Foundations of Statistical Analysis in Political Science
Lecture
3rd – 7th July, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Instructor Dr. Charles Miller is a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at the School of Politics and International Relations of the Australian National University. His research interests include military organizations, the causes of…
What’s Wrong with U.S. Election Polling?
Seminar
Election polls in the 2020 U.S. presidential election had the worst performance in decades, overestimating support for Democrat Joe Biden and underestimating support for Republican Donald Trump. Although scholars and journalists have speculated about the cause of polling errors, empirical evidence…
Book Discussion — Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia (Anastasia Shesterinina)
Seminar
Drawing on nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with participants and nonparticipants in the war in Abkhazia collected over eight months of immersive fieldwork, Mobilizing in Uncertainty (Cornell UP, 2021) explores how ordinary people navigate the uncertainty of the onset of war. In contrast to…
The Mechanical Effects of Lowering the Voting Age to 16: Empirical Evidence from Around the World
Seminar
In Australia and a growing number of countries around the world, debates about democratic inclusion once more revolve around the minimum voting age. Countries such as Austria, Brazil, and Argentina have lowered the voting age to 16, while others, including Belgium, Norway, and Canada, have trialled…
Do Gender Quotas Erode Democratic Legitimacy? Women's Political Representation in Comparative Perspective
Seminar
Women's political representation confers legitimacy to decision-making processes and outcomes, but does this outcome hold when gender quotas are in place? Using survey experiments conducted across the Americas and Europe, we show that "quota penalties" exist, but are small. The legitimacy-…
CANCELLED - Is Queer an Interpretive Method? (Cai Wilkinson)
Seminar
This seminar has been cancelled. Cai Wilkinson is an Associate Professor in International Relations, Deakin University. Cai's research focuses on societal security in the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on LGBTQ human rights and “traditional values” in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, as well as…
Deliberative Reason: What should deliberation do? How is it achieved?
Seminar
This paper describes what deliberative ideals look like and how they can be achieved in practice, demonstrating how citizens can effectively deliberate together when the conditions are right. A theory of deliberative reason is outlined, involving the formation of metaconsensus, or mutual…