Political Science and Political Economy

Research Pillar(s): Political Economy and Institutional Analysis

About: The Political Science and Political Economy (PSPE) research group at 杏吧论坛 brings together faculty and PhD students who do quantitative and/or formal research on political institutions, political behaviour, public policy, and political economy.

We also hold an annual conference (jointly with the Department of Politics at New York University).

Our activities are supported by the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) and the 杏吧论坛 Government Department.

Members: Dr Sarah Brierley, Professor Torun Dewan, Dr Mathilde Emeriau, Dr Rafael Hortala-Vallve, Dr Ryan Jablonski, Prof Valentino Larcinese, Dr George Ofosu, Dr Mathias Poertner, Dr Joachim Wehner, Dr Stephane Wolton

Political Science and Political Economy Seminar Series:

Seminar Convener(s): Dr Aliz Toth, Dr Carl Muller Crepon and Dr Nirvikar Jassal.

The PSPE Research Seminar provides a venue for researchers (mostly from outside of 杏吧论坛) to present their work. All speakers will present their work in person.

Location: SAL.3.05, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Time: 2.00 to 3.30pm

Contact gov.comms@lse.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list.

Autumn Term

Tuesday 1 October
Speaker: Alisa Tazhitda (University of California)

Tuesday 8 October
Speaker: Federica Braccioli (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Tuesday 15 October
Speaker: Volha Charnysh (MIT)

Tuesday 22 October
Speaker: Maggie Penn (Emory University)

Tuesday 29 October
Speaker: Nina McMurry (Vanderbilt University)

Tuesday 12 November
Speaker: Austin Wright (University of Chicago)

Tuesday 19 November
Speaker: Hunter Rendleman (University of California)

Tuesday 26 November
Speaker: Luca Braghieri (Bocconi University)

Tuesday 3 December
Speaker: Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)

Tuesday 10 December
Speaker: Judith Spirig (UCL)

Winter Term

Tuesday 21 January
Speaker: Caterina Chiopris (Harvard University) ROOM CHANGE: SAL.2.04

Tuesday 28 January
Speaker: Andrea Mattozzi (University of Bologna)

Tuesday 4 February
Speaker: Yajna Govind (Copenhagen Business School)

Tuesday 11 February
Speaker: Guillermo Toral (Madrid University)

Tuesday 18 February
Speaker: Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)

Tuesday 4 March
Speaker: Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago) CANCELLED

Tuesday 11 March
Speaker: Biljana Meiske (European University Institute)

Tuesday 18 March
Speaker: Nathan Canen (University of Warwick)

Tuesday 25 March
Speaker: Tim Besley (杏吧论坛)

Tuesday 1 April
Speaker: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (University of Chicago)

The PSPE Doctoral Workshop/Work in Progress Seminar is intended as an informal setting in which 杏吧论坛 PhD students, 杏吧论坛 staff, and visiting scholars can present and receive feedback on early stage and ongoing research. The seminar aims to foster a strong and lively research community within the PSPE group and beyond. We welcome empirical or theoretical work linked in any way to politics or political economy. Anyone in the 杏吧论坛 community is welcome to attend. The seminar meets Wednesdays 1pm to 2pm in CBG.4.17.

Seminar Convener(s): Dr Aliz Tóth (a.toth1@lse.ac.uk)

Student Chairs: Tarsha Vasu (t.vasu@lse.ac.uk), and Peter Wyckoff (p.s.wyckoff@lse.ac.uk)

Upcoming Seminars

Autumn Term

Wednesday 9 October
Michelle Rao (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 16 October
Luis Cornago Bonal (Oxford)

Wednesday 23 October
Lorenzo Vicari (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 30 October
Xizi Luo (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 13 November
Hamza Syed (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 20 November
Ludwig Schulze (EUI)

Wednesday 27 November
Oda Nedregard (Sciences-Po)

Wednesday 4 December
Beatriz Jambrina (Oxford)

Wednesday 11 December
Daniel Urquijo (EUI)

Winter Term

Wednesday 22 January
Daniel Goldstein (University of Oslo, Norway)

Wednesday 29 January
Ellen Munroe and Gailius Praninskas (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 5 February
Johan Ahlbäck (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 12 February
Marta Antonetti (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 19 February
Felipe Torres (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 5 March
Luiza Kunz Aires (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 12 March
Asfa Shakeel (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 19 March
Aliz Tóth (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 26 March
Miguel Fajardo Steinhauser (杏吧论坛)

Wednesday 2 April
Matthias Weingand (Harvard)

Autumn Term

Tuesday 26 September
Speaker: Ryan Hubert (UC-Davis)

Tuesday 3 October | Cancelled
Speaker: Desmond Ang (Harvard University - Kennedy School)

Tuesday 10 October
Spekaer: Ariel White (MIT)

Tuesday 17 October
Speaker: Maria Titova (Vanderbilt University)

Tuesday 24 October
Speaker: Hye Young You (Princeton University)

Tuesday 7 November
Speaker: Luis Martinez (University of Chicago)

Tuesday 14 November
Speaker: Didac Queralt (Yale University)

Tuesday 21 November
Speaker: Erik Wang (NYU)

Tuesday 28 November
Speaker: Carlo Prato (Columbia University)

Tuesday 5 December
Speaker: Saumitra Jha (Stanford University)

Winter Term

Tuesday 16 January
Speaker: Sam Asher (Imperial College London Business School)

Tuesday 23 January
Speaker: Gerard Padró i Miquel (Yale University)

Tuesday 30 January
Speaker: Ellen Lust (University of Gothenburg)

Tuesday 6 February
Speaker: Keith Schnakenberg (Washington University, Saint Louis)

Tuesday 13 February
Speaker: Giulia Caprini (Oxford University)

Tuesday 27 February
Speaker: Jeremy Bowles (Stanford University)

Tuesday 5 March
Speaker: Milena Djourelova (Cornell University)

Tuesday 12 March
Speaker: Lena Song (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday 19 March
Speaker: Gloria Gennaro (UCL)

Tuesday 26 March
Speaker: Margaret Levi (Stanford)

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