May 2023
Weidenbaum Center Public Policy Lunch and Forum Speaker John Inazu quoted in Washington Post
Former Weidenbaum Center Director Steve Fazzari quoted in Politifact
Weidenbaum Center Faculty Research Fellow Greg Magarian quoted in Kansas City Star
The Weidenbaum Center is a research institute at Washington University in St. Louis that supports social scientific research in the fields of public policy, economics, political science, and sociology. Led by Weidenbaum Center Director Andrew Reeves (pictured), the Center funds faculty research, provides administrative support for research activities, and sponsors a wide range of public affairs programs. In doing so, the Center serves as a bridge between scholars, policymakers, and the general public. Through unbiased empirical research and events, the Center addresses many of the pressing public policy issues facing America and the world today.
The Weidenbaum Center provides significant research support for faculty in the departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. This support allows a wide array of faculty members to participate in a variety of impactful research, and is of particular importance to our younger faculty who are just starting their research careers. Research efforts contribute to work that addresses key social issues locally, nationally, and globally, and enhances the prominence of Washington University in the academic and policy world. Donations fund our grant programs which support this research. We could not support nearly as much research without this generosity.
Joseph Silagi recently graduated with a degree in political science and in mathematics and computer science from Arts & Sciences. This fall, Silagi, who is from Newton, Mass., will start work as a consultant for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in St. Louis. Joseph says "There’s a lot of exciting things happening with geospatial in St. Louis. The NGA is building a new campus in St. Louis, and they’re going to have a big presence here for a long time. There are a lot of opportunities in that field." Joseph took the 'Intro to American Politics' course with Weidenbaum Center Director Andrew Reeves, which he said was really well taught and engaging and helped him decide on becoming a Political Science major.
Weidenbaum Center Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Adriano Udani interviewed on St. Louis on the Air
Research by Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipients Jacob Montgomery, Margit Tavits, and Christopher Lucas is featured in Washington University magazine
We want to congratulate Weidenbaum Center TASS (The American Social Survey) Project Manager and Grant Recipient Taylor Carlson on her promotion with tenure to Associate Professor of Political Science! Taylor received a grant award from the Weidenbaum Center for her project "Racialized News Coverage."
We want to congratulate Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Ana Babus on her promotion with tenure to Associate Professor of Economics! Ana received a grant award from the Weidenbaum Center for her project "Who Issues What: A New Perspective on Financial Innovation."
Ben Noble, Weidenbaum Center Graduate Student, received an award for the best paper presented by a graduate student about executive politics from the American Political Science Association’s Presidency and Executive Politics section during the Fall 2022 annual conference. Congratulations Ben!
Pablo Pastor is a visiting graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. from Ghent University in Belgium. Pablo developed a model that shows how sentiment can impact investment by increasing the level of leverage. His fruitful discussions with Professor Steve Fazzari (former Weidenbaum Center Director) helped to identify the potential channels of transmission between bank sentiment and firm investment and empirically test his model. Pablo says "The Weidenbaum Center is a unique intellectually stimulating environment where interactions with colleagues have taught me the importance of influencing policy and developing transformative research. The Center is generous enough to provide me with an office and great morning coffee."
Weidenbaum Center-Affiliated Professors Receive Seed Grant Funding from TRIADS (Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences)
Click here for more information on the TRIADS-funded projects belowThe Relationship Between State Violence, Trust in Government, and Vaccine Uptake The Weidenbaum Center will provide half of the awarded grant funding.
Measuring Financial Innovation via Natural Language Processing The Weidenbaum Center will provide half of the awarded grant funding.
