In a recent interview with Axios, Erik Nisbet, Director of Northwestern University’s Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, argues that Indiana’s decision not to pursue mid-decade redistricting could have ripple effects far beyond the state. According to Nisbet, Indiana’s move may “stop or at
Applications are now open for a Postdoctoral Research Opportunity to join the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group, a major interdisciplinary initiative in which CCPP is participating, supported by the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. This position is part of the previously announced Buffett-supported grant advancing global benchmarks for evaluating large language models (LLMs)
We’re excited to announce that the program and registration website for Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World Symposium, co-organized by the Center for Communication & Public Policy and Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, and co-sponsored by the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, this two-day event brings together leading experts
The Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) is pleased to co-sponsor the Opening Plenary of Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in partnership with Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America. This flagship event, held at the Chicago Council,
The Center for Communication and Public Policy (CCPP) is part of an interdisciplinary Northwestern team that has received a $200,000 award from the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs to support the Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group. The project includes CCPP Director Erik Nisbet and CCPP faculty affiliate Yingdan Lu, who join collaborators across communication,
The Center for Communication & Public Policy (CCPP) is proud to celebrate the outstanding work of our graduate affiliates presenting at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), held November 21–22 in Chicago. This year’s conference theme — “Fifty Years of Measuring Change: Where we were, where we are,
CCPP Faculty Affiliate Olga Kamenchuk, Associate Professor of Research Methodology and International Communication at Northwestern University, was recently interviewed (see below) by prominent Russian journalist, dissident, and opposition commentator Stanislav Kucher on his widely viewed YouTube program. Kucher is known for his outspoken criticism of the Kremlin, his incisive interviews, and his long-form political analysis,
CCPP Director Erik Nisbet Interviewed by BBC on California Redistricting Vote and Its National Implications November 5, 2025 CCPP Director and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication Erik C. Nisbet was interviewed by the BBC for their coverage of California voters’ recent approval of a ballot measure allowing mid-decade redistricting. This move
As debates over political maps intensify ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, CCPP Director and Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication Erik C. Nisbet was featured and quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article examining the growing trend of mid-decade redistricting efforts in both Republican- and Democratic-led states. In the article,
In a February 2025 televised interview with CBS Evening News, CCPP Director Erik C. Nisbet, Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication at Northwestern University, analyzed a familiar Republican communication strategy: framing opposition to federal programs around claims of fraud, waste, and abuse. At the time, Nisbet explained how the heavy repetition of
