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Political Voice, Protest, Democracy, and Marginalised Groups

Date: 12 February 2025 (12:30-14:00)
Description: A REPRESENT seminar with Professor Aidan McGarry (Loughborough University London)

The House Approves: Policy Outcomes are Better Explained by Legislatures' Positions Than by Executives' Preferences

Date: 12 March 2025 (16:15-17:30)
Location:: TBC
Description: With Felix Wiebrecht (University of Liverpool)

REPRESENT Grant Capture Event

Date: 19 March 2025 (15:00-16:30)
Location:: University Park
Description: REPRESENT Grant Capture EventC1, Monica Partridge Building, University Park16:00-17:30, 12th February 2025

Gender Quotas as Game Changers: For the Recuitment, Selection & Performance of Elected Politicians

Date: 07 May 2025 (12:00-14:00)
Location:: A4 Law and Social Sciences, Uniersity Park Campus
Description: William T. Daniel presents his new monograph.

AI in Campaigns and Elections: Lessons from 2024

Date: 08 May 2025 (14:00-15:30)
Location:: A100 Law and Social Science

Taiwan and the "Year of Elections" Conference

Date: 26 (09:00) - 27 June 2025 (18:00)
Location:: University Park
Description: Conference on Taiwan and the "Year of Elections"海角黑料. Room TBD26th-27th June 2025, All-Day

Party People: Candidates and Party Evolution

Date: 12 February 2024 (15:00-17:30)
Location:: Hybrid
Description: A hybrid event hosted in collaboration with Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)

Why Norms Matter: The Normalisation of the Radical Right

Date: 13 February 2024 (15:00-16:30)
Location:: C12 Monica Partridge Building
Description: REPRESENT welcomes Dr Vicente Valentim to present new work on the radical right

Participation, Gender, and Legitimacy in Party Leader Selection

Date: 21 February 2024 (14:30-16:00)
Description: Join REPRESENT for this online event with Dr Zeynep Somer-Topcu (University of Texas)

Who Does Disproportionality Favour? A Statistic for Cross-domain Comparison of Disproportionalities

Date: 23 October 2024 (14:00-15:30)
Location:: Monica partridge E02
Description: A REPRESENT research seminar with Professor Iain McMenamin (Dublin City University)

The 2024 US Election: A New Playbook?

Date: 29 October 2024 (18:00-19:30)
Location:: B63 (reception in atrium) Law and Social Sciences Building
Description: Professor Barbara Trish, 18:00-19:30 on 29th October 2024,B63, LASS, University Park

REPRESENT Sandpit Research Event

Date: 13 November 2024 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: C15 Monica Partridge Building, University Park
Description: REPRESENT Sandpit Research EventC15, Monica Partridge Building, University Park16:00-17:30, 13th November 2024

Local Candidates in Indian Elections

Date: 01 February 2023 (13:00-14:30)
Location:: hybrid event - online and in person
Description: POSTPONED: A REPRESENT research seminar with Dr Dishil Shrimankar

Big Ideas Sandpit Luncheon

Date: 16 February 2023 (13:00-14:30)
Location:: C102 Law and Social Sciences
Description: *POSTPONED - new date to be announced*A structured conversation about network colleagues' ideas for collaborative grant capture.

Political Parties and Post-Truth Politics

Date: 22 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)
Location:: hybrid event - online and in person
Description: A REPRESENT research seminar with Nathalie Brack

Voters Under Pressure: Group-Based Cross-Pressure and Electoral Volatility

Date: 23 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: Online
Description: Book launch with our guest Ruth Dassonneville

The Independent Voter in American Politics

Date: 29 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: D08 Monica Partridge Building
Description: Thom Reilly (Arizona State University) presents his new book on who independent voters are and why they matter in American politics.

Patronage Distribution, Co-optation, and Invisible Electoral Manipulation

Date: 03 May 2023 (16:00-18:00)
Location:: D09 Monica Partridge
Description: A hybrid research seminar with Halfdan Lynge (University of Witwatersrand)

Glass Ceilings & Cliffs: Gendered Party Leadership in Parliamentary Systems

Date: 29 June 2023 (14:00-15:30)
Location:: D13 Monica Partridge building
Description: a research seminar with REPRESENT and Andrea Aldrich (Yale University)

Quotas in Context: Gender and Elections in Sierra Leone, India, and Europe

Date: 11 October 2023 (12:30-14:00)
Location:: A100 Law and Social Science, University Park
Description: REPRESENT invites you to kick off the year with an in-person research panel and discussion on the use of gender quotas for promoting women's equal representation and democratic quality in three global contexts.

Let's Think about Funding: Writing Proposals for ESRC DTP Strategic Joint and Collaborative Studentships

Date: 23 October 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location:: Online event
Description: Join us for an online discussion about the new ESRC call for studentship proposals for the 2024 Collaborative and Strategic Joint Midlands Graduate School DTP.

Democratic Resilience in Latin America: Insights from Argentina, Brazil, and Guatemala

Date: 29 November 2023 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: Online Only
Description: Join REPRESENT to discuss contemporary challenges to democracy in Latin America

Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties and their Struggle for Survival

Date: 06 December 2023 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: Online Only
Description: Join REPRESENT to discuss Sarah Engler's new book exploring the fate of anti-establishment parties in Central and Eastern Europe

REPRESENT Mini-Workshop on Works in Progress

Date: 10 November 2022 (10:00-16:00)
Location:: D13 Monica Partridge building, University Park
Description: Featuring the works in progress of our network colleagues.

Baltic Exceptionalism: Russian Minorities as a Blessing, Rather than Curse

Date: 26 October 2022 (15:30-17:00)
Location:: Hybrid event
Description: Please join us for a research talk with T玫nis Saarts (Tallinn University).

The State of Representation in Britain

Date: 05 October 2022 (13:00-14:30)
Location:: A3 Law and Social Sciences
Description: Roundtable event with REPRESENT.

REPRESENT PGR Symposium

Date: 08 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)
Location:: Zoom
Description: Come and listen to presentations of ongoing work from PGR students affiliated with the subject aims of the REPRESENT Research Network.

The Same Old Newness: the Elections in Bulgaria

Date: 18 November 2021 (13:00-15:00)
Location:: Zoom
Description: Bulgaria goes to the polls for the third time this year. Why has the country held so many elections? An event held by POLSIS, Temple University, REPRESENT, and Leiden University's Central and East European Studies Centre Seminar.

Democratic Decay and Authoritarian Resurgence

Date: 17 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)
Location:: Zoom
Description: Why do democracies fall apart and what can be done about it? A conversation with Natasha Lindstaedt (Essex) and Licia Cianetti (Birmingham): held by REPRESENT and POLSIS.

Democracy Promotion: an Appraisal

Date: 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)
Location:: Online event

REPRESENT event: A Changing of the Guard? The 2021 German Elections

Date: 06 October 2021 (17:00-18:00)
Location:: Zoom
Description: REPRESENT invites you to their first seminar of the year, in cooperation with IGES and POLSIS.

Pernicous Presidentialization and Democratic Backsliding: Hungary and Turkey in Comparative Perspective

Date: 24 February 2020 (17:00-18:30)
Location:: E02 Teaching and Learning Building, University Park
Description: Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy (REPRESENT) will invite Hakan Yavuzyilmaz (Hacettepe 脺niversitesi) for his presentation.

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