Methods Workshop - Groeling/Li/Zhu DateFebruary 8, 2016 Time3:30pm to 5:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Media news plays a vital role in informing citizens, affecting public opinion, and influencing policy making. The flow of information in society is an important topic in social and political science research, but the sheer volume of news data has made manual […]
IR Workshop- Rachel Wellhausen DateFebruary 8, 2016 Time12:00pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact There is extraordinary variation in how governments treat multinational corporations in emerging market countries. Governments around the world have nationalized, expropriated, or eaten away at the value of foreign-owned property in violation of international treaties. This is despite the fact […]
CP Workshop - Jessica Gottlieb, Texas A&M University DateFebruary 6, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract: Contrary to much of the empirical literature, we find that increases in political competition in one new democracy actually decrease the provision of publicly-provided goods. This result is not especially surprising in light of the widespread […]
IR Workshop - Rachel Stein, George Washington University DateFebruary 6, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Public perceptions of threat from abroad can have an important impact on the course of both domestic and foreign policy, but how do ordinary people, who lack both the access to information and the political sophistication […]
PT Workshop - Jeanne Morefield DateFebruary 12, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
IL/IR Workshop - Laurence Helfer DateFebruary 12, 2016 Time2:00pm to 4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
PT Workshop - Sankar Muthu, University of Chicago DateFebruary 10, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
IR Workshop - Lauren Prather, UC San Diego DateFebruary 13, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:What explains variation in individual preferences for foreign economic engagement? Although much ink has been spilled on that question, little research examines how potential partner countries affect public opinion on policies such as trade, foreign aid, […]
AP Workshop - Jon Rogowski, Harvard University DateFebruary 13, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Though economic development is commonly posited to depend on the quality of political institutions, empirical research focuses mostly on how the nature and design of economic institutions affects developmental outcomes. We argue that infrastructural projects play a […]
International Relations Workshop with Susan Hyde DateFebruary 19, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Susan Hyde, Yale UniversityTitle:"The Individual-Level Consequences of Democracy Promotion: A Field Experiment in Rural Cambodia"About the Speaker:Susan Hyde is Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs at Yale University. She studies international influences on domestic […]
