Heuristic Inference and the Left-Right Summary How do voters form left–right images of political parties? This Element applies the theoretical framework of ecologically rational heuristic inference to synthesize insights from the extensive literature on the meaning of left and right in politics. It proposes several hypotheses about cues that voters
“The enduring impacts of early life exposure to heatwaves on climate governance” published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management by Profs. Jingbo Cui (Duke Kunshan University), Chunhua Wang (Shanghai Jiaotong University) and Zhenxuan Wang (North Carolina State University) This paper examines the enduring effects of early-life exposure to heatwaves
The Emergence of Belief Attribution and Dehumanization Are Associated published in Developmental Science by Profs. Wen Zhou (Duke Kunshan University) and David Hare (Duke University) Dehumanization is hypothesized to involve denying others a fully human mind. We tested its proposed link with theory-of-mind development in 3- to 6-year-olds (total N =
We are thrilled to announce the publication of Professor Mengqi Wang’s new book, Anxious Homes. About the Book Anxious Homes is a study of the power that shapes the forms of the homes Chinese citizens strive for and the possible paths they may take to realize their home ownership dreams.Mengqi Wang discusses
Professor Yeshim Iqbal’s article “Effects of an early childhood father engagement program in Rohingya camps and host community in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: a cluster randomized controlled trial” is published in BMC Global and Public Health. This study evaluates a 6-month early childhood father engagement intervention delivered in-person to fathers in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host
Wanlin Bai, a senior undergraduate economics student at Duke Kunshan University, attended the 100th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society (AES 2026) at Wadham College and the Examination Schools, University of Oxford, from 23 to 25 March 2026, where she presented her research. This participation was supported by the