Protecting the Polls: The Effect of Observers on Election Fraud DateFebruary 3, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Do domestic election observers deter electoral fraud? And under what conditions do political parties respond to the presence of observers to negate their impact? We address these questions by studying observers’ effects on two […]

International Relations Workshop with Michaela Mattes DateFebruary 2, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Michaela Mattes, UC BerkeleyTitle: “Chipping Away at the Issues: Does a Piecemeal Approach to Dispute Settlement Work?”Abstract:Disputants often have the option to resolve their disagreements in a series of partial settlements, addressing a subset of the issues […]

American Politics Workshop with Anthony Fowler DateFebruary 2, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Anthony Fowler, University of ChicagoTitle:"A Bayesian Explanation for Incumbency Advantage"Abstract:  Incumbents perform significantly better in elections just because they are incumbents, yet the most commonly proposed explanations for this phenomenon are unsatisfying and inconsistent with empirical […]

Comparative Politics Workshop with James Kung DateFebruary 5, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter: James Kai-sing Kung, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Title:  "Do Land Revenue Windfalls Create a Political Resource Curse?  Evidence from China” Abstract: By analyzing a panel on the political turnovers of 4,390 county […]

Cristina Beltran, New York University DateFebruary 2, 2017 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:From Brexit to the election of Donald Trump, our politics are increasingly defined by anxieties over the meaning and limits of sovereignty. This paper argues for placing Latinos at the center of our racial analysis in order to better […]