Research | Department of Political Science

Political science research at Nebraska covers a range of topics.

Check out our news and our directory to explore the type of work we do.

Research groups and labs

Political Attitudes and Cognition Lab
Political Physiology Lab
EKSTROM Lab
Research in Political Science (RiPS)

Undergraduate research mentoring

Our faculty regularly connect with undergraduate students in the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program, an opportunity to engage in hands-on research under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

Undergraduate participant pool

To give undergraduate students taking POLS 100 direct experience with research, we place them into the Political Science Experimental Participant Pool (PSEPP).