Rigging Elections: A Spatial Statistics Analysis of Political and Unintentional Gerrymandering Posted October 18, 2017 by Jeanette Petti The 2016 election cycle was fraught with claims of election rigging. Though mostly unsubstantiated, there may be some truth to these claims — at least at the congressional level.
Political Knowledge and the Paradox of Voting Posted October 4, 2017 by Mark Chou The nation’s fascination with big, flashy elections at the expense of small, local elections is laden with irony.
How to Clean Up a City – a Case Study on Stopping Illegal Construction in Kosovo Posted June 6, 2017 by Fjolla Kondirolli In 2000, just after the war in Kosovo ended, City Planning Director Rexhep Luci was shot six times and killed for trying to stop illegal construction.