CP Workshop - John Ahlquist, UC San Diego DateApril 24, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:How do international monetary and financial shocks influence domestic politics? Taking advantage of a surprise revaluation of the Swiss franc in early 2015, we examine the policy preferences and voting behavior of individuals particularly exposed to […]
REP Workshop - Davin Phoenix, UC Irvine DateApril 24, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Extant political psychology literature provides a framework for understanding how the emotion state of anger both activated the racial attitudes of white Americans and mobilized them toward greater electoral activity during the contentious 2016 election. Absent from […]
REP Workshop - Paulina Ochoa Espejo DateApril 29, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Entrepreneurship, the Electoral Connection, and Office Location: Estimating the Electoral Connection by Designing Stronger Instruments DateMay 5, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Both political science scholars as well as House members believe that being an effective representation will be electorally rewarded. In this paper we investigate the extent to which there […]
International Relations Workshop with Aila Matanock DateMay 4, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Aila Matanock, UC BerkeleyTitle: “International Insurance: Explaining Electoral Participation Provisions in Peace Agreement Design”Abstract:Peace agreement design is a crucial component of conflict termination, but how do combatants choose which provisions to center these settlements on? In […]
IR Workshop - Andrew Bertoli, USC DateMay 1, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Does nationalism make interstate conflict more likely? I tackle this question by analyzing one of the most powerful sources of nationalism in the modern era—international sports. I first investigate several cases where surges of nationalism from sporting events led […]
Dynamic Coalitions DateMay 7, 2014 Time8:00am to 10:00am Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
BRAZIL'S CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS: DateMay 4, 2016 Time4:00pm to 5:30pm Location UCLA Public Affairs Bldg #4357 Contact Featuring Panelists:William Summerhill, Professor of History, UCLABarbara Geddes, Professor of Political Science, UCLARoberto Véras de Oliveira, Associate Professor at Federal University of ParaíbaManoel Gehrke, PhD student in Political Science at UCLAModerator: Fabrício M. Fialho, PhD Candidate, Political Science, […]
Recruitment Job Talk with Ami Pedahzur DateMay 7, 2015 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Ami Pedahzur, University of Texas at AustinTitle: "Bureaucratic Commandos: The Rise of Israel’s Special Operations Forces"About the Speaker:Ami Pedahzur is Professor of Government -- and Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies -- […]
Courts After Conflict DateMay 9, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Can legal institutions maintain impartiality in the face of violent ethnic conflict? Can a steep decline in the intensity of violence help restore impartiality to ethnically biased courts? How persistent are the effects of violence? Given the ubiquity of ethnic conflicts […]
