Understanding How Political Processes Shape Community Decisions

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Our community provides a bedrock for academic exploration and intellectual engagement at UConn. We produce cutting-edge research that reflects our commitment to methodological and intellectual openness and diversity.

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700+
Undergraduate Majors

115
Honors Students

40
Faculty at Five UConn Campuses

40
Graduate Students

7
New Research Labs

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Undergraduate Courses

Explore a broad range of topics in political science, including political theory, international relations, and American politics.

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Research

Our Department is organized around five subfields that reflect the conceptual and theoretical questions addressed in political science:

  • American Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations
  • Political Theory
  • Public Law

News

  • Alumni Notes: Early Spring 2025
    Adam Kuegler (’17) is the first UConn Law graduate to be accepted to the Supreme Court Fellows Program. Dan Fata (’94), Jeffrey Dressler (’08), and Jaime Cheshire (’99)‘s service on the Afghanistan War Commission was mentioned in UConn Magazine.  Susette Talarico (’76) was awarded The President’s Medal at the University of Georgia for her profoundly […]
    Posted on March 31, 2025
  • Faculty Achievements: Early Spring 2025
    Dr. Matthew Singer’s paper “This Crisis Is Different: Weakened Economic Accountability During the COVID-19 Pandemic” was published in Presidential Studies Quarterly on Jan 15, 2025.  Dr. Zehra Arat, Dr. Jason Byers, and Dr. Sandy Grande were winners of the 2024-2025 Course Development Grant Competition to create new courses. Dr. Arat’s course will be “Women’s Rights […]
    Posted on March 31, 2025
  • Student Successes: Early Spring 2025
    Mariam Vargas (’25), Dylan Steer (’25), & Alan Cavagnaro (’25) were among the students who were selected to attend the United Nations 29th Annual Climate Change Conference of Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan in November. San Lee (Ph.D. Candidate) will present her dissertation chapter titled “The Use of the CEDAW for Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights” at the […]
    Posted on March 31, 2025

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Time for another tip 🤩this week’s tip is about if your confused about POLS requirements! Searching up “UCONN POLS plan of study” will give you a pdf filled with requirements and possible classes that fulfill each requirement! You can also speak to the PAA or your academic advisor if you ...need extra help! Until next week 🥳🥳

It’s the second week of Jessica’s tips 🥳🥳!! This week’s tip is about advising!! If you need advising help you can always schedule a meeting with your Academic Advisor or with me-the peer academic assistant-so we can answer your questions! See you next week for another tip 😁

Happy summer ☀️!!! Jessica is the new PAA and will be sharing tips for POLS majors every week of the summer until the fall semester! This week’s tip is about the PWB 🤩!! It’s highly recommended that POLS majors check their email every Friday for the PWB. Important announcements, job and ...internship opportunities and events will all be announced through this! It is a valuable tool that every POLS major should take advantage of! See you next week with a new tip 🥳

Seniors, join us this week for Senior Farewell Week in the POLS Suite! Celebrate your accomplishments, say bye to professors, and grab some POLS swag!

Summer is approaching fast so get ahead and take a POLS course this summer!!! There are a variety of courses available and registration is already open!! For more information: https://summersession.uconn.edu/

Join the UConn Undergraduate Political Review in celebrating its 10 year anniversary!!! The UPR is a scholarly publication dedicated to providing a diverse analysis of political events and issues. The 20th edition will be released on the 21st of April and will be available at the Political Science ...Department and the UPR website. Stop by the Political Science Department Awards to hear more about UPR and their plans! We are so happy to be celebrating 10 years!!! 🥳

Strikes are disruptive, inconvenient, divisive and sometimes even illegal. Yet they are also good. They are good because they are ways in which workers constitute themselves as agents who might not only overcome the domination they face, but could take responsibility for the management of the ...economy itself. However, if that is what makes strikes good, then it seems almost no strike exhibits these good features. Join Alex Gourevitch as he proposes a way out of this dilemma, while maintaining that it cannot easily be overcome.

This event will take place this Wednesday, April 9th in SHH 409. We hope to see you there!