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Cologne Political Science Workshop – Program

Day 1 (September 21)

PANEL 1: The politics of Redistribution (09:15 – 10:45 CET)

Chair: Sven-Oliver Proksch, CCCP & ECONtribute Class,

Ethnicity and Inequality: Public Support for Wealth Protection Policies in Crises: Björn Bremer, MPIfG

Tax Policies of the Populist Radical Right: Leonce Röth, CCCP

Coffee Break (15 min)
PANEL 2: Comparative political economy (11:00 – 12:30 pm CET)

Chair: Jan Schwalbach, CCCP & GESIS

Governing Gender Policy: Changing Patterns of Interaction between Anti-Gender States and International Organizations Pursuing Gender Equality Agenda: Elifcan Çelebi, CCCP

Micro-Positions in Macro Structures: Scales of Global Value and Wealth Entanglement: Saila Stausholm, MPIfG

Lunch Break (12:30 – 13:30 pm CET)
PANEL 3: Political representation (13:30 – 16:45 pm CET)

Chair: Leonce Röth, CCCP

Communicative Power, Inequality and Representation: Chitralekha Basu, CCCP & ECONtribute

Do Competitive Districts Get More Political Attention? Geographic Representation in Germany during Campaign and Non-Campaign Periods: Lennart Schürmann, CCCP

The State-Building Effect of Electronic Government: A Field Experiment from Botswana: Sebastian Ziaja, GESIS

Coffee Break (15 min)
PANEL 4: Determinants of elite opinion (17:00 – 18:30 pm CET)

Chair: Jens Wäckerle, CCCP & ECONtribute

Doctor‘s Rights Versus Patients‘ Rights: Analyzing the Implementation of Italian Abortion Policy in Puglia: Danielle Pullan, CCCP & MPIfG

The Ideational Bases of a Stagnating Economy: Italian Elites‘ Views About the Causes and Solutions to Italy‘s Crisis: Arianna Tassinari, MPIfG

Day 2 (September 22)

PANEL 5: Electoral competition (09:00 – 11:15 am CET)

Chair: Hauke Licht, CCCP & ECONtribute

Whom to Trust and When? Party Message Perception in Multiparty Systems: Jan Schwalbach, CCCP & GESIS

Challenging the Challengers: Do Intraparty Divisions Help Parties Fight Electoral Threats from New Parties?: Sven-Oliver Proksch, CCCP & ECONtribute

An Exponential Random Graph Model of Negative Campaigning on Social Media: Ayjeren Bekmuratovna, CCCP

Coffee break (15 min)
PANEL 6: Determinants of public opinion (11:30 – 13:00 pm CET)

Chair: Michael Bechtel, CCCP & ECONtribute

Determinants of Public Opinion: Support for a Full Embargo on Russian Energy in Germany: Jens Wäckerle, CCCP & ECONtribute

Online Disinformation Predicts Inaccurate Beliefs About Election Quality Among Both Winners and Losers: Marlene Mauk, GESIS

Lunch break (13:00 – 14:00 pm CET)
PANEL 7: Public opinion in economic context (14:00 – 16:15 pm CET)

Chair: Chitralekha Basu, CCCP & ECONtribute

Beyond Winners and Losers: How Personal and Regional Differences Shape Attitudes Towards Europe: Alexia Katsanidou, GESIS (co-authored with Quinton Mayne, Harvard Kennedy School)

Inequality, Ideology, and Redistribution: Michael Bechtel, CCCP & ECONtribute

Operationalizing Hegemony: Linking Economists‘ Public Discourse and Citizens‘ Economic Beliefs: Sinisa Hadziabdic, MPIfG

Coffee Break (15 min)
PANEL 8: Measuring party positions (16:30 – 18:00 pm CET)

Chair: Ayjeren Bekmuratovna, CCCP

Who Are They Talking To? Measuring Group Appeals in Political Texts: Hauke Licht, CCCP & ECONtribute

Party Positions from Wikipedia Classifications of Party Ideology: Holger Döring, GESIS

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