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Comparative National Elections Project awarded "Best Dataset" by American Political Science Association

Mershon’s Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) has been awarded the 2022 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba best dataset prize from the American Political Science Association’s Comparative…

Racial Equity Project Co-Lead by Mershon Awarded OSU President’s Research Excellence Catalyst Grant

An interdisciplinary research proposal supported and co-led by the Mershon Center was recently awarded OSU’s prestigious President’s Research Excellence Program Catalyst grant.

The project,…

Mershon Center, Divided Communities Project Forge New Partnership, Launch Racial Equity Initiatives Guide

The Mershon Center and the Moritz College of Law’s Divided Community Project recently established a partnership with the goals of building peace and strengthening dispute resolution efforts in the…

How undetonated bombs affect Cambodian farmers today

The Vietnam War may have ended over four decades ago, but one unlikely population is still dealing with the effects of the war today… Cambodian farmers.

Mershon Center Faculty Fellow Erin…

Mershon Center Project Awarded $400,000 Carnegie Grant For First-Ever "Bootcamp" in Quantum Social Science

Mershon Center Senior Faculty Fellow and Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security Alexander Wendt and two co-principal investigators received a $400,000, two-year grant from Carnegie…

Facebook data awarded to Mershon Center to study election misinformation

The Mershon Center now has access to an exclusive public insights tool from Facebook that allows researchers to analyze trends across thousands of social media accounts over time and understand…