In Your Face Politics DateApril 28, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Journalists and academics regularly decry incivility in political discourse, and public opinion polls suggest that average Americans share a similar disdain. Foundations and civic groups likewise fund initiatives to call attention to this problem. Even politicians themselves express concerns about […]
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 […]
Comparative Politics Workshop with David Laitin DateApril 27, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:David Laitin, Stanford UniversityTitle: “Language Policy and Human Development”Abstract: explore how language policy affects the socio-economic development of nation-states through two channels: the individual’s exposure to and (in reference to an individual’s mother tongue) linguistic distance from the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Dynamic Coalitions DateMay 7, 2014 Time8:00am to 10:00am Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
E. Victor Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture DateMay 5, 2016 Time6:00pm Location Charles E. Young Grand SalonKerckhoff Hall Contact The Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture brings a leading scholar to UCLA each year to speak on a subject in one of Professor Wolfenstein’s many fields of research, which included African-American thought and politics, Ancient Greek political theory, psychoanalysis and […]
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 […]
REP Workshop - Hahrie Han DateMay 6, 2016 Time4:00pm to 5:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Ecochella! DateMay 6, 2016 Time3:30pm to 9:00pm Location Contact Ecochella is a student-run, bike-powered music and sustainability festival at UCLA that aims to educate and engage students on current strides in green innovation. Join us on May 6th for music, biking, yoga, food, free goodies and more! First 200 attendees will get a free Tender […]
American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket DateMay 11, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Seth Masket, University of DenverTitle:“Do Voters and Activists Nominate the Same Sort of Candidates? A Look at Legislative Vacancy Appointments in Illinois and Colorado”Abstract: In Colorado and Illinois, local partisan vacancy committees are charged with appointing […]
Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change DateMay 12, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Social change, for example, public support of same-sex marriage, often has the following dynamic: existing behavior or norms persist for a long time, and then change to the new normal very rapidly. This rapidity is not easily explained […]
AP Workshop - Christopher Warshaw, MIT DateMay 8, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:There is a large literature on economic voting in the United States, which shows that the economy matters in presidential and congressional elections. Puzzlingly, however, the state politics literature has failed to find clear evidence for economic voting […]
30th Annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture DateMay 10, 2017 Time7:00pm Location Charles E. Young Grand SalonKerckhoff HallUCLA Campus Contact About the SpeakerSheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3"Too Many Governments: How Local, State and Federal Jurisdictions Can Clash or Collaborate"Click here to learn more about Sheila KuehlAbout the SeriesThe annual series' aim is to bring together the […]
REP Workshop with Lisa Garcia Bedolla DateMay 14, 2015 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, UC BerkeleyTitle: "Latino Political Engagement and the Future of U.S. Politics”Abstract: After the 2012 election, there was much talk about the importance of the Latino vote for both major U.S. […]
Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer DateMay 11, 2017 Time3:00pm Location UCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA CampusSelf-pay parking available in Structure 2 Contact Contact Information Kelli O'LearyPhone (310)825-4038koleary@support.ucla.edu Laura E. Gómez Interim Dean of Social Sciencesrespectfully invites you to attend a memorial service celebrating the life ofProfessor Mark Sawyer UCLA Departments of African […]
Catherine de Vries DateMay 17, 2018 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu There will be two talks by Catherine de Vries: Thursday, May 17th: 12:00-1:30pm; 4357 Bunche HallWhen the Money Stops: Fluctuations in Financial Remittances and Incumbent Approval in Central Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia Flyer Thursday may 17th: 4:00-5:30p; 4357 […]
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research DateMay 16, 2014 Time3:15am to 4:30am Location 314 Royce Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft DateMay 16, 2014 Time8:00am to 9:30am Location Bunche Hall 10367 Contact The effects of international inducements on the internal politics of states that violate nuclear nonproliferation commitments remain highly contested. How have sanctions, trade, aid, investments, diplomacy, financial measures and military threats affected different groups? How, when and why were those […]
REP Workshop - Vanessa Tyson, Scripps College DateMay 15, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Multiracial Coalitions and Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
AP Workshop - Thomas Schwartz DateMay 16, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Here is a full statement of the theory of political parties as long coalitions, ones organized and elected to stick together on most legislative votes. The incentive to form, join, and elect them comes from the external cost of […]
American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos DateMay 18, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Ryan Enos, Harvard UniversityTitle: “How and Why Segregation Affects Political Behavior”Abstract:A broad literature demonstrates, both cross-nationally and within the United States, that intergroup residential segregation is correlated with poorly functioning states and civil societies. Recent research also […]
U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series DateMay 17, 2016 Time6:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact Chair and Professor Jeffrey B. Lewis invites you toSave the datesfor theU HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election SeriesOn the Media: Covering Donald TrumpFeaturingDylan ByersSasha IssenbergModerated byLynn VavreckTuesday, May 17, 6:00 p.m.California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus […]
PT Workshop - Ainsley LeSure, Occidental College DateMay 19, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Overwhelmingly, scholars of contemporary racial injustice argue that the disjunction between our society’s express commitment to racial egalitarianism and the persistence of racial inequality is due to the pernicious racial beliefs, sentiments and dispositions found in the […]
Political Theory Workshop with Dean Hammer DateMay 22, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Dean Hammer, Franklin and Marshall CollegeRespondent:Anthony Pagden, UCLATitle:“Were the Roman People Sovereign?”Abstract: paper takes up the question of whether we can talk meaningfully about sovereignty in the Roman republic. The argument addresses the contending claims of […]
The Runner-up Effect DateMay 23, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Exploiting regression discontinuity designs in samples of Brazilian, Indian, and Canadian first-past-the-post elections, we document that second placed candidates are substantially more likely than close third finishers to run and win subsequent elections. This identifies the effect of being labeled the […]
IR Workshop - Marc Trachtenberg, UC Los Angeles DateMay 22, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) DateMay 25, 2015 Time6:00am Location Contact Memorial Day Holiday on May 25,2015 (no classes). Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
REP Workshop - Lauren Davenport, Stanford University DateMay 22, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Since 2000, the U.S. multiple-race population has skyrocketed by 106%—more than 17 times the rate of growth of the single-race population. Individuals of mixed-race comprise the fastest-growing youth group in the nation, and an estimated 20 percent […]
Methods Workshop DateMay 28, 2014 Time3:00pm to 5:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact UCLA Department of Political ScienceMethods WorkshopSponsored by the Formal Theory Reading GroupfeaturingKirill PogorelskiyCalifornia Institute of Technology“Correlated Equilibria in Voter Turnout Games”ABSTRACT:This paper develops a game-theoretic model of turnout when voting is costly and the players' strategies can be correlated. Varying the structure […]
Methods Workshop with Barry O’Neill DateMay 28, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall (Seminar Room) Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Barry O’Neill, UCLATitle: "What is an Agreement?"Abstract:The concept of an agreement is important in game theory, political theory and law but writers disagree about just what it is. Some argue that an agreement cannot be a […]
