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Welcome to the Department of Political Science

For more than half a century, the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara has been home to top scholars engaged in cutting edge research. The Department prides itself on first-rate teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

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Awards and Announcements

Benjamin Cohen interviewed for Foundations and Frontiers in International Political Economy project

Watch Professor Benjamin Cohen’s interview...

Daniel Masterson's research on Syrian refugees' migration featured in the Economist

Professor Daniel Masterson- ...

Tae-Yeoun Keum's “Plato and the Mythic Tradition of Political Thought” is featured in The Current

Fresh Eyes on Plato

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Amit Ahuja’s “Mobilizing the Marginalized” Wins New India Foundation Book Prize for 2020

Amit Ahuja’s new book,...

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Events

Does Decentralization Promote Poverty Alleviation? Evidence from Kenya's Constituencies Development Fund

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  1. April 22, 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Virtual Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium at UCSB

Virtual Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium...

  1. May 7, 2021 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
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