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We are excited to have a stellar group of scholars in the field of identity and politics scheduled to present on a range of topics that engage how race, ethnicity, gender and other salient identities shape political processes and outcomes. The full list of presenters is provided below. The conference format provides for plenty…

Jessica Green is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with cross appointments at the School of Environment and the Munk School of Public Affairs. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Princeton University and MPA from Columbia University. Her research is focused on climate governance, including carbon…

Seminar Series – Spring 2026The Education Research Section (ERS), an interdisciplinary unit in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, promotes the use of high-quality research in education decision-making. We conduct, support, and promote education research, and disseminate results to educators, policymakers,…

Understanding power remains central to the study of political science, yet many fundamental questions about power in local governance remain unresolved. Who governs municipalities, both small and large? How do local powerholders make decisions about policies that influence everyday life, such as housing, infrastructure,…

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Democratic responses to climate change will be determined by how institutions such as deliberative bodies make sense of decarbonization. In a novel ethnography of the deliberations to achieve New York’s climate target, one of the world’s most ambitious, I show how norms of talk shape how people temporally coordinate action to…