Research Briefs
Explore recent faculty research, from published papers and books to awards and other notable contributions.
Research Briefs
Explore recent faculty research, from published papers and books to awards and other notable contributions.
The Costs of War project released a new paper highlighting the explosive expansion of mass surveillance in the United States since the 9/11 attacks.
Adam Levine and Patrick Heller recently co-authored a paper published in PLOS Global Public Health.
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Labour's search for credibility
Mark Blyth recently authored a paper published in the IPPR Progressive Review journal.
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Fall 2023 UTRA grants create research opportunities at Watson
The Watson Institute funded $10,000 in Undergraduate Research and Teaching Awards to support Brown students collaborating with Watson faculty on research projects during the fall 2023 semester.
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Studying the Superintendency: A Call for Research
Susan Moffitt recently co-authored a report for the Annenberg Institute.
Susan Moffitt recently co-authored a new book published by The University of Chicago Press.
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We Thought It Would Be Heaven: Refugees in an Unequal America
Blair Sackett has recently co-authored a book discussing the challenges encountered by refugees who have been resettled in the United States.
Omer Bartov recently published a book discussing some of the most urgent current debates over the study, commemoration, and politicization of the Holocaust through key critical perspectives.
Deborah Gordon recently co-authored a paper for Environmental Research Letters.
Jeff Colgan recently co-authored a report builds on CSL’s research that estimated the cost of the energy crisis.
John Friedman recently co-authored a paper that revealed college admissions preferences for wealthy students.
Wendy Schiller recently co-authored a paper in Perspectives on Politics.
Patrick Heller and Ashutosh Varshney recently co-authored a paper published in the American Journal of Sociology titled "The Rich Have Peers, the Poor Have Patrons: Engaging the State in a South Indian City."
The Taubman Center's latest research focuses on how election laws have affected voter turnout.
Donald Casler received an award from the American Political Science Association for his dissertation.
Liana Woskie was awarded for most innovative approach to theory and/or methodology.
Patrick Heller recently authored a paper published in the Studies in Indian Politics.
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International Energy Politics in an Age of Climate Change
Jeff Colgan recently authored a paper published in Annual Review of Political Science.
Heidi Peltier recently authored a paper for the Costs of War project.
John Eason recently co-authored an article published by the Urban Institute.
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Glomag Sanctions Database: Baseline Data on Human Rights Sanctions
A new report developed by scholars at the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies was designed to assist researchers in studying the utilization of sanctions for human rights abuses and corruption.
Robert Blair recently co-authored an article published in Nature Human Behaviour.
A report released by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies examines civilian-military interaction during the first year and a half of the U.S.'s national response to COVID-19.
A new report released by the Costs of War project sheds light on the devastating indirect toll of war on human health since 2001.
The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies and the Refugee Dream Center released a new report titled, "'Then, We Lost Everything:' Afghan Evacuee Experiences of Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome."
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Entrenchment and Health Equity
Eric Patashnik recently edited the volume Entrenchment and Health Equity in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
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Moving humanitarian-military relations forward: a new typology
Adam Levine and Alexandria Nylen recently co-authored an article titled 'Moving Humanitarian-Military Relations Forward: A New Typology.'
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A roadmap for immigration reform
Dany Bahar recently co-authored a report titled "A roadmap for immigration reform: Identifying weak links in the labor supply chain."
Wendy Schiller recently co-authored a new book titled, Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States.
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The trouble with Taiwan
Lyle Goldstein authored an essay published in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists titled, "The trouble with Taiwan."
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The Future of India
Ashutosh Varshey and Arvind Subramanian were panelists during the annual Hauser Symposium on "The Future of India".
The Global Liberty Institute presented its 2023 Liberty Award to Glenn C. Loury during a ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida on February 17, 2023.
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Professor Robert Blair granted a seed award
Professor Rob Blair has been granted a 2023 Seed Award for his social sciences proposal titled "Understanding and preventing violence against environmental activists in the Amazon."
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All (cautiously) hail—and scale—community!
Professor Prerna Singh recently published an essay in Dædalus Journal on the potential of community to promote human flourishing.
Mark Blyth recently co-authored a paper published in the Journal of European Public Policy.
Rose McDermott recently authored a paper published in The Leadership Quarterly.
John Eason recently co-authored an article published in the latest issue of SSM - Population Health on how penal and healthcare institutions generate and mitigate community-level health inequality.
Michael Kennedy recently authored an article for Global Perspectives published by University of California Press on decolonizing global knowledge.
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The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship
Reid Pauly and Rose McDermott recently co-authored a paper published in the January issue of International Security titled, "The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship."
Professor Michael Kennedy recently published a paper in the American Sociological Association's Footnotes Magazine titled, "How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Matters: A Knowledge Cultural Sociology."
David Kertzer's book The Pope at War has been longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography.
Don Casler named a finalist in the 2022 Andrew W. Marshall Paper Prize.
Watson Faculty Emily Oster and Jonathan Collins were among those recognized in the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
The Costs of War Project has recently released a new study titled "Uncompensated Allies: How Contracting Companies and U.S. Government Agencies Failed Third-Country Nationals in Afghanistan."
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The Economic Sociology of Development
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs Andrew Schrank recently released a new book titled, "The Economic Sociology of Development" published by Wiley.
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More Than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb recently co-authored a paper titled, "More Than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching" in Education, Finance and Policy published by MIT Press Direct.
Associate Professor Ieva Jusionyte discussed the impact of the United States gun industry on violence in Mexico during a lecture titled, "Exit Wounds: American Guns, Mexican Lives, and the Vicious Circle of Violence" at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
Senior fellow Deborah Gordon recently co-authored an article for Rocky Mountain Institute titled, "Next Stop for Climate Action: Making Emissions Visible and Pricing Them."