor Eric Patashnik, Director of the Master of Public Affairs Program, examines market-based policies in the Clean Air Act.
James N. Green receives Distinguished Research Achievement Award
April 24, 2019
James N. Green, Director of the Brazil Initiative, was awarded one of Brown University's Distinguished Research Achievement Awards for 2019.
Mexico's Dirty War on Drugs: Source Control and Dissidence in Drug Enforcement
April 22, 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow Aileen Teague’s recent essay is included in the first issue of The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs published by The University of Chicago Press.
Establishing the Rule of Law in Weak and War-torn States
April 16, 2019
In a new study, co-author Robert Blair reports findings from a field experiment with the Liberian National Police’s (LNP) “Confidence Patrols” program, following years of civil war in the country.
John Friedman Named Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Public Economics
April 8, 2019
John Friedman, Associate Professor of Economics, has recently been named the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Economics.
Human Animal Health
March 28, 2019
Watson Institute Senior Fellow Alex Nading published a special issue of Medical Anthropology Quarterly on the topic of “Human Animal Health," co-editing the issue with Hannah Brown (Durham University).
Rival Hierarchies and the Origins of Nuclear Technology Sharing
March 18, 2019
In a new article published in International Studies Quarterly, co-author Jeffrey Colgan delves into the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union in the 1950s and sharing nuclear technology internationally.
The RTI Story: Power to the People
March 13, 2019
In her book, Indian activist Aruna Roy tells the story of how a people’s movement brought about the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India in 2005.
Senior Fellow Awarded Grant for Oil Climate Index
March 11, 2019
Senior Fellow Deborah Gordon was recently awarded a $35,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to conduct outreach on the OCI’s decision-making potential.
The Future of Work and its Implications for Higher Education
March 5, 2019
Provost Richard M. Locke was recently awarded a $100,000 grant to support his project, The Future of Work and its Implications for Higher Education.
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg Receives Recognition for New Book
February 26, 2019
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg’s recent book, Congressional Procedure: A Practical Guide to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress: The House of Representatives and Senate Explained, has won the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Award and the bronze 2019 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Non-Fiction Book in the Mid-Atlantic region.