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Conference Schedule

Fri., October 30, 2009

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

SESSION I
INDICATORS OVERVIEW

Moderator: Henry Brady, APSA President-elect

David Collier, UC Berkeley
Larry Diamond, Stanford University
Daniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Philip Keefer, Research Economist, World Bank
Thomas Melia, Deputy Executive Director, Freedom House
Leonardo Morlino, IPSA President
Massimo Tommasoli, Permanent Observer to the UN, International IDEA


10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK


10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PANEL I
ELECTIONS, PRESS FREEDOM & RULE OF LAW

Moderator: Holli Semetko, Emory University

Lee Becker, University of Georgia
Zach Elkins, University of Texas
Walter Mebane, University of Michigan
Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University
Pradeep Chhibber, UC Berkeley


12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH


1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

PANEL II
DEMOCRACY

Moderator: Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame

Michael Bratton, Michigan State University
Jose Cheibub, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gerardo Munck, University of Southern California
Alexandra Wilde, UNDP Oslo Governance Center


2:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

PANEL III
HUMAN RIGHTS, CORRUPTION, & SERVICE DELIVERY

Moderator: Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University

Christian Davenport, University of Notre Dame
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, UC San Diego
Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mark Gibney, UNC Asheville
David Richards, University of Memphis


3:35 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK


3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

PANEL IV
STATE FRAGILITY

Moderator: Phil Schrodt, Penn State University

David Carment, Carleton University
James Fearon, Stanford University
Stephen Fish, UC Berkeley
Jack Goldstone, George Mason University
David Laitin, Stanford University
Michael Stohl, UC Santa Barbara


5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

PANEL V (optional)
STATISTICAL MODELING AND INDICATORS

Walter Mebane, University of Michigan
Jas Sekhon, UC Berkeley
Simon Jackman, Stanford University


6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
DINNER
Berkeley Faculty Club


Sat. October 31, 2009

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BREAKFAST


8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

SESSION II
METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS

Moderator: Simon Jackman, Stanford University

Pippa Norris, Harvard University
Melissa Thomas, Johns Hopkins University
Ron Inglehart, University of Michigan
Jas Sekhon, UC Berkeley
Jan Teorell, Quality of Governance Institute    



10:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.

CROSS-CUTTING BREAK OUT GROUPS

Conceptual and Measurement Problems
What is wrong?  What is right?  What is needed?

Chair:  Pamela Paxton
Recorder: Walter Mebane

David Collier
Simon Jackman
Gerardo Munck
Lee Becker
Pradeep Chhibber
David Richards
 Dani Kaufmann
Jan Teorell


R&D Program: Who should be involved? NSF, Foundations, UNDP, WBI, NGOs, etc.
How can we set priorities?  How can we expand resources?  How can we get even better?

Chair: Pippa Norris
Recorder: Steve Fish

Alexandra Wilde
Ron Inglehart
Michael Bratton
Massimo Tommasoli
Philip Keefer
Jas Sekhon
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
Melissa Thomas


Uses of Indicators in Science and Policy
How are they used?  How should they be used?  How could they be used better? 

Chair: Zach Elkins
Recorder: Scott Gehlbach

Christian Davenport
Mark Gibney
David Laitin
Michael Stohl
Tom Melia
Susan Rose-Ackerman
Jack Goldstone
Michael Coppedge


Institutional Structures for Indicators
What new structures are needed? (Data-banks, auditing, maintenance, dissemination)

Chair: Peter Nardulli
Recorder: Michael Brintnall

David Carment
Leonardo Morlino
Jose Cheibub
Phil Schrodt
Larry Diamond
Steve Krasner
Holli Semetko



12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH


1:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

GROUP REPORTS
(20 min each)


3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK


3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

CONCLUSION

Moderator:  Henry Brady, UC Berkeley

Michael Brintnall, APSA
Daniel Kaufmann, Brookings
Peter Nardulli, University of Illinois
Steve Krasner, Stanford University
        
            
5:00 p.m.
ADJOURN