2026 Political Economy Rookiefest
Hosted by Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship, Political Economy Rookiefest features a select group of successful job candidates working in political economy to present their job talks.
2026 Political Economy Rookiefest
Hosted by Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Questions? Feel free to reach out to fordcenter@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Agenda
9:15 am – 10:00 am
The Global Incumbency Advantage
Vincent Rollet, MIT
Dam Thy Neighbor: International Relations and the Externalities of Impounding Rivers
Claire Fan, University of Chicago
Break
Repression by Collective Responsibility
Giorgio Farace, University of Chicago
Lunch
Breaking the Bubble - The Determinants and Effects of Cross Partisan Contact
Adrian Blattner, Stanford University
News Consumption, Recommender Systems, and Polarization
Mingduo Zhao, University of California-Berkeley
Break
Application of Scientific Research in Policymaking Is Shaped by Partisan Bias, Yet High-Impact Studies Remain Resilient
Dahyun Choi, Princeton University
Technology of Liberation or Control?: The Asymmetric Effects of the Internet on Political Conflict
Alexander Fertig, University of Michigan