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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Past Events
Inaccurate politicians. Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Five Countries
Professor Stefaan Walgrave
One of the ways in which democratic representation potentially comes about is politicians following up on their perceptions of what the people want.…
More than Unigrams Can Say: Detecting Meaningful Multi-word Expressions from Political Texts
Prof Ken Benoit
Almost universal among existing approaches to text mining is the adoption of the bag of words approach, counting each word as a feature without…
Fernando Martinez Coma - Transaction Costs in Electoral Coordination: How Turnout Shapes Party System Change
Dr Ferran Martinez i Coma
This presentation examines the forces shaping party system change. We argue that the transaction costs in electoral coordination depend on the…