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« The extraordinary delusions of the 2012 election | Main | Goodbye political science? »

12 February 2013

AAAS panel on "The Science of Politics"

For those of you attending AAAS in Boston this weekend, this panel might be of interest:

The Science of Politics

Friday, February 15, 2013: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Ballroom A (Hynes Convention Center)

"Politics" is an elusive phenomenon, with popular perception focusing on the importance of factors that do not seem subject to scientific inquiry; perhaps this is why National Science Foundation funding of the discipline has been under attack in Congress. However, even the founding figures of the United States viewed politics as if they were governed by logical processes. This panel focuses on emerging approaches within the discipline, with a focus on methods and ideas that have crossed over from other sciences, from molecular (genetic) analyses to international institutional determinants of political outcomes. The modern science of politics has revealed the substantial structure of political behavior and how institutions are shaped by and shape political behavior. The methods presented include field experimental work on political behavior, game theoretic approaches to politics, genetic foundations for political behavior, and network science-based approaches to political science.

Organizer:
David Lazer, Northeastern University

Co-Organizer:
Barbara Jasny, AAAS/Science

Moderator:
Barbara Jasny, AAAS/Science

Speakers:

Donald Green, Yale University
Field Experiments in Political Science: An Overview of Advances

Susan Hyde, Yale University
The Diffusion of Democratic Norms

David Lazer, Northeastern University
Network Science Meets Political Science

Rose McDermott, Brown University
Biological Influences on Political Outcomes

Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University
Modeling Politics: Promise and Limits of Formal Models in Political Science

Posted by David Lazer at February 12, 2013 9:27 PM