Institute of Politics

Join us as we welcome the Winter-Spring 2025 cohort of Pritzker Fellows! Each of our Fellows will introduce themselves and seminar topics, followed by a brief chat with IOP director Heidi Heitkamp. They’ll then rotate around to meet students and field their questions! Snacks will be provided.[...]

Political disarray throughout Europe offers lessons – and warnings – for the United States. From the rise of authoritarian populism in Hungary and Turkey and the collapse of the German and French governments to economic disarray in Britain and the growing clout of a right-wing prime minister in[...]

Join the student finalist teams from University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, and University of Kansas as they go head to head with their Urban-Rural Divide Policy Challenge proposals in our Policy Challenge Super Bowl! Judged by former U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT). If you have any[...]

From Afrofuturist visions of space travel to the invention of house music, Black Chicagoans have made essential contributions to our culture, our technology, and our everyday lives. What does the changing national zeitgeist and local cityscape — from reverse migration to places like Atlanta to[...]

Chicago has a lead pipe problem. How did we get here, and how can we fix it? Featuring leading environmental expert, Dr. Michael Tiboris, Global Water Fellow for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Michael Hawthorne, an award-winning investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, this Chicago[...]

Among the many divides in the United States and beyond – urban/rural, conservative/progressive, young/old, the most striking and perhaps consequential is the political and cultural gender cleave, especially among young Americans. What underlies the political tensions, declining interest in[...]

Following a decisive election loss and a hammering of their priorities and basic norms in Washington and beyond, Democrats are on the ropes. What strategies – particularly in focusing locally – have worked for Democrats who have been successful in elections, governing and messaging, and what is the[...]

Get in the room with four former speechwriters for President and Michelle Obama and former House Speakers Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi. How do you channel the voice of your boss at key moments in American history, what are common mistakes speechwriters make and what are the moments they will never[...]