Northwestern’s Political Science PhD equips scholars to dissect democratic resilience, authoritarian innovation, and AI governance using field experiments, ethnography, and large-scale text mining. Students access the Buffett Institute’s global network, design survey experiments on social media, and consult for NGOs crafting evidence-based policy.
Run a randomized trial testing misinformation corrections on encrypted platforms
Model climate-migration pressures on democratic backsliding risk
Analyze UN speech corpora with topic models to forecast alliance shifts
Design participatory budgeting dashboards measuring equity outcomes
Study algorithmic content moderation’s effect on political mobilization
Map transnational activist networks opposing deep-sea mining
Investigate gender quota impacts on fiscal priorities in local councils
Forecast civil conflict onset with machine-learning from satellite night lights
Evaluate cyber diplomacy norms through discourse analysis of treaty drafts
Conduct ethnography of digital campaign micro-targeting in swing districts
Test deliberative polling for AI ethics policy formation
Compare judicial independence trajectories in hybrid regimes
Develop VR simulations teaching crisis-negotiation in diplomacy courses
Write policy recommendations for algorithmic transparency in public procurement
Examine diaspora remittances’ influence on homeland electoral behavior
Produce policy-relevant research on power and governance with Northwestern.
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