School of Politics and International Relations Seminar Series

The SPIR seminar series brings together the School’s research community and domestic as well as international leaders in the field of politics and international affairs. Across each semester, the series showcases a diverse and exciting range of topics.
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- Richard Frank
Past Events
11
Nov
2015
The New Politics of the Minimum Wage
What are the partisan politics of the minimum wage? If left-wing parties are aligned with unions and right-wing parties with employers, we would…
04
Nov
2015
The Electoral Consequences of Ministerial Turnover in Canada
Despite an abundance of studies on the incumbency advantage and elite careers, we know very little about the electoral performance of ministers and…
28
Oct
2015
Political prediction based on resilient stresses: What is going to happen to South Africa?
Abstract It's sometimes naively thought that short-term political prediction is easier than long-term prediction, because more contingencies…