Schar School of Policy and Government

The Schar School of Policy and Government will present a series of free, open-to-the-public virtual webinars examining different aspects of “Social Justice in America” July 14 to July 17.

Is the coronavirus pandemic giving terrorists ideas on using bioweapons? Find out in an hour-long sample lecture by Gregory Koblentz, director of the Schar School’s biodefense graduate programs.

Every day we watch the COVID-19 crisis unfold, we brace for a summer of hurricanes reported on the news, and we watch as communities across the U.S. and around the world rebuild after natural disasters.

We asked undergraduate students for frank answers as to how the spring distance learning affected them. Guess what? They liked it.

Schar School Associate Professor Bonnie Stabile walks us through how social constructions work and what it tells us about how we think about women.

Schar School professors had a lot on their minds in the month of May, not all of it about viruses. See our roundup of op-eds.

Panel: The pandemic lockdown might be easing in some parts of the world, but its effects will last well past the reopening.

Jack Goldstone explains the economic and political forecast of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as discusses who is responsible.

In-person meetings between lobbyists and policymakers on Capitol Hill are, for now, a thing of the past. Will they be back in the future? Our webinar takes a look.

Government and International Politics majors Sasha Silva and Sally Kishi won ‘Most Interesting Presentation’ for their research on the rise of populism in the 2017 Chilean general election.