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PhD Students

Alvin Christian

Alvin Christian is a joint PhD student in Economics and Public Policy. His research interests include the economics of education, development economics, and gender equality. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant at Brown University and MDRC.…
PhD Students

Nicholas Birdsong

Nicholas holds a B.A. in Political Science from Washburn University in Topeka, KS (2012), JD from the University of Kansas (2015). He served as part of the research staff at the KU Law Library, before working as a Policy Specialist at NCSL in dual…
PhD Students

Catalina Anampa Castro

Catalina is a joint doctoral student in the departments of Public Policy and Sociology. Prior to coming to Michigan, Catalina completed a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance at the University of Minnesota and…
In the Media

Rabe discusses how Democratic governors tackle climate policy

Sep 24, 2020 Environment & Energy News
“We’re in a window where a lot of Democratic governors are trying to do something related to climate, and if the executive order approach is their only route, carbon neutrality is a kind of popular step,” said Rabe.  Read the full E&E News...
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Ciorciari comments on winding down of Khmer Rouge Tribunals

Sep 24, 2020 La Prensa Latina
"I think it is quite likely that the [remaining] cases will be dismissed. With little prospect of those cases advancing... and after years of mounting donor frustration and fatigue, it is doubtful that the tribunal will be open much longer," said...
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Rabe says climate concerns matter in 2020 vote

Sep 22, 2020 Environment & Energy News
"In ways that we haven't seen before, the climate and environment issues never really go away. It keeps resurfacing in ways that are relatively unique to the last 20 years or so," Rabe told E&E News. Read the full Environment & Energy News...
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Levitsky: Trouble is brewing in Putin's 2020 Russia

Sep 22, 2020 U.S. News & World Report
"A country that tries to control its population without having all the means of control, where the economic situation is not so good, where dependency on oil and natural gas is certainly coming down, particularly during this period of time,"...