Political Science Department Seminars and Doctoral Seminars

The Department of Political Science is proud to present the annual sequence of departmental seminars and doctoral seminars. The seminars provide the occasion for faculty, advanced, and first-year PhD students to present their work.

Seminars and meetings are always held at 13:30 - 15:10 on Wednesdays in the Academic Year 2021/2022. For livestream link please register here.

		Spring Term
Date	Venue	Department Seminar Name & Title
April 6		Annual Doctoral Conference
April 20	A419	Presentations by Probationary Candidates, PE track
April 27	D-001 Tiered	Challenges for Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Online, Cameran Ashraf, Ph.D (CEU)
May 4	B215	Department Meeting
May 11	A516	Lucas Leemann (University of Zurich), Direct Democracy and Political Conflict — Institutional Evolution in the 19th Century
May 18	A419	Presentations by Probationary Candidates, CP track
June 15, 16.30-18.00	A415	Department Meeting

		Winter Term
Date	Venue	Department Seminar Name & Title
Jan 12		Department Meeting
Jan 26	online	Dorothee Bohle (University of Vienna), Europe's Rule of Law Crisis
Feb 2		Department Meeting
*Feb 9 - 17:30	online	Margit Tavits (Washington University), Fathers’ Leave Increases Attitudinal Gender Equality
Feb 16		Ingo Rohlfing (University of Cologne), The integration of Bayesian regression analysis and Bayesian process tracing in mixed-methods research
Feb 23	online	Kennet Benoit (LSE), Measuring Textual Sophistication in any Domain in any Language using Machine Learning
March 2		Department Meeting
March 9	B-421	Elena Frech (Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg), Can(`t) Have It All? The Political Careers of Parents
March 16	online	Mihaly Fazekas (CEU), COVID-19 emergency governance in Romania: New corruption equilibrium or a passing phenomenon?
*March 23 - 17:30	online	Pablo Barberá (USC Dornsife), The consequences of online partisan media
March 30	B-421	Lucas Leemann (University of Zurich), Direct Democracy and Political Conflict — Institutional Evolution in the 19th Century

		*FALL TERM*
Date	Venue	Department Seminar Name & Title
Sep 15	B-421	Department Meeting
Sep 22	B-319	Department Meeting
Oct 6	B-421	Department Meeting
Oct 13	B-421	Gabor Simonovits (CEU): Communication in the aftermath of political scandals - onsite
Oct 20	B-421	Martin Larsen (Aarhus University): The Power of Political Leadership - onsite
* Oct 27 - 15.30	B-421	Zeynep Somer-Topcu (University of Texas at Austin): Message Distortion as a Campaign Strategy: Does Rival Party Distortion of Focal Party Position Affect Voters? - online
Nov 3	B-421	Department Meeting
* Nov 11, Thursday - 17.45	B-421	Julian Casanova (University of Zaragoza): Writing and teaching history in the digital age - online
* Nov 16, Tuesday - 17.30		Vienna Karl Polany Guest Lecture by Fred Block (Research Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis): American Capitalism: Choosing Among Trump, Biden, and Bernie Sanders - online
Nov 24	B-421	Zoltan Fazekas (Copenhagen Business School): Raising Moral Considerations: Intra-Court Bargaining and Moral Language in the European Court of Human Rights - online
Dec 1	B-421	Nenad Stojanovic (University of Genève): Electoral discrimination against candidates belonging to minority groups: a theoretical puzzle and an empirical challenge - online
Dec 8		NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Dec 15	B-421	David Fortunato (UCSD): How Voters Predict Coalition Bargaining Outcomes - online

Quicklinks: Department seminars and Doctoral seminars in 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19, 2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14, 2012/13, 2011/12, 2010/11, 2009/10, 2008/09, 2007/08, 2006/07.