6th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy
Thursday 14 May
Location: Bush House Lecture Theatre 3, BH (NE) 0.01
9:00 – 9:30 Coffee and welcome
9:30 - 10:15 Santiago Quintero. The politics of bureaucratic networks: How patronage shapes intergovernmental collaboration. Discussant: Raphael Cunha
10:15 – 11:00 Francesco Raffaelli. Identity Spillovers: How the Politics of Immigration Shapes Class and Religious Self-Identification. Discussant: Maria Cotofan
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15 Federico Franzoni. Fiscal policy and politicians' term length. Discussant: Daniele Girardi
12:15 - 13:00 Magalí Serra Duran. Voting under Repression: Individual-Level Turnout in Authoritarian Regimes. Discussant: Teresa Esteban-Casanelles
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 15:15 John Zhang. Welfare Retrenchment and Social Unrest. Discussant: Theo Serlin
15:15 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00 Keynote lecture Prof. Shanker Satyanath (New York University)
18:30 - Dinner
Friday 15 May
Location: Bush House Lecture Theatre 3, BH (NE) 0.01
9:00 – 9:30 Coffee
9:30 - 10:15 Elena Pro. Voting as Social Categorisation: How Casting a Ballot Shapes Attachment to Parties in Multi-party Democracies. Discussant: Bouke Klein Teeselink
10:15 – 11:00 Finn Klebe. Formalize to Survive? The Logic and Implications of Organizational Alliances During Times of Repression. Discussant: David Chilosi
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15 Adam Di Lizia. Atomic Attention to News on YouTube: "Brainrot" and Short-form Content. Discussant: Raluca Pahontu
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 14:15 Lily Shevchenko. Can hate speech be banned online? The effects of shutting down toxic forums on Reddit. Discussant: Marco Giani
14:15 – 15:00 Joseph Enguehard. The Political Costs of Taxation. Discussant: Yonatan Berman
Previous edition
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