Jennifer Gandhi, a political scientist whose work in comparative politics focuses on authoritarian regimes and transitions to democracy, was recently appointed the Howard Wang ’95 Professor of Global ...

Yale political scientist Milan Svolik has received a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to support his work on political polarization and democratic backsliding. Svolik, the Elizabeth S. & A. Varick ...

Indian American political scientist’s research focuses on authoritarian regimes and transitions to and from democracy.

New Haven, Conn. — Immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, a group of 10 Yale students from a variety of backgrounds convened on campus to discuss the unthinkable. Brought together by ...

Jennifer Gandhi, a distinguished scholar in comparative politics and political economy, has been selected as the new Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Faculty Development within Yale University’s Faculty of ...

Political campaigns spend big bucks hiring consultants to craft persuasive messaging, but a new study coauthored by Yale political scientist Joshua L. Kalla demonstrates that political professionals ...

Yale Political Science Professor Hélène Landemore speaks to Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua in Davos on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum. Landemore discusses the effect President Trump had ...

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, authored Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power and ...