Disinformation
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The American Politics Specialist Group is hosting an event on October 9th at Aberystwyth University focused on the topic of “Disinformation.” Full details will be announced soon, but it promises to provide insights from experts in the field and foster discussions on tackling disinformation – do make sure you save the date!
Does experiencing a voting method increase satisfaction with it? Evidence from a lab experiment
Join the Political Psychology SG seminar: Voter preferences for voting methods are an intertwined subject that could depend on many psychological and political reasons. This work analyzes the impact of experiencing voting methods on satisfaction with them. We conducted an incentivized laboratory experiment (N = 189), assessing voting preferences for different voting methods before and after testing one specific alternative – either evaluative voting (EV) or majority judgment (MJ) – in repeated elections. We found that experiencing an alternative voting method – which entails higher informational demand – increased its support compared to the current official method, with a greater […]
The Politics of Development
Join the PSA Global Development Politics Specialist Group for our Conversations on Global Development Politics series as we welcome Claire McLoughlin to discuss The Politics of Development, a pathbreaking introduction to the controversial, contested and deeply political topic of development. Date: September 16 2024 Time: 12 noon to 1 PM (BST) This event is free and open to the public. To participate, please register and you will receive the ZOOM link to attend the event.
The Spectre of State Capitalism
Join the PSA Global Development Politics Specialist Group for our Conversations on Global Development Politics series as we welcome IIias Alami and Adam Dixon to discuss The Spectre of State Capitalism, a comprehensive study of the material, discursive, and ideological dimensions of the ongoing reconfiguration of the states role as promoter, supervisor, shareholder-investor, and direct owner of capital across the world economy.Date: September 26, 2024Time: 10:00 to 11:00 AM (BST) This event is free and open to the public.
Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa
Join the PSA Global Development Politics Specialist Group for our Conversations on Global Development Politics series as we welcome Robtel Neajai Pailey to discuss Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa, a rich examination of socio-economic change in Liberia, Africas first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Date: September 30, 2024Time: 11:00 AM to 12 noon (BST) The event is free and open to the public. To participate, please register and you will receive the ZOOM link on the booking confirmation page, pop the Zoom link into your calendar for easy access to attend the event on the day!
Entering a New Era? Gender, Sport and Politics – Online Event with Sport Experts
In a bumper Summer of Sport, the Paris 2024 Olympics will be the first ever ‘gender equal’ Olympics with equal numbers of men and women competing. What does this mean for the traditionally masculinised nature of sport? What are the big issues on gender, and its intersections, within sport today? Join us for this event, co-hosted by the Political Studies Association’s Women and Politics and Sport and Politics Specialist Groups, as our panel of experts give their views on the challenges and achievements made in gender and sport in recent times. Our panel: • Dr Alex Culvin, Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett, […]
Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2024-25, School of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham
8-9 January 2025 – Hybrid Conference The cost of in-person attendance is £150 for salaried academics and £80 for PGR/low waged. This covers lunches and coffee breaks. The cost of remote attendance for online participants is £50 for salaried academics and £25 for PGR/low waged. Deadline for submitting abstracts: Monday, 29 July 2024
Autocracy and Regime Change Launch Event
How to engage with Authoritarian Regimes Join the PSA Autocracy and Regime Change Specialist Group on 14 June 2024 from 1-5pm, for their launch event taking place in person at Senate House, University of London, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU or online on Teams. Panel 1: How to Engage Politically Prof Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham), Evie Aspinall (British Foreign Policy Group) and Amalia Khachatryan (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) Panel 2: How to Research Autocracies Prof Natasha Lindstaedi (University of Essex), Graeme Ramshaw (Westminster Foundation for Democracy) and Dr Barbara Piotrowska (Kings College) For more information […]
Fueling Sovereignty: Colonial Oil and the Creation of Unlikely States
Join the PSA Race, Mirgration and Intersectionality, and PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Groups, on Friday 7 June 2024 at SOAS Department of Politics and International Studies at 3:30pm. All are welcome to the discussion on Naosuke Mukoyamas book, on how colonial oil politics contributed to the creation of some of the worlds most “unlikely” states.
Oral history and politics: a one-day workshop
Many scholars working on modern or contemporary political history interview their subjects. This might include MPs, cabinet ministers, or other key decision makers. This one-day seminar/workshop will engage with the theory and practicalities of doing so, whilst offering a forum to discuss works in progress, and outputs, from those who have conducted oral histories – or other forms of interviews – with people from the world of politics. Discussions might involve the challenges of interviewing ‘elite’ individuals; the opportunities this presents; how to treat this kind of evidence across academic disciplines; or the presentation of findings from conducting interviews. We are keen to hear from […]