‘Credible’ or ‘Capricious’? The Reputational Cost of Party Policy Change in Multi-Party Settings Maurits Meijers – Assistant Professor at Radboud Universiteit Political parties regularly change their policy positions on a wide range of issues. Yet, it is unclear how policy change affects parties’ reputations in multi-party systems. On the one hand, voters can accept political parties’ […] Read more

Cultural Sources of Gender Gaps: Confucian Meritocracy Reduces Gender Inequalities in Electoral Participation Baowen Liang – PhD Candidate at Université de Montréal East Asian women’s political participation has not increased at the same pace as economic development. One frequently mobilized cause for this discrepancy is the region’s Confucian culture, with its strong focus on hierarchy, […] Read more

Who is under pressure? A descriptive study of social pressure to vote Maxime Coulombe – PhD Candidate at Université de Montréal Randomized field experiments such as Gerber et al.’s (2008) Get-Out-the-Vote study provide causal estimates of the mobilizing effects of social pressure to vote. While offering important contributions, these studies leave open questions regarding how […] Read more

Inclusive Redistribution and Perceptions of Membership: A Cross-National Comparison Allison Harell – Professor at UQAM Immigrants tend to be seen as less deserving of welfare benefits than native-born citizens, but little consensus exists to explain this finding or how to build greater public support for more inclusive policies. New work on citizens perceptions of the […] Read more

3-7 July 2023, Sciences Po, Paris Organized by the CERIUM-FMSH Chair on Global Governance We are inviting applications from doctoral students for a doctoral summer school on the topic “Electoral Democracy in Danger?”. The summer school will take the form of a five-day program, and consists of lectures by experts in the field as well […] Read more

Business as Usual: The Determinants of Vote Choice in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election Matthew Taylor – PhD Candidat at Université de Montréal Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 federal election was unique in the history of Canada’s federal campaigns. In spite of the health crisis however, the results of the election belied […] Read more

Buy-in for Buyouts: Attitudes Toward Compensation for Reforms Vincent Arel-Bundock – Associate Professor at Université de Montréal Political reforms are often held up by concentrated interest groups who lobby to block change that would benefit the majority. One under-examined policy response is to compensate the recalcitrant group in exchange for agreeing to the reform. We […] Read more

The electoral performance of the revolutionary parties Jean Lachapelle – Associate Professor at Université de Montréal This presentation analyzes the consequences of violent revolutions on electoral competition in an authoritarian context through a study of Algeria. I present unpublished data on clashes between armed groups and law enforcement during the Algerian War of Independence, constructed […] Read more

Affective polarization towards voters and parties Ruth Dassonneville – Associate Professor at Univeristé de Montréal and Romain Lachat – Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris, CEVIPOF Political scientists’ interest in the topic of affective polarization is rapidly growing. While early research on the topic focused on the US context, increasingly, affective polarization – that is […] Read more