Upcoming Events
ZOOM LINK FOR WEBINAR SERIES 2024-2025
https://casteam-live.zoom.us/j/82064477735?pwd=rAFqSfF2yR9xwMJUxzmcZ3TVQZaM3p.1
Meeting ID: 820 6447 7735
Passcode: 123456
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18 June 2025
Christopher Wlezien | University of Texas at Austin
“Democratic Policy Representation is (Really) Hard”
Working paper to be presented:
Wlezien, Christopher: “Democratic Policy Representation is (Really) Hard.”
Past Events
04 June 2025
Carolina Plescia | University of Vienna & PI of the ERC project DeVOTE
“The Meanings of Voting for Ordinary Citizens”
Webinar #2 in the second semester of the academic year 2024-2025. Forthcoming book presented:
Plescia, Carolina. (2025) "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications" Oxford University Press
07 May 2025
Stephen Ansolabehere | Harvard University
Shiro Kuriwaki | Yale University
“Representation in America”
Webinar #1 in the second semester of the academic year 2024-2025. Working paper presented:
Ansolabehere, Stephen and Shiro Kuriwaki. (2025). "Collective Representation in Congress"
22 January 2025
Prof. Yotam Margalit | Tel Aviv University, Israel
“Political Consequences of Green Policies”
Webinar #3 in the first semester of the academic year 2024-2025. Article presented:
Colantone, Italo, Livio Di Lonardo, Yotam Margalit, and Marco Percoco. 2024. “The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy.” American Political Science Review 118(1): 108–26.
08 January 2025
Prof. Ruth Dassonneville | KU Leuven, Belgium
"Gender Gap in Voter Turnout"
Webinar #2 in the first semester of the academic year 2024-2025. Article presented:
Dassonneville, Ruth and Filip Kostelka. 2021. "The Cultural Sources of the Gender Gap in Voter Turnout." British Journal of Political Science, 51(3): 1040-1061.
05 December 2024
Prof. Anne Rasmussen | King's College London
"Costs of Running and Engaging in Politics"
Webinar #1 in the first semester of the academic year 2024-2025. Article presented:
Eady, Gregory and Anne Rasmussen. 2024. “Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies.” American Political Science Review, Advance online publication, December 6, 2024.
10 July 2024
Prof. Hahrie Han | Johns Hopkins University
"Organizing and Democracy”
Webinar #3 in the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Article presented:
Han, Hahrie, Matthew Baggetta, and Jennifer Oser. 2024. "Organizing and Democracy: Understanding the Possibilities for Transformative Collective Action." Annual Review of Political Science, 27(1).
19 June 2024
Prof. Rachel Gibson | University of Manchester, U.K.
"Online Influencers”
Webinar #2 in the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Article presented:
Gibson, Rachel, Esmeralda Bon, Philipp Darius, and Peter Smyth. 2023. "Are Online Political Influencers Accelerating Democratic Deconsolidation?" Media and Communication, 11 (3):12.
22 May 2024
Prof. André Blais | University of Montreal
"Participation and Representation”
Webinar #1 in the second semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Article presented:
Blais, André, et al. 2023. "What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?", Political Studies, 71 (4):1068-89.
6 March 2024
Prof. Theda Skocpol | Harvard University
"Citizen Organizing and Partisan Polarization”
Webinar #3 in the first semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Book chapter presented:
Skocpol, Theda, Caroline Tervo, and Kirsten Walters. 2021. "Citizen Organizing and Partisan Polarization from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance." In Democratic Resilience: Can the United States Withstand Rising Polarization?, ed. K. M. Roberts, R. C. Lieberman and S. Mettler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 369-400).
21 February 2024
Prof. Noam Lupu | Vanderbilt University
“Poll Workers and the Effects of Political Participation”
Webinar #2 in the first semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Working paper presented, titled "Poll Workers and the Effects of Political Participation."
17 January 2024
Michael Delli Carpini | University of Pennsylvania
“Digital Media and Democratic Futures”
Webinar #1 in the first semester of the academic year 2023-2024. Book chapter presented:
Delli Carpini, Michael X. 2019. "Digital Media and the Future(s) of Democracy" In: Digital Media and Democratic Futures, ed. Michael X. Delli Carpini. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (pp. 1-14).