Political science

Annual meetings should be reimagined as spaces that enable connections – including with practitioners and the media, says Noam Schimmel

Casual encounters are a chance to correct the public's irritating assumption that political science is all about elections, says Christopher Hallenbrook

As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whether a support model that relies on the conscientiousness of individual academics is fit for purpose. Here, three scholars explain why, despite its faults, the pastoral role remains crucial

International community ‘should take in academics unable to continue teaching in Hong Kong’, say scholars

Tributes paid to a pioneering political scientist who overcame the obstacles and stereotypes that often block women in the academy

Studying institutional success stories is socially useful and has nothing to do with selling out, say Matthew Flinders and Paul ’t Hart

Lincoln Allison enjoys an overview of the great political thinkers very different from the kind he grew up with

Angelia R. Wilson applauds an analysis seeking to bring far more diverse voices into the study of politics

As the government moves left on economics and right on culture, institutions must show the depth and breadth of their impact, says Sir Chris Husbands

Institutions should use the pause enforced by the pandemic to rethink their priorities in sending students abroad, says Caroline L. Payne

National University of Singapore Press criticised over decision to scrap publication of title critical of country’s rulers

The president-elect may have academic connections, but the path from campus to cabinet is rarely travelled successfully, say three political scientists

The vast majority of university staff and students are hoping that Joe Biden’s predicted win comes to pass in next week’s presidential election. But with the nation’s finances reeling from Covid-19 and its political fabric fraying in the partisan tug of war, how much would really change, asks Paul Basken 

Government issues arrest warrants for students and files complaint against an overseas academic as protests, some held on university campuses, intensify 

Schools of government have traditionally employed a technocratic approach to preparing public officials. But with polarisation straining political systems to breaking point, Paul Basken reports on calls in the US for more aggressive approaches, while Karthik Ramanna sets out how his Oxford programme attempts to repair the fractures

Kieran Williams is impressed by a dialogue about the history of a single country that offers a powerful defence of liberal, constitutional government

£9,000 fees permitted per-student funding to rise even at the height of austerity, argues former minister David Willetts

A collection of assessments and reappraisals of Noam Chomsky’s celebrated essay ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ by the author and other scholars shows the activist academic to be as provocative as ever, writes Matthew Reisz 

Book of the week: Matthew Joseph is impressed by an analysis of how states fail to live up to the obligations to their citizens

Lincoln Allison may have lived through the glory days of academic publishing, but he still wonders whether the countless hours he spent writing his 14 moderately successful tomes would have been better spent on the tennis court

Author concerned about lack of pushback after Italy's far-right governing party demanded removal of critical book from reading list

Dutch universities are conspicuously and consistently successful. Yet their funding is declining and their embrace of internationalism has put them on a collision course with the populist right. John Morgan assesses the mood in Leiden, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Maastricht

Lincoln Allison is unimpressed by an attempt to promote plebeianism as a political philosophy

The recent death of politics academic David Held left Alix Dietzel shocked and guilty. Why did no one warn her she could feel like that?

Tributes paid to ‘greater scholar of the old school’ who was a renowned expert on Antonio Gramsci

Scholars in Riga and the UK explain why political theorist is still worth studying

Amy Gutmann insists she ‘speaks out firmly’ on issues that relate to the values of the University of Pennsylvania

An openness and willingness to question oneself are the foundations of democracy and should be defended robustly, argues Michael Ignatieff, president of Hungary’s Central European University, in a new book

Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pető, recent recipient of the Madame de Staël prize, a scholar at Hungary’s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary’s past is provoking strong reactions in the ‘illiberal democracy’

Professor of government rose from poverty in childhood to become leading expert on British public policy

The internet impedes human interactions, warps civilised discourse and aggravates misunderstandings, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto 

Privatisation or nationally funded consortia are the only solutions to US public education’s financial malaise, says Sheldon H. Jacobson

Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture recognises lifetime achievement in philosophy and public service

The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook

Witwatersrand conference hears that scholars have much to learn from material that activists are seeking to make public

Law professor says universities struggle to understand the majority of the population who do not have degrees

Texas-born scholar Angelia Wilson talks to Matthew Reisz about the changing face of political studies, Trump and the Christian Right, and a Bible Belt road trip

Italian academic says biometric testing could reveal 'secrets of the mind' of potentially lying voters

We talk about the importance of women-only colleges, academics’ role in policymaking and personal tragedy with the noted political scientist

New president keen to support Paris institution’s ‘agility’, according to its leader

Political scientist at Arizona State University thought to have taken his own life

Some aspects of university reform – including parts of the TEF – could ‘turn to dust’, says Nick Hillman

Academic calls on Facebook and Twitter to share more information with scholars

Sole remaining pro-Israel speaker claims ‘semi-hysterical’ reaction has harmed academic debate

Fellow political scientists pay tribute to the scholarly achievements of a man best-known as a television pundit during British elections

Some universities in Germany are using extra cash to create elite flagship courses, says study

Contributors hope resource will encourage students to avoid ‘assimilationist’ mindset

Lecturers have long been accused of indoctrinating students with their liberal views, and the grade-obsessed students of today feel the same way, say Will Grant and Darren Linvill

But research shows Yale University graduates are most productive in Congress

Ronald Daniels says universities have not fully comprehended ‘profound disillusionment’ within society

The D-PLACE tool means anthropologists and historians can finally statistically test theories about what shapes human culture and society

Tyneside-educated scientist to lead institution from next year

Data reveal that countries such as China and Saudi Arabia produce only a tiny fraction of the history and political science papers of democracies

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union

Book of the week: Joanna Lewis on nationalism’s truest friend and the books that made him a world authority