Our work is motivated by deep concerns about conflicts that arise from the mobilization of difference — along ethnic, racial, and national lines; in the United States and around the globe. Our central mission is to conduct rigorous research to lay bare such patterns, and to evaluate the effects of solutions that might contribute to more just and prosperous outcomes.
GDL faculty members and graduate fellows have published widely on topics including climate change politics, ethnic diversity, prejudice reduction, democratic practice, and human dignity.
Books
Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe (Volha Charnysh). Cambridge University Press, Studies in Comparative Politics, 2024.
The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Noah Nathan). Cambridge University Press, Studies in Comparative Politics, 2023.
Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa After Apartheid (Evan Lieberman). Princeton University Press, 2022.
Recent Publications
- “How information about historic carbon emissions affects support for climate aid: evidence from a survey experiment,” (Volha Charnysh, Jared Kalow, Evan Lieberman, and Erin Walk). Climactic Change v177, n174, 2024.
- “The Value of Dignity Appeals: Evidence from a Social Media Experiment.” (Paige Bollen, Will Kymlicka, Evan Lieberman, and Blair Read). Political Science Research and Methods, 2025.
- “Throwing Away the Umbrella? Minority Voting After the Supreme Court’s Shelby Decision.” (Mayya Komisarchik and Ariel White), Quarterly Journal of Political Science 20 (2), 269-305, 2025.
- “How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protest” (Jasmine English, Ariel White, and Lauren Eckhouse.) Forthcoming, Perspectives on Politics, 2025.
- “Vernacular Architecture and Grassroots Urban Politics: Evidence from West Africa.” (Paige Bollen, Noah Nathan). Under review.