Organizers

Nadine Riedel
(WWU Münster)

Galina Zudenkova
(TU Dortmund) 

Dates

July 1st, 2021
13:45 – 19:00
(German Local Time, CEST)

July 2nd, 2021
14:00 – 18:00
(German Local Time, CEST)

Contact

workshop@regional-disparities.de

Program, July 1st

13:45 – 14:00 

Opening remarks

14:00 – 15:00 

Olle Folke
(Uppsala University)

Politicians’ neighbourhoods: Where do they live and does it matter?

(w. Johanna Rickne, Linna Martén, and Matz Dahlberg)

15:00 – 15:15 

Break

15:15 – 16:15 

Micael Castanheira
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions: on the impact of redistricting in India

(w. Laurent Bouton, Guilhem Cassan, Garance Génicot, and Francesca Gensenius)

16:15 – 16:45 

Break

16:45 – 17:45 

Albert Sole-Olle
(Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)

The power of developers

17:45 – 18:00 

Break

18:00 – 19:00 

Peter Buisseret
(Harvard University)

Pandora’s Ballot Box: Electoral Politics of Referendums

(w. Richard Van Weelden)

Program, July 2nd

14:00 – 15:00 

Pamela Campa
(SITE – Stockholm School of Economics)

Facing the hard truth: Evidence from climate change ignorance

(w. Ferenc Szucs)

15:00 – 15:15

Break

15:15 – 16:15

Andrea Mattozzi
(European University Institute)

Public versus Secret Voting in Committees
(w. Marcos Nakaguma)

16:15 – 16:45

Break

16:45 – 17:45 

Quoc-Anh Do
(Northwestern University, Sciences Po)

Emperors without Scepters: Early Colonial Leaders’ Personality and Civil Conflicts in French Western Africa

17:45 – 18:00

Open Lounge