About News News Subscribe Political Science Domestic Policy & Politics Leadership Education Ethics Racial Justice and Equity (-) Democracy (-) Research and Commentary Facet Area of Focus - News Gerald Warburg Ian H. Solomon Jennifer Lawless John Holbein Andrew S. Pennock Peter Johannessen Todd S. Sechser Allan Stam Christine Mahoney David Leblang Gabrielle Adams Galen Fountain Harry Harding Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Kirsten Gelsdorf Larry Terry Lucy Bassett Margaret Foster Riley Michael D. Williams Michele Claibourn Paul S. Martin Sophie Trawalter Xiao Wang (-) Craig Volden Facet People - News Center for Effective Lawmaking Miller Center Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Faculty In Action Featured Research Facet News Type - News May 31, 2023 Bipartisanship the “secret sauce” for effective lawmaking, despite rising polarization in Congress Domestic Policy & Politics Democracy Despite perceptions that Congress is dominated by partisan interests, a new study from the Center for Effective Lawmaking -- co-directed by Batten professor Craig Volden -- finds that legislators who draw in cosponsors from both sides of the aisle are more effective. Learn more Oct 27, 2022 The Center for Effective Lawmaking Meets with Delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament Democracy Batten School Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, Craig Volden, met with a delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in early September to discuss lawmaking effectiveness. Learn more Nov 06, 2020 Batten Faculty Provide Commentary on Election Results Democracy Political Science In commentary compiled by the Miller Center, Batten Professors Jennifer Lawless, Margaret Foster Riley, Todd Sechser, and Craig Volden weigh in on the 2020 election, offering updates on the latest developments. Full Commentary from UVA's Miller Center Sep 18, 2020 Members of Congress are Specializing Less Often. Volden and Wiseman Say That Makes Them Less Effective. Democracy Political Science Batten’s Craig Volden and Vanderbilt’s Alan Wiseman, co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, find that members of Congress are becoming less specialized and in turn, less effective. How do we encourage more expertise and reverse the trend? Read in The Washington Post Sep 12, 2019 Congress is back in town. Here’s why lawmakers will struggle to get much done. Leadership Research and Commentary Congress is back from its August recess, and lawmakers face public demands for action on issues as varied as health care, infrastructure, gun safety and trade. Legislators face at least one set of “must pass” agenda items: 12 spending bills that need to be enacted into law by Oct. 1 or the federal government will shut down. Read in The Washington Post Jun 10, 2015 Updating the Outdated: Craig Volden Seeks to Fix Research Model Errors Research and Commentary Research into public policy diffusion has exploded in the last 20 years. Scholars and thinkers have published hundreds of studies tracking the spread of policies from government to government. With countless dollars and thousands of hours invested, could it be that their studies are wrong? That’s what Batten School Professor Craig Volden seeks to find out. Learn more Jun 01, 2015 Volden and Wiseman’s Book Wins the APSA Kammerer Award Domestic Policy & Politics Democracy The American Political Science Association (APSA) recently announced that “Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers” by Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman won the prestigious Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book on U.S. national policy. Learn more Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 31, 2023 Bipartisanship the “secret sauce” for effective lawmaking, despite rising polarization in Congress Domestic Policy & Politics Democracy Despite perceptions that Congress is dominated by partisan interests, a new study from the Center for Effective Lawmaking -- co-directed by Batten professor Craig Volden -- finds that legislators who draw in cosponsors from both sides of the aisle are more effective. Learn more
Oct 27, 2022 The Center for Effective Lawmaking Meets with Delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament Democracy Batten School Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, Craig Volden, met with a delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in early September to discuss lawmaking effectiveness. Learn more
Nov 06, 2020 Batten Faculty Provide Commentary on Election Results Democracy Political Science In commentary compiled by the Miller Center, Batten Professors Jennifer Lawless, Margaret Foster Riley, Todd Sechser, and Craig Volden weigh in on the 2020 election, offering updates on the latest developments. Full Commentary from UVA's Miller Center
Sep 18, 2020 Members of Congress are Specializing Less Often. Volden and Wiseman Say That Makes Them Less Effective. Democracy Political Science Batten’s Craig Volden and Vanderbilt’s Alan Wiseman, co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, find that members of Congress are becoming less specialized and in turn, less effective. How do we encourage more expertise and reverse the trend? Read in The Washington Post
Sep 12, 2019 Congress is back in town. Here’s why lawmakers will struggle to get much done. Leadership Research and Commentary Congress is back from its August recess, and lawmakers face public demands for action on issues as varied as health care, infrastructure, gun safety and trade. Legislators face at least one set of “must pass” agenda items: 12 spending bills that need to be enacted into law by Oct. 1 or the federal government will shut down. Read in The Washington Post
Jun 10, 2015 Updating the Outdated: Craig Volden Seeks to Fix Research Model Errors Research and Commentary Research into public policy diffusion has exploded in the last 20 years. Scholars and thinkers have published hundreds of studies tracking the spread of policies from government to government. With countless dollars and thousands of hours invested, could it be that their studies are wrong? That’s what Batten School Professor Craig Volden seeks to find out. Learn more
Jun 01, 2015 Volden and Wiseman’s Book Wins the APSA Kammerer Award Domestic Policy & Politics Democracy The American Political Science Association (APSA) recently announced that “Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers” by Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman won the prestigious Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book on U.S. national policy. Learn more