Scholarly Colloquia and Events

  • 10/20 Ask Me Anything With Frank Griggs

    What is the "Big Lie" about the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Why is it dangerous? What's going on politically to address climate change? How is America doing in terms of race and gender equity?

    Come get you r questions about pressing social political topics answered by UConn's very own, Frank Griggs. 

    Frank teaches a variety of Political Science courses at UConn’s Avery Point regional campus. His course offerings include introductory International Relations and Comparative Politics, Quantitative Analysis, and Global Environmental Politics.

    Frank's research is motivated by the premise that climate change will increasingly and profoundly affect humanity and the planet for generations. Frank studies how displaced persons, people whose lives are disrupted by natural disaster types that are worsening because of climate change (e.g. floods, storms, wildfires, extreme atmospheric temperatures), influence conflict incidence (e.g. insurgency, protest, repression). Using a combination of conventional statistical methods (i.e. non-spatial) and Geographic Information System (GIS) software, Frank leverages event-based data with global coverage, that has been formatted at various units of analysis (country-year, country-month, or sub-national administrative units), to assess the climate-conflict relationship with considerable temporal and spatial detail.

    You can find the WebEx link, here.

    Please Contact Rebecca Nowinski (Uconn.co.politicaleg@gmail.com) if you have any questions.

    For more information, contact: Mya Johnson at mya.l.johnson@uconn.edu