Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers present a new podcast series in which they discuss Text in the Social Sciences.

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Language is essential to human interaction, and so is essential to understanding politics and society.

Researchers in many disciplines now employ a variety of methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways.  These techniques are complementary to conventional reading techniques and may generate new insights for understanding texts or using text as data.

Professor Kevin Clements outlines the varieties of “pathological politics"--phenomena he identifies as a global problem in the 21st century. He then describes what a “politics of compassion” might look like. Professor Clements is the Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the New Zealand National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the University of Otago.

Professor Ben Jackson discusses an overlooked aspect in the rise of Scottish nationalism: its ideological and intellectual dimension. His talk focuses on an influential work by the Scottish philosopher George Davie, “The Democratic Intellect.”

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the President and CEO of the New America and the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Dr. Slaughter was the first woman to be the director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State. She served in this capacity from 2009-2011. Moreover, Dr. Slaughter served as the Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton from 2002-2009.

SEESOX Seminar Series: South East European realities amid Europe’s multiple crises

The constitution of a country is its 'Supreme National Institution.' Hence, the creation of a constitution is a central process in institution making in a country, as the incentives and disincentives provided in the constitution are critical for the political, economic and social progress of the country, as clearly shown by Douglass North and others. Further, while the constitution is the rule-making framework, the 'grundnorm' is the consensus through which such a framework emerges.