Today at 4:30 pm: Aakaash Rao (Dept of Economics) explain the difference between what campaign ads focus on and what news media covers, presenting "What Drives Political Attention?" for this week's Alesina Seminar on Positive Political Economy.

www.iq.harvard.edu/event/aakaas...

Congratulations to Devika Jain, #GIS Data Science Project Manager at the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at IQSS, who has been recognized as one of 2025's Geospatial World Forum Rising Stars!
geospatialworld.net/rising-stars...

Registration is open for the 2025 #Dataverse Community Meeting! Visit the meeting page for information on the agenda, speakers, and more.

This year, IQSS turns 20! We were excited to see so many members of the IQSS Community come together to celebrate two decades of research, innovation, and partnership--and we look forward to new achievements to come.

Today at 12pm ET: the #AppliedStats Workshop continues with visiting assistant professor of government Libby Jenke as she presents "Visiting Assistant Professor of Government"

projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stat...

Today at 12pm: Matt Graham examines vote-switching and voter turnout with "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Defense of Democratic Principles" at the Working Group in Political Psychology and Behavior.

polpsych.hsites.harvard.edu/event/matt-graham-exit-voice-and-loyalty-defense-democratic-principles

Looking to sharpen your Dataverse skills, or curious about what it's capable of doing for your and your data? Sign up for our in-person and virtual training sessions this week:

iq.harvard.edu/calendar/week

During Spring Recess, there is no Workshop in Applied Statistics today—but you can take this opportunity to catch up on videos of this year's presentations so far:

projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stat...

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Starting at 4:30 pm today: Paola Sapienza examines the effects of toxic pollution with "Measuring the Long-Term Impact of Environmental Externalities” at this week's Alesina Seminar on Political Economy.

www.iq.harvard.edu/event/paola-...

Starting at 12pm ET: Shiro Kuriwaki (Yale) presents "Privacy Violations in Election Results" at this week's #AppliedStats workshop.

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009/presentations/shiro-kuriwaki-presents-privacy-violations-election

12 pm ET: Jack Deschler takes a look at the Supreme Court and the ideological spectrum with "Why Can't Liberals Place the Court? A Lack-of-Information Explanation” (joint work w/Maya Sen) at today's American Politics Research Workshop.
https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/jack-deschler-aprw-0

There's still time to sign up for CGA's Friday hybrid workshop!

"Basic Introduction to GIS" is for people who want to gain an understanding of what GIS is and how it can be used. Topics covered include spatial data, and GIS data types, analysis, and case studies.

https://gis.harvard.edu/event/ba…

Congratulations to IQSS affiliates Andrew O'Donohue and Raphaël Raux, who have been named among the 2025 cohort of Harvard Horizons Scholars!

https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/announcing-2025-harvard-horizons-scholars

OpenDP is happy to announce the release of DP Wizard, an interactive tool exploring the effect of different parameter choices, and an assistant for implementing them with the OpenDP library. #differentialprivacy
https://opendp.org/blog/dp-wizard-easy-way-get-started-differential-privacy-and-opendp

IQSS affiliate Marco Tabellini looks at immigration changes promised by the incoming president, and why similar actions in US history suggest they will not produce the desired results.
https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/us-immigration-changes-are-finally-coming-but-not-the-right-ones