Report summary

For New York University Department of Politics in 2020-2026, the graph shows 35 visible PIs and 6 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Social Sciences as the leading field (53% of slots across 31 PIs; 31 labels), Sociology and Political Science as the leading subfield (24% of slots across 20 PIs; 20 labels), and Electoral Systems and Political Participation as the leading topic (10% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). That looks relatively sparse, so claims about department-wide cohesion should be made carefully. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Steven J. Brams (20 weighted works; Artificial Intelligence in Games, Political Systems and Governance). The clearest collaboration lines are Alastair Smith and Justin Melnick (3 shared works, weight 2.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 2.8, around Political Science and International Relations, Communication, Statistics and Probability, led by Joshua A. Tucker, Julia Payson, Rajeshwari Majumdar.