5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy
19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London
Monday 19 May
Location: Bush House Lecture Theatre 3, BH (North East) 0.01
15:30 to 16:00 Welcome
16:00 to 17:00 Keynote lecture Prof. Sonia Bhalotra (University of Warwick)
17:00 to 19:30 Drinks reception
Tuesday 20 May
Location: Bush House Lecture Theatre 3, BH (North East) 0.01
9:30 - 10:15 Alejandro López Peceño. When Indoctrination Backfires: Public Education Expansion and Contentious Politics in 19th-Century France. Discussant: David Chilosi
10:15 – 11:00 Maddalena Totarelli. Prison Rehabilitation Programs, Recidivism, and Labor Market Outcomes. Discussant: Cevat Aksoy
11:00- 11:30 Coffee break
11:30: - 12:15 Josep Serrano-Serrat. South-South Immigration and Redistribution Preferences: Evidence from Colombia. Discussant: Pierre-Louis Vezina
12:15- 13:00 Laura Barros. Job Loss and Political Entry. Discussant: Bouke Klein Teeselink
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote lecture Prof. Peter van der Windt (NYU Abu Dhabi)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15 Silviya Nitsova: Oligarchic Networks of Influence and Legislatures in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Ukraine. Discussant: Christel Koop
16:15 - 17:00 Jacob Edenhofer: Levelling up by levelling down? The economic and political costs of Brexit. Discussant: Yonatan Berman
17:30 - Drinks and dinner for participants
Wednesday 21 May
Location: Bush House (North East) -1.01
9:30 - 10:15 Lorenz Meister. Populism and Narratives of Social Mobility. Discussant: Krzysztof Krakowski
10:15 - 11:00 Alessandra Moresi. The Impact of the 2017 Women's March on Female Political Representation. Discussant: Konstantinos Matakos
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15 Laura Perez Cervera. Affirming a Racial Divide? The Political Consequences of Affirmative Action in Brazil. Discussant: Raphael Cunha
12:15 - 13:00 Christopher Burnitt. Secession Clauses: Let them decide (to stay). Discussant: Alberto Vesperoni