Songying Fang
Education
Ph.D., University of Rochester, March 2006
Academic Appointment
Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, August 2005-
Research Interests
- International Relations
- Political Economy
- Applied Game Theory
- Political Methodology
Current research focuses on how international institutions influence state behavior using both game-theoretic modeling and empirical analysis.
Awards and Fellowships
- Princeton Center for Globalization and Governance Fellowship, 2007-2008
- University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship, Fall 2007 (declined)
- University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid 2006-2008
- W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy Fellowship, 2004 - 2005
- EITM Best Poster Award, MPSA, 2004 (with Kristopher W. Ramsay)
- University of Rochester Fellowship, 2000 - 2004
Publication
American Journal of Political Science 52 (2) Pp. 304–321, 2008.
Under Review
- Electoral Incentives and the Pacific effect of International Institutions
- The Strategic Use of International Institutions in Dispute Settlement
- Burden-Sharing in Non-Binding Alliances (with Kristopher W. Ramsay)
- The Peacebuilder's Contract: How External State-building Reinforces Weak Statehood. (with Michael Barnett and Christoph Zurcher)
Working Papers
- Non-democracies, Audience Costs, and Credible Commitment (with Erica Owen)
- The Will of the Majority: The Rule of Four on the United States Supreme Court (with Tim Johnson and Jason Roberts)
Invited Talks
- Princeton Unversity, November 2007
- Rice University, October 2007
- Wisconsin-Madison, February 2006
- Texas A&M University-College Station, November 2004
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , November 2004
- California Institute of Technology, November 2004
- University of Minnesota, November 2004
Professional Activities
- Editorial Assistant , Journal of Theoretical Politics , 2003 - 2005
Association Memberships
- American Political Science Association , 2000 - Present
- Midwest Political Science Association , 2002 - Present
- International Studies Association , 2002 - Present
- Peace Science Society , 2003 - Present
Publications in Chinese
Book
- Market Economy and Government Intervention (Shang Wu Press, Beijing China 1998) (Co-authored).
Translation
- Modern Business Cycle Theory (Edited by Robert Barro, Harvard Press 1989) (Shang Wu Press, Beijing China 1997).
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