Murphy Seminar in Political Science: Alicia Cooperman (GWU)

The Murphy Institute Spring Seminar Series in Political Science

Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Political Science that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and practitioners to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in political economy. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary politics science, including comparative politics, public policy, international relations, American politics, and normative theory. Papers are distributed beforehand to the participants who read the paper and prepare discussion questions for the presenter.

Alicia Cooperman's research focuses on environmental politics and policymaking, political economy of development, distributive politics, and statistical methods. Professor Cooperman's broader research agenda studies the politics of natural disasters, natural resource management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Climate change increasingly shapes political relationships within and across countries. Dr. Cooperman's research applies core political questions of distributive politics, collective action, and democratic accountability to critical policy issues in development and the environment, especially water policy and climate change. Through in-depth applied field research, causal inference methodologies, and rigorous statistical analysis, her work provides a deeper awareness of local social and political realities and their influence on sustainable development.