Spring 2024
February 2, 2024, 3:00 PM
Joséphine Lechartre, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Genocide and Cultural Change”
February 16, 2024, 3:00 PM
Gessica de Freitas, PhD Student in Political Science
“Breaking From Within? The Role of State Actors in Democratic Slipping in Brazil (2014-2022)”
March 1, 2024, 3:00 PM
Ben Francis, PhD Student in Political Science
“Royal Green: Measuring the Influence of the UK’s First Eco-King on Environmental Attitudes”
March 8, 2024, 3:00 PM, Lightning Round
Alejandro González, PhD Student in Political Science
“Electoral Observation and Democratic Backsliding: The Role of International Organizations in Assessing Democratic Processes.”
Laura López-Pérez and Mayra Ocaña, PhD Students in Political Science
“State-Victims Relationship Amidst Criminal Wars: Why Victims Adopt Different Strategies to Demand Justice in Mexico”
April 12, 2024, 3:00 PM
Patrick McQuestion, PhD Student in Political Science, and Michael
Coppedge (Faculty)
“Subnational Democratic Unevenness and Development in Colombia”
April 23, 2024, 3:00 PM
Abby Córdova, Faculty, Isabel Güiza-Gómez, PhD Candidate in Political Science, and Juan Albarracín (external guest)
“Explaining Post-War Attitudes Toward Violence Against Grassroots Peacebuilders: The Case of Colombia”
Fall 2023
August 25, 2023, 3:00 PM
Joséphine Lechartre, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Can Refugee Self-Organization During Wars Increase Post-Conflict Political Participation? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico.”
September 8, 2023, 3:00 PM
Adriana Albanus, PhD Student in Political Science
“Populists in Office: What Explains Their Rhetorical Attacks to Political Parties?”
September 22, 2023, 3:00 PM
Javier Sandoval, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute
“An Endogenous Theory of Subnational Democracy: Colonial Legacies, Labor Incorporation, and Regimes within Countries in Latin America”
September 29, 2023, 3:00 PM
Rithika Kumar, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute
“Not All Migration is Made Equal: Family Structure and Female Political Engagement in Migrant Sending Communities”
October 6, 2023, 3:00 PM, Lightning round 1
Mayra Ocaña, PhD Student in Political Science
“Investigating Large-Scale Violence in Latin America: Making Prosecution Offices Work”
Gabriel Cepaluni, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute
“Why Does Human Trafficking Happen?”
October 13, 2023, 3:00 PM
Gessica de Freitas, PhD Student in Political Science
““If You Can’t Win, Change the Rules”? How and Why Brazilian Parliamentarians Endogenously Modified their Legislative Institutions (1989-2018)”
November 3, 2023, 3:00 PM
Jake Turner, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Prefeitos, Platforms, and the Police: A Semi-Automated Textual Analysis of Brazilian Mayoral Platforms”
November 10, 2023, 3:00 PM
Gabriel Cepaluni, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute
“Modern-Day Slavery and the Trade of Small Weapons”
November 17, 2023, 3:00 PM
Bill Kakenmaster, PhD Candidate in Political Science
“Measuring Climate Policy Scope and Stringency: A Latent Variable Modelling Approach”
December 1, 2023, 3:00 PM, Lightning round 2
Gessica de Freitas, PhD Student in Political Science
“Endogenous Political Change in Brazilian Political Institutions Post-1988: Formal vs Informal”
Javier Sandoval, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute
“(Sub)National Democracy After the Third Wave: Backsliding or Underperformance?”
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