Events

Methods Workshop with Adam Glynn DateOctober 3, 2014 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Adam Glynn, Emory UniversityTitle: "Front-door Difference-in-Differences Estimators"Abstract:In this paper, we develop front-door difference-in-differences estimators that utilize information from post-treatment variables in addition to information from pre-treatment covariates. Even when the front-door criterion does not hold, these estimators allow the identification […]

Libby Barringer - PT Workshop DateSeptember 30, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Comparative Politics Workshop with Carlo Prato DateOctober 5, 2015 Time12:30pm Location Contact SAVE the Date, Next MONDAY, Oct. 5 -- Carlo Prato (of) Georgetown Univ. with “RATIONAL IGNORANCE AND ELECTORAL IMBALANCE, " the 1st Comparative Politics Workshop of 2015-16: 12:30 PM, Bunche 4357 (Conference Room)(from the abstract): study a formal model where "rationally ignorant" voters […]

REP Workshop: Jennifer Merolla (UCR) DateOctober 3, 2016 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Do Primary Electorates Polarize Congress? DateOctober 8, 2013 Time5:15am to 6:45am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact The extreme preferences of the citizens who participate in primary elections are often offered as an explanation for divergence between how members of Congress behave and what their constituents would prefer. If candidates must appeal both to a primary […]

Practice Job Talk: Sarah Brierley DateOctober 5, 2016 Time1:00pm to 2:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Comparative Politics Workshop with Jens Hainmueller DateOctober 13, 2014 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Title: "Do Survey Experiments Capture Real-World Behavior? External Validation of Conjoint and Vignette Analyses with a Natural Experiment"Presenter: Jens HainmuellerAbstract: Survey experiments like vignette and conjoint analyses are widely used in the social sciences to elicit stated preferences and study how […]

Swarr Prize Lecture DateOctober 10, 2016 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Scholars have established that the emergence and success of Latinos running for office is primarily driven by district demographics. Nonetheless, the Latino presence in Congress continues to be limited despite the rapid growth of the Latino population. What, then, is driving […]

BOLLENS-RIES-HOFFENBERG LECTURE DateOctober 10, 2017 Time6:00pm to 9:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu  Barbara GeddesChair and Professor, UCLA Department of Political Scienceinvites you to attend the 31st AnnualBOLLENS-RIES-HOFFENBERG LECTURE Fiction When Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Hollywood in The Trump Era featuring Franklin LeonardFilm Executive and Founder, The Black List with introduction by Lynn VavreckProfessor of Political Science, UCLA Tuesday, October 10, […]

Political Theory Workshop with Megan Gallagher DateOctober 17, 2014 Time4:00pm Location Bunche 4357   Contact Title: "In Excess: Emotional Regimes in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes"Presenter: Megan Gallagher Respondent: Anna-Elisabeth ScheidtAbstract: In this paper, I read Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes as an attempt to theorize a virtuous, republican alternative to despotic rule. As Montesquieu argues in the Esprit des lois, fear - specifically […]