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Some barriers to women running for office, such as forms of illiteracy, work burdens within the household and discriminatory attitudes towards women are well known, but new research from the Centre fo

Inequality is linked to more greenhouse gas emissions and tackling inequality is an integral part of combatting climate change, argues a new study by researchers at UCL and Salem State University, Massachusetts. The research, published today in the peer-reviewed journal One Earth , identifies multiple pathways by which inequality leads to more emissions, bringing together evidence from different fields.

FACULTY Q&A Five Republican candidates for governor in Michigan failed to file enough valid nominating signatures and should not qualify for the August primary election, according to state election officials.

On the eve of a book launch, a leading academic said the clock is already ticking on how a new Australian government will react to the influence of China in the Pacific.

The study, involving Abel Escribà-Folch, a professor with the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, is one of the first to relate the structure of military forces and coups.

The prolonged violence is shaking up global political alliances, driving food insecurity, and upending the lives of millions of refugees, Johns Hopkins experts said during a live briefing May 17 The

Women could hold the keys to the Lodge and election victory this Saturday, with new  a nalysis  from The Australian National University (ANU) showing female voters are three times more likely than men to have not yet decided who they'll vote for.

Politics at The University of Manchester has confirmed its reputation as one of the largest and strongest centres for political expertise in the UK in the government's Research Excellence Framework (

Mariano Torcal and Josep Maria Comellas, researchers at the UPF Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM), are the authors of an introductory article for a special issue of the jou

Developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are moving quickly. This leads to positive things, such as faster detection of cancer, for example.

UvA professors Daniel Bonn, Marieke de Goede, Amade M'charek and Sonja Smets have been selected as new members by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Johns Hopkins SAIS to host newly created U.S.-ASEAN Institute for Rising Leaders Starting in 2023, the institute will bring approximately 30 mid-career public service professionals from 10 Southeast

As a Carnegie Mellon University student absorbing knowledge in the seats of Baker Hall, Dan Gilman didn't know the first thing about local government.

Roe v. Wade: How did 'settled law' get unsettled? The conservative movement carefully orchestrated the end of abortion rights over decades, using the women's suffrage playbook, says political

If there's an online discussion about race, using the term "white privilege” can create a polarized situation, say University of Michigan researchers. The mention of white privilege can create internet discussions that are less constructive, more polarized and less supportive of racially progressive policies, says Christopher Quarles , a doctoral candidate at the School of Information and the study's lead author.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising star of America's hard-right conservative movement, signs the so-called "Don't Say Gay” bill.

A study in which the professor of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science and Administration Juan Rodríguez Teruel participates shows that there is no equitable geographical distribution of the plurality of the Spanish State in the appointment of ministers.

The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy,  is highlighted in a New Yorker feature by journalist and author Ronan Farrow that explored th

Western Balkans expert Dr Andi Hoxhaj is one of the contributors to the 2022 Freedom House Nations in Transit Report, an annual expert assessment of the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia [ published today].