Please join us for a conversation with America's leading political philosopher, Michael Sandel (Harvard). Sandel will be joined by two high-profile discussants-Danielle Sassoon, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jed Purdy, a law professor at Duke.

A bit belated to post this (is anyone still on here?), but I defended last month. I'm grateful to my mentors and friends @DukePoliSci and in Durham, whom I will miss. Very excited (and, again, grateful) for the next step: a postdoc at @Watson_School.

.@DukePoliSci Prof. Edmund Malesky tells BBC News that Nguyễn Phú Trọng's visit to the U.S. to meet with President Obama in 2015 left an important diplomatic legacy for the Communist Party of Vietnam. https://t.co/IVjPbixKS0

Congratulations Clara Park!

Pablo Beramendi Received the 2025 Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award for scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations from the American Political Science Association. Congratulations!!! https://t.co/o1Bv8FMV03 @APSAtweets

"The growing hostility of the conservative elite toward higher education institutions also reflects transformations on the campuses themselves." - Pablo Beramendi https://t.co/YXJPdTyM8w

Lessons from a community-led WASH programme in the DRC Last month on VoxDev, w/ @john_quattrochi @GtownSOH, Kevin Croke @GHP_HarvardChan, Caleb Dohou @wb_research, @lucastanusghib, Yannick Lokaya, Aidan Coville & Eric Mvukiyehe @DukePoliSci

Before the tassels are turned, read a bit more about the Trinity Class of 2025 and learn about their exceptional ambition creativity and drive! https://t.co/nzjAzjmckS

Kitschelt reflects on his career, collegial faculty, and Duke students in a Q&A linked here - https://t.co/0d1ZQw5BMQ The prize article highlights Kitschelt's contributions to the field of democratic party systems - https://t.co/yF01VHBqhI

Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt, the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science laureate! "Herbert Kitschelt is intellectually deep and creative, focused on major questions and consistently creating synergies across different areas of the discipline." - Pablo Beramendi

Lessons from a community-led WASH programme in the DRC Last week on VoxDev, @john_quattrochi @GtownSOH, Kevin Croke @GHP_HarvardChan, Caleb Dohou @wb_research, @lucastanusghib, Yannick Lokaya, Aidan Coville & Eric Mvukiyehe @DukePoliSci

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

Congratulations to Herbert Kitschelt for a well-deserved award!

Herbert Kitschelt es el ganador del Premio Johan Skytte en Ciencias Políticas @SkyttePrize este año. Estas son algunas de sus obras.👇 Pueden leer el anuncio del premio aquí: https://t.co/PJYMuMrCMw

During the Viet Nam #PAPI2024 launch event, Edmund Malesky shared report insights, including a growing sense of citizen vulnerability to climate change, with nearly 40% reporting direct impacts from extreme weather events over the past year. PAPI Report: https://t.co/NnitJEYiyo

🆕 Lessons from a community-led WASH programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo Today on VoxDev, @john_quattrochi @GtownSOH, Kevin Croke @GHP_HarvardChan, Caleb Dohou @wb_research, Luca Ghib, Yannick Lokaya, Aidan Coville & Eric Mvukiyehe @DukePoliSci:

What great news! Andrew Ballard, of @FloridaState just got TENURE, in Political Science. https://t.co/G73ZZt1bY6 A happy day here at @DukePoliSci , to learn the news.

Alumni publication 📊

It's the new TAITC! With Jon Green (@_Jon_Green) of @DukePoliSci https://t.co/EWjhUBK52p I asked him why we are having trouble getting good information from social media. The answer is....well, you know.

"Now begins a new era of bringing the world’s poorest countries into a more equitable, balanced, and effective partnership with the world’s richest." - Edmund Malesky