Arthur Lupia

Who is Arthur Lupia?

Arthur Lupia is an American political scientist. He is the Hal R. Varian Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Chair of the Social, Economic, and Political Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Lupia received a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Rochester and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in social science from the California Institute of Technology.

He examines how information and institutions affect policy and politics. Much of his work focuses on how people make decisions when they lack information. His work is inter-disciplinary. It provides insights on voting, civic competence, political persuasion, legislative-bureaucratic relations, parliamentary governance, and political communication, and the public value of the social sciences.,

He has received several awards including the 2007 Innovators Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and 1998 NAS Award for Initiatives in Research from the National Academy of Sciences. He has received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and a year at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.