: The policy positions parties choose are central to both attracting voters and forming coalition governments. How then should parties choose positions to best represent voters?...

With around 3,200 tigers (Panthera tigris) left in the wild, the governments of 13 tiger range countries recently declared that there is a need for innovation to aid tiger...

Misinformation can undermine a well-functioning democracy. For example, public misconceptions about climate change can lead to lowered acceptance of the reality of climate...

It is commonly assumed that how individuals identify on the political spectrum–whether liberal, conservative, or moderate–has a universal meaning when it comes to policy stances...

Inspired by the increasing attention of the scientific community towards the understanding of human relationships and actions in social sciences, in this paper we address the...

The Environmental Attitudes Inventory (EAI) was developed to evaluate the multidimensional nature of environmental attitudes; however, it is based on a dataset from outside the...

This dissertation consists of three independent essays which contribute to the literatures on International Trade and Political Economy. The first essay addresses questions...

Political trust is a perennially important concern and the events of the last few years have, in many ways, heightened this importance. The relevant scholarship has done much to...

International audience; Conservation and development are intricately linked. The international donor community has long provided aid to tropical countries in an effort to...