Mini Conference 2020

Welcome to the mini conference of the Summer School for Women in Political Methodology! We are very happy to meet you all virtually this year.  With networking and feedback opportunities diminishing for junior scholars we would like this to be a forum for you to receive feedback on your research and connect with other women scholars who have been part of our summer school.

Friday, 27 November

Panel 1: Parties, Populism and Political Communication
 Clientelistic Parties, Reelection Incentives and Legislative Cohesion
Lucia Motolinia, New York University
Discussant: Francesca Vantaggiato, King’s College London
 What’s in a Buzzword? A Systematic Review of the State of Populism Research in Political Science
Sophia Hunger, WZB Berlin Discussant: Elena Christina Mitrea, CEU Budapest
 Smiling Face or Frowning Face? Comparing Emotion Recognition Algorithms for Applications in Political Communication Research
Lena Masch, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Discussant: Christina Monzer, NTNU Trondheim
 Responding to populism: French presidential debates Macron vs Le Pen and Twitter reactions
Constanza Sanhueza, WZB Berlin
Discussant: Kasia Nalewajko, EUI Florence
Break
Tutorials 1
 R-Package overviewR
Cosima Meyer, University of Mannheim
R-Package for spatial weighting
Katrin Paula, University of Mannheim
Networking: Research in Progress   

Saturday, 28 November


Panel 2: Gender, Immigration and Human Rights
 Measuring Gender Bias Against Political Leaders
Selina Hofstetter, Stanford University
Discussant: Viktoria Eriksson, University of Aberdeen
 
Gender Dimensions of Nonviolent Campaign Participation: a survey study of the 2006 Jan Andolan II uprising in Nepal
Susanne Schaftenaar, Uppsala University
Discussant: Mara Revkin, Georgetown University, Washington
 The ABC of states’ human rights like-mindedness
Pilar Elizalde, London School of Economics
Discussant: Sigrid Weber, University College London
 A Theory of Immigrant Voting
Korinna Lindemann, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Discussant: Wahideh Achbari, University of Amsterdam
Break
Tutorials 2                 
 R Shiny: Scottish Household Survey Data Explorer
Viktoria Eriksson, University of Aberdeen
flipbookr
Gina Reynolds, University of Denver