Division of Politics & Economics

Welcome to the Division of Politics & Economics (DPE)

DPE is where students and faculty collaborate on research to improve the lives of people in our community, our nation, and our world. DPE houses three integrated departments—Economic Sciences, International Studies, and Politics & Government.

DPE builds upon the strongest traditions in social science: We ask challenging research questions and apply rigorous methodology to address them. A distinctive feature of our division is our interdisciplinary approach—combining economic reasoning, understanding of politics, and public policy analysis across all three departments. Our research approach is applied—we advance research that matters in the real world.

In the Economic Sciences we have world renowned scholars in four prominent areas of research—behavior economics, the economics of crime, neuroeconomics, and macroeconomics. Our behavior economics faculty ask how psychology affects economic behavior. Scholars in our Computational Justice Lab examine criminal justice through the lens of causal inference, economic reasoning, and advanced computational analytics. Our Center for Neuroeconomics Studies looks at features of the brain to explain human economic behavior. The Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies offers cutting edge research on international money and finance.

In our International Studies program, our esteemed faculty examine questions of war and peace, international trade and investment, comparative politics, and data analytics. Students from all over the world come to our program to advance their careers in academia, government, and the private sector. We train them in data analytics to bring evidence to the most important global policy issues of our day. Our faculty have first-hand experience working in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Maldonado Institute for International Security and Global Leadership examines questions at the forefront of global cooperation and conflict.

Our Politics & Government program combines American politics and public policy. Our faculty in American politics focus on political institutions and their effect on policy outcomes. In public policy, our scholars specialize in environmental policy and public health, both with emphasis on issues of inequality and unequal access in American public policy. At the Inequality and Policy Research Center, shared with international studies, our faculty and student scholars analyze the sources of inequality and find solutions to improve outcomes for all people. Our students earn positions at the top of academia; federal, state, and local government; and the non-profit and private sectors.

We wish you the best in choosing your graduate school. If you are interested in learning more about DPE’s innovative, interdisciplinary programming, I encourage you to contact us.

Sincerely,

Melissa Rogers
Associate Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Associate Professor of International Studies

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