Past events
18
Apr
2024
Authoritarianism, Elections, and Partisan Sorting
There has been a great deal of recent attention to democratic backsliding and growing authoritarian around the world. What’s missing, however, is an account of...
28
Mar
2024
Precolonial states and postcolonial democratisation
Existing studies suggest that historical states have been an impediment to democratisation because they resisted the colonial transmission of nascent...
22
Mar
2024
Book Launch: 'The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, resistance fighters and firebrands'
Before the Second World War, the majority of Jews were working class and part of a wider struggle alongside their non-Jewish comrades on the left. The book...
21
Mar
2024
High Court & Supreme Court oral argument: Interruptions, interventions, judicial strategy, & the effect of institutional rules
This presentation compares the apex courts of Australia and the United States. There are a number of highly significant institutional differences between the...
14
Mar
2024
A China Shock or a Multinational Shock? The Role of MNC Value Chains in the Trade Shock
Countries do not directly trade, firms do. Multinational firms (MNCs) account for most of the value of global imports and exports. How do MNC trade and...
07
Mar
2024
Reciprocal Communication and Political Deliberation on Twitter
Social media platforms such as Twitter/X and Reddit are increasingly important for political communication: opinion leaders and influencers use social media...
29
Feb
2024
Constitution-Making in Divided Societies: Lessons from the Turkish CRC Experience
Inclusive negotiations between different segments of society are rare in Turkish constitutional history. However, between 2011 and 2013 the country made an...
