"Can Social Contact Reduce Prejudice and Discrimination? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria"

Speaker:

Alex Scacco, Assistant Professor, Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University. 

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Authoritarian Gridlock? Haste and Delay in the Chinese Legislative System"

Speaker:

Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University. 

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Endogenous Participation: Prior Consultation in Extractive Economies"

Speaker:

Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Term Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University. 

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"The Lessons Private Schools Teach: Using a Field Experiment to Understand the Effects of Private Schools on Political Behavior"

Speaker:

Emmerich Davies, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University. 

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Sectarian Framing in the Syrian Civil War"

Speaker:

Daniel Corstange, Assistant Professor, Columbia University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University. 

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Violent Policing and the Underreporting of Crime"

Speaker:

Dan Gingerich, Associate Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu

... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"No Taxation, No Representation? Oil-to-cash Transfers and the Dynamics of Government Responsiveness" 

Speaker:

Paasha Mahdavy, Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Capability, Connectivity, Co-Ethnicity: The Origins of Political Brokerage in India’s Urban Slums"

Speaker:

Tariq Thachil, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock 
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber 
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker 
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Latin American Party Systems: Institutionalization and Erosion”

Speaker:

Scott Mainwearing, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor for Brazil Studies, Harvard Kennedy School.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock 
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber 
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker 
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Does Community-Based Development Empower Citizens? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Ghana"

Speaker:

Kate Baldwin, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Rhetoric, and American Studies, School of Communications, Northwestern University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock 
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber 
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker 
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Directed Improvisation: Creating the Conditions for Effective Adaptation"

Speaker:

Yuen Yuen Ang, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Michigan.

Contacts:

Jessie Bullock
jbullock@g.harvard.edu

Andrew Leber
andrewmleber@g.harvard.edu

Shannon Parker
shannonparker@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Building Trust and Compliance in Weak States: Coproduction During the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis in Liberia"

Speaker:

Lily Tsai, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Contacts:

David Ifkovits
ifkovits@g.harvard.edu

Shelley Liu
shelleyxuanliu@g.harvard.edu

Alice Xu
alicexu@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Growing Apart? Intergenerational Differences in Voting Preferences"

Speaker:

John D. Huber, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University.

Contacts:

David Ifkovits
ifkovits@g.harvard.edu

Shelley Liu
shelleyxuanliu@g.harvard.edu

Alice Xu
alicexu@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Killing in the Slums: An Impact Evaluation of Police Reform in Rio de Janeiro"

Speaker:

Beatriz Magaloni, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University.

Contacts:

David Ifkovits
ifkovits@g.harvard.edu

Shelley Liu
shelleyxuanliu@g.harvard.edu

Alice Xu
alicexu@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Why Ethnic Subaltern-Led Parties Crowd Out Armed Organizations"

Speaker:

Kanchan Chandra, Professor of Politics, New York University.

Contacts:

David Ifkovits
ifkovits@g.harvard.edu

Shelley Liu
shelleyxuanliu@g.harvard.edu

Alice Xu
alicexu@g.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series