2020-2021

Spring 2021

March 26, 3:00 PM
Hanah Early Bagdanov, PhD Student in Political Science
Josephine Lechartre, PhD Student in Peace Studies and Political Science
“Roving Rulers: How Armed Groups Govern Without Territorial Control”

March 12, 3:00 PM
Emma Rosenberg, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“How Effective Is Nativist Religious Rhetoric? A Survey Experiment in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland”

February 26, 3:00 PM
Maggie Shum, PhD in Political Science
“Why Trouble Back Home Drove Hong Kongers to Trump? A Conjoint Experiment on Hong Kong American Voters”

February 12, 3:00 PM
Natán Skigin, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Predicting Large-Scale Violence in Criminal Wars”

Fall 2020

August 21, 3:00 PM
Emma Rosenberg, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Rally Around the Steeple: Nativist Parties and Religious Rhetoric in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland”

Friday September, 11 3:00PM
Shana Scogin, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Model Robustness in Political Science”

CPW Lightning Round: Friday September 18, 3:00PM
Tomás Gold, PhD Student in Sociology
“Comparing Trojan Horses: How Are Free-Market Think Tanks Shaping the Political Landscape of Latin America?”

Isabel Güiza-Gómez, PhD Student in Political Science and Peace Studies
Ilana Rothkopf, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Perpetual Transitions: Constitutions, Transitional Justice Mechanisms, and Peace Agreements”

Natán Skigin, PhD Student in Political Science
“Winning Hearts and Minds in Drug Wars: Experimental Evidence from Latin America”

October 2, 3:00 PM
Paul Friesen, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“The Partisan Consequences of Liberation Mentality: Deconstructing ZANU PF Support using Spatial and Temporal Variation in Zimbabwe”

October 9, 3:00 PM
Bill Kakenmaster, PhD Student in Political Science
“Democratization and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Quasi-Experiment”

October 23, 3:00 PM
Mary Shiraef, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“The COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP): The Global Health Impacts of Travel Bans”

October 30, 3:00 PM
Hanah Early Bagdanov, PhD Student in Political Science
Josephine Lechartre, PhD Student in Peace Studies and Political Science
“Roving Rulers: Territorial Control and Wartime Governance Institutions”

Summer 2020

July 31, 3:00 PM
Adriana Albanus, PhD Student in Political Science
“Is Brazilian Foreign Policy Congruent with People’s Values and Attitudes? An Analysis of Lula’s Governments (2003-2010)”

July 10, 3:00 PM
Natán Skigin, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Dictators’ Quandary: Multipartism and Regime Change”

June 26, 3:00 PM
Jake Turner, PhD Student in Political Science
“State Presence and Democratic Culture: A Spatial Investigation”

Spring 2020

January 31, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Josephine Lechartre, PhD Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
Title:The Dictator’s Clique:Authoritarian Elite Diversification and Survival After Democratic Transitions

February 14, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Camilo Nieto-Matiz, PhD Candidate, Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate, and Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow
Natan Skigin, PhD Student and Kellogg Fellow
Title: “The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Reforms: Electronic Voting and Criminal Violence in Brazil”

February 28, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Ilana Rothkopf, PhD Candidate and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
Title: “International Support for Constitution-Making in Civil Wars”