In a new study published in the American Journal of Political Science, co-author Provost Richard M. Locke uses new data on retailers and manufacturers to analyze how firm-level trade responds to information about social standards.

Based on three years of research in Rio de Janeiro, Postdoctoral Fellow Nicholas Barnes explores the replacement of state authority with the criminal violence of drug trafficking gangs in favelas (impoverished informal neighborhoods).

Postdoctoral Fellow Ali Kadivar examines unarmed collective violence by civilian forces and democratization in a recent article in the American Sociological Associations' journal, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.

In her new book, Professor Rose McDermott examines one structural factor that instigates, enforces, and replicates patterns of male dominance: the practice of polygyny.

Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine, co-written by Public Policy program director Eric Patashnik, describes the U.S. medical system, the most advanced in the world, and its insufficient evaluation process of treatments that often become widespread.

An article co-written by Mark Blyth and published in the American Political Science Association, was recently named "Best Paper" by the journal's European Politics and Society organized interest group for 2018.

In May 2017, Professor Eric Patashnik convened a conference on "Health Reform after the 2016 Election," bringing together scholars to examine and discuss the state of health reform. The contributions led to a special edition of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

In new research, Assistant Professor Robert Blair looks at Liberia as a case study for international intervention and the rule of law, following civil war.

A new study by the Costs of War Project explores the environmental situation in Iraq due to the now 15-year old US-led war, as well as the backroom deals made in the context of wartime reconstruction.

A new article co-written by Public Policy Professor James A. Morone analyzes the repeated interaction between Republicans and Democrats when a U.S. president seeks to expand health coverage, and wonders if the Affordable Care Act has broken the pattern.

In a new article in American Sociological Review, Postdoctoral Fellow Ali Kadivar deconstructs the "elitist approach" to democratization by analyzing new democracies from the past half-century.

A recent essay co-written by Michael Kennedy explores sociology's organization around a nuclear contradiction between excellence and reflexivity.

Driven by the U.S. Army's Project Iceworm initiative in Greenland, political scientist Jeff Colgan released a new study on the effects of climate change on military bases.

In new research, Adam C. Levine, Faculty Fellow and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, joined colleagues to employ the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology to develop eveidence-based guidelines for the care of admitted Ebola patients.

Nina Tannenwald, Director of the International Relations Program, co-edited the new book, Do the Geneva Conventions Matter?, offering a comparative analysis of the laws that govern warfare.

In his new book, Professor of European History Omer Bartov examines genocide at the local level, highlighting the eastern European border town of Buczacz during World War II.

In March 2017, political economist Mark Blyth co-hosted a multidisciplinary conference on "The New Financial Geopolitics," that brought about new research on the issue of global monetary stability. These contributions were published together in a new e-book published by Foreign Affairs magazine.

In a recent article in American Ethnologist, anthropologist Sarah Besky explains the inheritance and maintenance of tea plantation houses in Darjeeling, India.

In her new book co-written with Burdett A. Loomis, political scientist Wendy Schiller deconstructs the U.S. Congress in an era of heightened partisanship and increased polarization.

In a new article, Postdoctoral Fellow Nicholas Barnes dives into the world of organized criminal violence, arguing that this violence should no longer be separated from related forms of organized violence, and should be incorporated within political violence literature.

"Preelection Mobilization and Electoral Outcome in Authoritarian Regimes," a new paper written by Postdoctoral Fellow M. Ali Kadivar, studies the effect of preelection protest on the outcomes of authoritarian elections.

In his new book, Faculty Fellow Daniel Jordan Smith draws on twenty-five years of experience in southeastern Nigeria to analyze masculinity and society in Nigeria.

In a new article, political scientist Jim Morone deconstructs Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" health plan, suggesting that it can win out in the end.

Susan Moffitt, Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, and Margot Jackson, Associate Professor of Sociology, recently co-edited a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.

International Relations professor Rose McDermott joins two colleagues to explain the psychology of revenge and deterrence in a new article in the Texas National Security Review.

In a new systematic review, Faculty Fellow and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Adam Levine, joins colleagues to offer insight on 31 research studies that explore nutritional interventions for children during humanitarian emergencies.

In a new article, Postdoctoral Fellow Jennifer Greenburg studies the gendered forms of labor in the United States military, in post-September 11 wars.

Economist Emily Oster examines economic experiments in new research "Weighting for External Validity" in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Political Scientist Prerna Singh, with co-author Matthias vom Hau, receives the 2016 Best Paper Award from the Comparative Political Studies Editorial Board for their article "Ethnicity in Time Politics, History, and the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods Provision."

In "India's Democracy at 70: Growth, Inequality, and nationalism," Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, deconstructs the benefits and disadvantages of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a new study, CLACS Director Jessaca Leinaweaver and colleagues Diana Marre and Susan Frekko examine the transnational adoption screening process in Spain.

Watson postdoctoral fellows release a working paper on fallen authoritarian regimes and the democracies that replaced them.

Jayanti Owens, an assistant professor of international and public affairs and sociology, was chosen as one of 30 2017 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows.

Anthropology Professor and BIARI Director Matthew Gutmann recently received a two-year grant from The Virgina B. Toulmin Foundation.

Senior Fellow Brian Atwood recently traveled to Germany to present the 23rd Kate Hamburger Lecture at the Global Development Research Center.

Susan Moffitt, Associate Professor of Political Science, is one of six Brown faculty members to be awarded the inaugural Brown Research Achievement Award, presented by the University's Office of the Vice President for Research.

Two Brown University economists, including Watson Institute faculty member Justine Hastings, recently published a study on the overall household spending on groceries for families that use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

In 2015, Middle East Studies organized The Politics of Human Shielding workshop, allowing scholars and human rights experts to discuss the role of human shielding in warfare. Recently, some of those contributions were published in the American Journal of International Law Unbound.

Senior Fellow Brian Atwood co-authored a new article in The Lancet highlighting a nonprofit's series "Invisible Child," bringing awareness to childhood congenital heart disease around the world.

Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Economy, discusses the political and economical present and future of Europe in an article recently published in the European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies.

Two Watson scholars, Ashutosh Varshney and Patrick Heller, along with fellow experts, recently released a working paper on the quality of urban citizenship and access to services in Bangalore.

Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science, and International and Public Affairs, examines the current race for Senate in Florida, comparing it to that of the 1891 election in the state.

A team of researchers from three universities around the nation recently received grant funding to study the impact of the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSS). Susan Moffitt, Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, is among those researchers and discusses the goals of the three-year study.

In two essays recently published in the American Sociological Association's Comparative and Historical Sociology blog, Michael Kennedy, Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, and co-author Linda Gusia (University of Prishtina), explain how context shapes the dialogue between sociology and policy making.

Emily Oster, Associate Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, recently released a working paper on childhood vaccinations and the declining rates over the last few years.

The Choices Program, a nationally recognized education initiative and non-profit organization affiliated with the Watson Institute, recently released their newest curricula that provides students and their teachers with the tools they need to learn about Brazil in their social studies classes.

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Watson Faculty Fellow Sherine Hamdy, along with Soha Bayoumi (Harvard University), discuss their new article "Egypt's Popular Uprising and the Stakes of Medical Neutrality," which appears in the journal Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry.

Prerna Singh's World Politics article, "Subnationalism and Social Development: A Comparative Analysis of Indian States" was awarded the Luebbert prize for the best article in comparative politics published in the last two years by the Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association.