BCAD in the News

Marika Landau-Wells was quoted in UC Berkeley News: In a period of major conflict, two primal fears can become pronounced, said Marika Landau-Wells, a UC Berkeley

Gabe Lenz was quoted in The New York Times: There are very real — and substantial — policy differences separating the Democratic and Republican Parties. At

Economic recovery ahead of an election can sometimes spell victory: Gabriel Lenz, a political-science professor at UC Berkeley, pointed to Harry Truman as an example

Gabriel Lenz, of the University of California, Berkeley, went so far as to write a book called “Follow the Leader?” about this phenomenon. Mr Lenz

Gabe Lenz was quoted in The Washington Post: “Leader persuasion” is a well-documented phenomenon in political science. Before the 2000 election, for instance, more than two-thirds

When voters choose candidates for higher office thinking of crime, they often misunderstand where and how criminal justice decisions get made, said Amy Lerman, a

In her new book, “Good Enough for Government Work,” Amy Lerman argues that the U.S. government faces a massive public reputation crisis. “The tendency of

Amy Lerman was quoted in The New York Times: “The wisdom from much of the political science research is that partisanship trumps everything,” said Amy Lerman,

Experiences like arrest or incarceration also affect how people view the government. The social scientists Amy Lerman and Vesla Weaver, for instance, have shown that

Similarly, Alexander Kuo, Neil Malhotra and Cecilia Mo found that Asian Americans view the Republican Party as hostile to Asian Americans. When Whites suggest Asian

The links between politics and soccer in countries that care deepest about soccer have been suggested for years and were detailed in an extensive 2010

Cecilia Mo, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, cautioned that even being seen as the more civil or morally upright

Hacker and Pierson — professors of political science at Yale and the University of California at Berkeley, respectively — make clear that they’re not claiming

An op-ed co-authored by Paul Pierson was featured in Foreign Affairs: It is a measure of the chaos of Donald Trump’s presidency that just months after

Paul Pierson was quoted in Local News Matter: Political scientists, economists, sociologists and historians among others are forming the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative to research the intersection

Eric Schickler was quoted in POLITICO: With the possibility that House Republicans could empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry to run the House temporarily amid its

The figures underscore the “ambivalence and complication in how the public thinks about policing,” said Berkeley political science professor Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute

Eric Schickler was quoted in KQED: Even here in California, President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of his reelection campaign has transformed the 2024 election,

Robert Van Houweling was quoted in POLITICO: But, are politicians actually two-faced? Or do they appeal to voters with divergent opinions some other way? After all,

Rob Van Houweling was quoted in Vox: Campaign promises are very successful at tying politicians’ hands, and signing pledges for outside groups — such as a