Arthur Lupia

Arthur Lupia

Gerald R Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Research Professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research and Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, Office of the Vice President for Research

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Arthur Lupia examines how information and institutions affect policy and politics. He studies how people make decisions when they lack information and has applied these insights to topics such as voting and elections, civic competence, legislative-bureaucratic relations, parliamentary governance, and the role of the media and the internet in politics. He draws from multiple scientific and philosophical disciplines and he integrates many research methods.He is also active in creating new opportunities for social scientists. He co-founded TESS (Time-Shared Experiments for the Social Sciences), served as Principal Investigator for the American National Election Studies and EITM (the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models summer institutes), served as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Center for Open Science, and now serves as Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation.

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