Political Science News

The Denver City Council just made it a lot easier to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, in neighborhoods across the city. The biggest change: Homeowners won’t have to get a rezoning before building a cottage or other accessory dwelling. The change could result in a few hundred more ADUs...

Former Denver City Councilwoman Robin Kniech has joined CU Denver Political Science’s New Directions in Politics & Public Policy program and will be hosting a conversation about Denver's housing crisis. Bring your lunch and learn how Denver’s role in affordable housing has transformed over the past decade, even as it...

Please join the CU Denver Political Science Department and Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society for the 2024 Election Night Watch Party! Tuesday, November 5th at 6:00pm in the basement of The Celtic (1400 Market Street) This event is 18+ friendly and open to all students and majors. Feel free to...

The Political Science Department recently hired an exciting new Director for the New Directions Graduate program focused on Public, Non-Profit, and Community Leadership, Robin Kniech. Robin was an at-large Denver City Council member for 12 years (through July 2023), where she became a leader in affordable housing policy and worked...

Jim Walsh, Assistant Teaching Professor in Political Science, was interviewed on Colorado Matters about the Leadville Irish Memorial. Colorado Matters , Mar. 15

James Walsh, Clinical Teaching Track Assistant Professor in Political Science, says unions are seeing a surge in power thanks in part to low unemployment that puts workers more in demand and anger over CEOs and their huge salaries, which are on average 350 times higher than salaries of average workers...

“The city is wholly unprepared,” Associate Professor in the Political Science Betcy Jose said referring to Khartoum. “People went to bed Friday night in a peaceful country and woke up to war, and despite the challenges, difficulty, heartache, violence and unpredictability, the people of Sudan have come together to help...

“It typically takes new unions at least a year to get their first contracts,” said James Walsh, Political Science Clinical Associate Professor. “Starbucks is engaging in a strategy that's pretty typical in this country,” he continued. “When workers win the right to organize, the employers typically stonewall the negotiations or...

Political Science Professor Christoph Stefes, and Associate Professor Betcy Jose, talk about the Russian and Ukrainian conflict one year after the Russian invasion. It has been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine 9News Denver , February 24