The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. David Lazer from Northeastern University who will discuss networks and information.  David Lazer is a University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, and Co-Director, NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. Prior to coming to Northeastern University, he was on the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School (1998-2009). In 2019, he was elected a fellow to the National Academy of Public Administration. His research has…

The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Prakash Kashwan from the University of Connecticut who will discuss environmental governance.  Dr. Prakash Kashwan is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is the author of the widely reviewed and acclaimed book Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2017) and a…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Adam Enders from the University of Louisville who will discuss conspiracy theories and partisanship. Adam Enders is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. His research focuses on the role of suspicion and conspiratorial thinking in American mass politics, the influence of core values on political identities and attitudes, and the evolving nature of mass polarization. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Michelle Jurkovitch from the University of Massachusetts, Boston who will discuss norms and human rights. Dr. Michelle Jurkovich is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Undergraduate Program Director for International Relations at UMass Boston. She is the author of Feeding the Hungry: Advocacy and Blame in the Global Fight Against Hunger (Cornell University Press, 2020). Her work has been published in International Studies Quarterly, International Studies…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Michael Tomz from Stanford University who will discuss international relations and international political economy. Michael Tomz is the William Bennett Munro Professor in Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development, and the Landreth Family University Fellow…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Erica Chenoweth from Harvard University who will discuss protests and terrorism. Erica Chenoweth is the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Chenoweth's research focuses on political violence and its alternatives. Chenoweth was ranked among the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013 by Foreign Policy magazine and also…

The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Jaskiran Dhillon from The New School who will discuss political movements. Dr. Jaskiran Dhillon is an Associate Professor of Global Studies at The New School. Her scholarship, organizing, and teaching aims to work in the service of political movements advancing decolonization, justice, and freedom across the world. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, an M.A. from York University in 1998, and a B.A. from…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Gary Goertz from the University of Notre Dame who will discuss peace and rivalry. Gary Goertz is a scholar of international conflict, conflict management, and peace. He is the author or co-author of 10 books and more than 50 articles and chapters on international conflict and peace, institutions, norms, and methodology. His publications in this area include Contexts of International Politics (1994, Cambridge), Explaining War and Peace (2007)…

The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Jessica Weeks from the University of Wisconsin who will discuss international relations and conflict. Dr. Jessica Weeks is a Professor of Political Science and the H. Douglas Weaver Chair in Diplomacy and International Relations at the University of Wisconsin. Her research interests include Foreign Policy, Non-democracy, Peace, Political Institutions, Public Opinion, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Domestic Politics of Foreign Policy, the Domestic and International Politics of Authoritarian Regimes, and Public…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Rochelle Terman from the University of Chicago who will discuss human rights and gender. Rochelle Terman is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She studies international norms, gender, and advocacy, with a focus on the Muslim world. Her current book project, Backlash: Defiance, Human Rights, and the Politics of Shame, investigates counter-productive consequences of global “naming and shaming” campaigns. The…

The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Rochelle Terman from the University of Chicago who will discuss human rights and gender. Dr. Rochelle Terman is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She studies international norms, gender, and advocacy, with a focus on the Muslim world. Her current book project, Backlash: Defiance, Human Rights, and the Politics of Shame, investigates counter-productive consequences of global “naming and shaming” campaigns. Dr. Terman earned her…

  The Spring 2022 Innovations in International Affairs Speaker Series presents Dr. Megan Stewart  from American University who will discuss rebel governance and civil war. Dr. Megan Stewart is an Assistant Professor at American University's School of International Service. Her research investigates how and why political actors attempt to revolutionize societies, and the consequences of their efforts. She explores questions related to this topic using quantitative, qualitative, and experimental methods. Her book, Governing for Revolution, explains why some rebel groups undertake…