IQMR 2025 Research Design Schedule

Please note that the (AI-generated) session titles are to be taken very much with a grain of salt – their function is to impose some sense of order and to serve as an aide memoire. Look at the research design titles to know what will be discussed in a session.

MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025

7 Sessions

• Session 1: Democracy and Authoritarianism I
  • Instructor: Shen-Bayh — Eggers 100A
• Session 2: International Relations I
  • Instructor: Wedeen — Eggers 018
• Session 3: Africa I
  • Instructor: MacLean — Eggers 306B
• Session 4: Proto: United States Politics
  • Instructor: Kapiszewski — Eggers 204B
• Session 5: Proto: Africa and Middle East
  • Instructor: Mahoney — Eggers 012
• Session 6: Proto: Governance and Public Policy
  • Instructor: Goertz — Eggers 111
• Session 7: Identity, Race, and Gender I
  • Instructor: Mazzarella — Eggers 113

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025

6 Sessions

• Session 8: Local and Urban Governance II
  • Instructor: Trudeau — Eggers 306B
• Session 9: Proto: Democracy and Political Regimes
  • Instructor: Shen-Bayh — Eggers 204B
• Session 10: Political Economy I
  • Instructor: Mahoney — Eggers 111
• Session 11: International Relations II
  • Instructor: Goertz — Eggers 018
• Session 12: Local Democracy and Authoritarianism II
  • Instructor: Wedeen — Eggers 113
• Session 13: Proto: Social Movements and Collective Action
  • Instructor: Mazzarella — Eggers 100A

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025

5 Sessions

• Session 14: Local and Urban Governance II
  • Instructor: MacLean — Eggers 204B
• Session 15: Social Movements I
  • Instructor: Kapiszewski — Eggers 100A
• Session 16: Environment and Climate
  • Instructor: Ahmed — Eggers 111
• Session 17: Proto: China and Asia
  • Instructor: Waldner — Eggers 113
• Session 18: China and East Asia I
  • Instructor: Kreuzer — Eggers 306B

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025

6 Sessions

• Session 19: Africa II
  • Instructor: MacLean — Eggers 306B
• Session 20: Process Tracing Methods
  • Instructor: Waldner — Eggers 100A
• Session 21: United States Politics I
  • Instructor: Mickey — Eggers 113
• Session 22: Comparative Governance and Oversight
  • Instructor: Kreuzer — Eggers 111
• Session 23: Proto: Technology, Media, and Digital Politics
  • Instructor: Kapiszewski — Eggers 018
• Session 24: Peace, Collective Action, and Mediation
  • Instructor: Ahmed — Eggers 204B

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025

5 Sessions

• Session 25: State Power and Anti-Authoritarian Resistance
  • Instructor: Tuñón — Eggers 113
• Session 26: Proto: Conflict, War, and Peace
  • Instructor: Bond — Eggers 204B
• Session 27: Conflict and Peacebuilding I
  • Instructor: Carter — Eggers 111
• Session 28: Political Economy II
  • Instructor: Rizzo — Eggers 100A
• Session 29: Proto: Identity, Culture, and Language
  • Instructor: Soifer — Eggers 018

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025

4 Sessions

• Session 30: Proto: Latin America and Mexico
  • Instructor: Carter — Eggers 204B
• Session 31: Conflict and Peacebuilding II
  • Instructor: Parkinson — Eggers 111
• Session 32: United States Politics II
  • Instructor: Jacobs — Eggers 113
• Session 33: Social Movements I
  • Instructor: Fairfield — Eggers 018

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

4 Sessions

• Session 34: Proto: Process Tracing and Qualitative Methods
  • Instructor: Jacobs — Eggers 113
• Session 35: Proto: Political Economy and Development
  • Instructor: Fairfield — Eggers 100A
• Session 36: Proto: International Relations and Global Politics
  • Instructor: Parkinson — Eggers 018
• Session 37: Identity, Race, and Gender I
  • Instructor: Bond — Eggers 204B

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025

3 Sessions

• Session 38: Proto: Mixed Methods and Comparative Studies
  • Instructor: Seawright — Eggers 100A
• Session 39: Proto: Europe and Australia
  • Instructor: Bennett — Eggers 111
• Session 40: Care, Education, and Social Transformation
  • Instructor: Rush-Smith — Eggers 113