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PIPE Research Talk: Jordan Peterson, USC Ph.D. Student

USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, Room 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA

"Private Interests in American Public Institutions" Much of my current research, including my dissertation, focuses on the role played by public officials' private financial and investment choices in their policy decisions. For instance, I consider whether and by what means bureaucrats and judges make regulatory and adjudicatory decisions based on the extent to Read more…

PIPE* Research Talk: Jennifer Merolla, UCRiverside

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Rm. 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Terrorism, Gender, and the 2016 Presidential Election Jennifer Merolla, Professor, Political Science, University of California, Riverside, received her PhD in Political Science from Duke University, 2003. Prior to joining the University of California, Riverside, she served as Assistant Professor (2003-2009) and then Associate Professor of Political Science (2009-2015) at Claremont Graduate Read more…

PIPE* Research Talk: Matthew Beckmann, UC Irvine

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

"Inside the Oval Office: Where Presidents Discipline the Presidency" Time-management poses a defining challenge of the modern presidency, which is why “scheduling” gets vetted carefully, decided systematically, and implemented fastidiously. While countless profiles and memoirs detail each president’s “behind-the-scenes” work habits, systematic evidence and analysis remain thin. Here, I offer Read more…

Lunch with a Leader: John Bedrosian, Businessman and Philanthropist

University of Southern California Widney Alumni House, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

Please join us for conversation with John Bedrosian!   A first-generation Armenian-American whose parents emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, John C. Bedrosian credits his success to living and working in an open and democratic society.  Mr. Bedrosian is the former co-founder and chairman of the board Read more…

Governance Salon: Molly Reynolds, Brookings Institution

USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, Room 308 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA

"Beyond Policy: Procedural Politics in Today’s Congress" Members of Congress often talk about congressional procedure in principled terms. However, political scientists have long argued that questions about the rules are really questions about who has power in the chamber and what policy outcomes can they produce with it.  This dynamic Read more…

Pivotal Politics Symposium

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, Room 308, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Politicians and pundits alike have complained that the divided governments of the last decades have led to legislative gridlock. Not so, argues Keith Krehbiel, who advances in Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking the provocative theory that divided government actually has little effect on legislative productivity. Gridlock is in fact the order of Read more…

Lunch with a Leader: Christine Harada, former U.S. Chief Sustainability Officer for the Obama Administration

University of Southern California Alumni House 635 CHilds Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

Christine Harada most recently served as the US Chief Sustainability Officer for the Obama Administration. In this role, she provided oversight for all sustainability-related initiatives across the Federal government in energy, fleet, and acquisitions by overseeing game-changing improvements that added to our nation’s clean energy future.  She also served as Read more…

PIPE Workshop: Graeme Boushey, UC Irvine

USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, Room 308 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA

                                                   Graeme Boushey, Associate Professor, UC Irvine   "The Gift of Gridlock: Divided Government, Bureaucratic Autonomy, and the Politics of Rulemaking in the American States" Scholars Read more…

PIPE Workshop: Melinda “Molly” Ritchie, UC Riverside

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Room 203, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

About the Talk: Legislators as Lobbyists Policy is produced by elected and unelected officials and through the interactions of branches of government. We consider how such interactions affect policy outcomes and representation. We argue that legislators try to influence bureaucratic decisions through direct communication with federal agencies, and that such Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Thad Kousser, UC San Diego

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Dauterive Hall, #302 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

Life, Literacy, and The Pursuit of Prosperity: Party Competition & Policy Outcomes in 50 States About the Talk: We examine whether strenuous party competition promotes economic development and improves social outcomes, drawing on evidence from the 50 American states over the last century. Our evidence includes data on party competition, state spending, and measures of Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Steven Liao, UCRiverside

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Foreign Real Estate Investment and Incumbent Party Support in the U.S. Few economic issues affect people as personally and universally as housing. Yet despite the increasing globalization of housing markets, little is known about its effect on political behavior. This study explores how Chinese investments in U.S. residential property shaped Read more…

Lunch with a Leader: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember, 8th District of Los Angeles

USC Widney Alumni House 635 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing District 8 since 2015. This 18 square-mile district geographically ranges from Baldwin Hills to Watts and all the middle-class neighborhoods in-between. From the greatest concentration of African American wealth to the least. Beautiful well-maintained homes to areas of blight.  Within 18 Read more…

Black Identity Extremism (BIE) Forum NEW DATE!

USC Taper Hall 3501 Trousdale Parkway Room 201, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

An F.B.I. Intelligence Assessment leaked in October determined, "The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence." During a November Read more…

Dean Jack Knott in Conversation with Raphael Bostic

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, 308, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Join Dean Jack Knott for a conversation with USC Professor and President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Raphael Bostic, as they talk about the state and direction of the economy; organizational governance, management, and leadership; and how opportunity and mobility, both economic and social, can become Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy 650 Childs Way, Room 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Why Did Residual Votes Increase in the 2016 Election? Did you know that nearly 2% of voters who went to the polls in 2016 failed to cast a vote for president? This 2% “residual vote rate” is nearly double the rate in the presidential elections from 2004–2012. Did the increased Read more…

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