Past Events
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).