The Research in International Politics (RIP) workshop serves as a venue for the presentation and discussion of international relations research conducted by graduate students and faculty of the Department of Political Science. Throughout the semester, graduate students and faculty present research in progress and field comments and critiques from members of the department. The program is meant to showcase IR research at Ohio State, as well as provide graduate students with experience in making extended presentations and engaging in professional discussions. All topics, ontologies and methodologies are welcome with the ultimate aim to foster the life of the mind and to facilitate plural perspectives in a constructive and supportive environment of scholarship.
Spring 2017 Schedule Fridays, 1-2.30 PM, Spencer Room (2130 Derby Hall)
January 27th: Chris Gelpi and Elias Assaf, “Politics Trumps Policy: The Role of Foreign Policy Attitudes in the 2016 Presidential Election"
February 10th: Christopher Ray
February 17th: Nicholas Kiersey, “Austerity as Tragedy? From Neoliberal Governmentality to the Critique of Late Capitalist Control
April 14th: Drew Rosenberg
April 21st: Mark Salter, “Quantum Sovereignty”
Fall 2016 Schedule Tuesdays, 1-2.30 PM, Spencer Room (2130 Derby Hall)
Graduate Student Coordinators: Linnea Turco and Ben Kenzer
September 13th: Daniel Verdier
September 20th: Daniel Silverman
September 27th: Austin Knuppe
October 4th: Drew Rosenberg
October 11th: Third Year Research Papers: Benjamin Kenzer and Benjamin Campbell
October 18th: Third Year Research Papers: Greg Smith and Adam Lauretig
October 25th: Michelle Jurkovich (University of Massachusetts Boston)
November 1st: Bridget Coggins (University of California Santa Barbara)
November 15th - no session
November 22nd - no session
November 29nd - Michael Lopate
December 6th - Inés Valdez
2015-2016 Schedule-Thursdays, 12-1:15 PM, Spencer Room (2130 Derby Hall)
Graduate Student Coordinators: Austin Knuppe and Kyle Larson
September 24: Alex Grigorescu (Loyola-Marymount University, Chicago)
"Democratic Intergovernmental Organizations? Normative Pressures and Decision-Making Rules"
October 1: Jennifer Mitzen
October 8: Ezra Schricker
October 22: RIP Lite
3rd Year Paper Presentations
October 29: Raymond Duvall (University of Minnesota)
RIP graduate student lunch
November 5: RIP Lite
3rd Year Paper Presentations
November 12: Burak Kadercan (U.S. Naval War College)
"Territorial Logic of ISIS"
November 19: Marina Duque
December 3: RIP Lite
3rd Year Paper Presentations
2014-2015 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Ezra Schricker and Aisha Bradshaw
October 31, 12:15 PM: "Political Generations and U.S. Foreign Policy Change: WWI and the End of American Isolationism."
Tim Luecke
November 7, 12 PM: "Reminders of America's Divine Election: Presidential Use of Religious Rhetoric during US Foreign Policy Crises"
Josh Wu
November 14, 12 PM
Eunbin Chung
November 21, 12 PM
Sebastien Mainville
December 5, 12 PM: "The Political Capacity of Resistance Organizations"
Benjamin Acosta
2013-2014 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Raphael Cunha and Marina Duque
September 27, 12pm:“Toward a Global Community of Law: Norms and Discourse”
Sungjoon Cho, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Discussant: John Oates, OSU
January 30, 12:15pm: “Religious Nationalism and Civil War: Political Islam in Algeria, 1954-1992”
Austin Knuppe, OSU
Discussant: Kyle Larson, OSU
February 27, 12pm: “Do you hear what I hear? The effect of foreign religious rhetoric on foreign policy public opinion”
Joshua Wu, OSU
Discussant: Kathleen Powers, OSU
March 6, 12pm: “Reconsidering Regime Type, Capability, and War”
Kyle D. Larson and William A. McCracken, III, OSU
Discussant: Aisha Bradshaw, OSU
April 17, 1:30pm: “Opting Out in 2012: Military Casualties, Vote Choice, and Voter Turnout in Obama’s Bid for Reelection”
Christopher Gelpi and Kristine Kay, OSU
Discussant: Marina Duque, OSU
2012-2013 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Meri Ellen Lynott and Joshua Wu
November 2:“Much Ado About Nothing? Transnational Policy Networks and REDD+ in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia”
Caleb Gallemore, OSU
November 9:“Lawyering compliance: Legal advisers and states’ deference to international law”
Fernando Nuñez-Mietz, OsU
February 8:“Researching Public Opinion Influence on the Foreign Policies of Emerging Asian Powers: The Benefits of Sequential, Multi-method Research Designs”
Shivaji Kumar, OSU
February 15: “Constructing the Value of Delegation: Representations of Interdependence and the Constitution of Supranationalism”
John Oates, OSU
February 22: “What do we know about democracy and war outcomes?”
William McCracken, OSU
2011-2012 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Sebastien Mainville and Kathleen Powers
October 7, 12pm: “Overcommitted to Commitment Problems? Intentions, Incentives, and Civil War Duration”
Ben Jones and Josh Kertzer, OSU
January 6, 12pm: “Hegemony and Common Sense”
Ted Hopf, OSU
January 13, 1:30pm
Xiaoyu Pu, OSU
February 17, 12pm
Bentley Allan, OSU
March 30, 12pm: “Political Generations and Change and Stability in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1900-2008”
Tim Luecke, OSU
2010-2011 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Austin Carson and Eleonora Mattiacci
October 1, 12pm: “Consensus, Constraint, and Peacekeeping Success. More May Be Better... And Worse”
Bear F. Braumoeller and Eleonora Mattiacci, OSU
Discussant: Benjamin Jones, OSU
October 29, 12pm:“The Age of Entropy: Global Disorder in the New Millennium”
Randall Schweller, OSU
January 7, 12pm: “Terror, Security and Money”
John Mueller, OSU
February 18, 12pm: “A Theory of Status Signaling in International Politics”
Xiaoyu Pu, OSU
March 4, 12pm: “Blame Dynamics in Audience Costs Theory”
Austin Carson, OSU
March 11, 12pm: “Neuroscientific Inquiry and International Relations”
Marcus Holmes, OSU
April 29, 12pm: “Moral Knowledge and Public Discourse”
David Traven, OSU
May 4, 12pm:“It's the Economy, Stupid: Cognitive Heterogeneity and Economic Determinants of Foreign Policy Mood”
Josh Kertzer, OSU
May 13, 12pm:“When Means Change Ends”
Bentley Allan, OSU
May 27, 12pm:“The Color of Threat”
Zoltan Buzas, OSU
2009-2010 Schedule
Graduate Student Coordinators: Bentley Allan and Erin Graham
October 23, 12pm: “Folk Realism: Realism in low-information foreign policy contexts”
Joshua D. Kertzer and Kathleen M. McGraw, OSU
October 30, 12pm:“How Political Relevance and Democracy Affect Conflict: Two Theoretical Propositions”
Bear Braumoeller and Austin Carson, OSU
January 15, 12pm:“Soli Deo Gloria? What glory and which god in secular-sacred unions between state and church in international politics”
Joshua Wu, OSU
January 29, 12pm:“The ‘Debate about Empire’ and International Relations Theory: Beyond the Narratives of Sovereign and Imperial Power in Theorizing Modern World Politics”
Nicholas J. Kiersey, Ohio University
March 12, 12pm:“Methodological Nationalism in International Theory: Rethinking Sovereignty as Constituent Power”
John Oates, OSU
Discussant: Aldous Cheung, OSU
May 21, 1:00pm: “Effects of Domestic Politics on Bargaining Power in Long-Term International Cooperation”
TongFi Kim, OSU
May 28, 12pm:“Progress in International Politics: Procedural Liberalism and Global Collective Identity”
Dane Imerman, OSU
Discussant: Phil Jackson, OSU