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
Mixed Signalling in China’s Foreign and Security Policy
Associate professor Xiaoyu Pu (University of Nevada)
China’s emergence as a global power has led to confusion about its intentions as the country sends mixed signals. Beijing has been promoting its soft…
Preventing a War of All Against All: Geographic Sorting in Open-List Proportional Representation Electoral Systems
Professor Jose Antonio Cheibub (University of Chicago)
In open-list proportional representation (OLPR) systems, candidates must obtain personal votes to succeed. A general expectation about these…
In Two Minds: The role of Ambivalence in Political Preferences and the ‘Democratic Dilemma’
Adele Webb (University of Canberra)
Escalating concerns about citizen distrust and loss of support for representative democracy have driven an expansion in empirical research on…