Moynihan Institute News, Research and Commentary

Humphrey Fellows workshop, Coronavirus serves as case study

Humphrey Fellows at a recent weeklong seminar discussed the coronavirus in the context of crisis management planning. “Crises are almost the perfect storm for challenges in good governance,” workshop leader and Maxwell School faculty affiliate Bruce W. Dayton said. “During a crisis you are under high stress. Everyone is paying attention. You have very short time to make decisions and you’re confronted with uncertainty. All of those are interconnected.”
March 9, 2020

See related: COVID-19, Student Experience

The Production of Knowledge

Edited by Colin Elman, Syracuse University, New York, John Gerring, University of Texas, Austin, James Mahoney, Northwestern University, Illinois
March 1, 2020

See related: Research Methods

Development, Governance, and Real Property Tax in China

Yilin Hou
December 31, 2019

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Water Politics: Governance, Justice, and the Right to Water

Farhana Sultana
December 31, 2019

United States Relations with China and Iran: Towards the Asian Century

Osamah F. Khalil
December 31, 2019

See related: East Asia, Middle East & North Africa

The Art and Craft of Comparison

John Boswell, University of Southampton, Jack Corbett, University of Southampton, R. A. W. Rhodes, University of Southampton
October 1, 2019

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Champion awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to Russia

Craige Champion, professor of history, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to Russia. The award will allow Champion to teach at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow for the fall term of 2019, and to conduct research and writing in Moscow and St. Petersburg on his current book project, Citizen and Empire in Democratic Athens and Republican Rome.
May 2, 2019

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Qualitative Data Repository granted award from NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted its fourth major award since 2011 to support the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR). The repository is hosted by the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry, which is affiliated with the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, a unit of Syracuse University's Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs.
April 18, 2019

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Koch discusses her book The Geopolitics of Spectacle on BBC Radio

Natalie Koch, associate professor of geography, was recently interviewed on BBC Radio for the segment "Spectacular Cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates." Koch discusses her book, The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia (Cornell University Press, 2018), in which she evaluates how autocratic rulers use spectacular projects, such as “lavishly built landscapes and celebrations,” to govern and legitimate their power. 03/15/19
March 15, 2019

See related: Middle East & North Africa

Humphrey Fellows learn about leadership during crises

March 4, 2019

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Case Study Research

John Gerring, University of Texas, Austin
January 31, 2019

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Qualitative Data Repository receives Core Trust Seal certification and Scientific Data listing

The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) has been certified by CoreTrustSeal as a “trusted data repository.” Certification requires rigorous peer review of compliance with best practices in 16 key areas, including organizational infrastructure, continuity of access, preservation, and security. 
January 22, 2019

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Sezgin awarded NEH fellowship to study democratization of Islamic laws

Rob Enslin, A Syracuse University professor has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship, supporting research into the complex interplay between democracy and Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) in non-Muslim-majority countries.
January 8, 2019

Understanding International Students from Asia in American Universities

Yingyi Ma
December 31, 2018

Water Justice

Rutgerd Boelens, Tom Perreault, Jeroen Vos, editors

Illustrated with case studies of historic and contemporary water injustices and contestations around the world, the book lays new ground for challenging current water governance forms and unequal power structures and provides inspiration for building alternative water realities. With contributions from renowned scholars, this is an indispensable book for students, researchers and policymakers interested in water governance, environmental policy and law, and political geography.

December 31, 2018

Eunuch and Emperor in the Great Age of Qing Rule

Norman Kutcher
December 31, 2018

PARCC scholars collaborate on new book on conflict

Catherine M. Gerard and Louis Kriesberg
December 31, 2018

The Code of Putinism

Brian Taylor
December 31, 2018

See related: Russia

The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia

Natalie Koch
December 31, 2018

Sezgin quoted in Washington Times article on Shariah law, Greek courts

"For a long time, it was in the interests of the Greek government to maintain Shariah for the Turkish-speaking minority because it emphasized their religious identity more than their ethnic and linguistic [Turkish] identity,” says Yüksel Sezgin, associate professor of political science.

December 19, 2018

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