Contributions to Conference and Invited Talks

2021 – CES - Second-order Reversed. How Regional Party System Dynamics Affect State-Wide Party Systems Single Paper

2021 – CES - Pathways from Government Ideology to Income Inequality

2021 – CES - Ideological Proximity and Territorial Belonging

2020 – ECPR Virtual - The radical right and public debt. Pathway analysis of social and fiscal policies and their budgetary consequences.

2020 – ECPR Virtual - Decentralized authority and the dynamic fragmentation of regional party systems.

2020 – CES Virtual special session - The radical right and public debt. Pathway analysis of social and fiscal policies and their budgetary consequences.

2020 – Cologne - Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right (Prepared for Guests of the Syracuse University (New York).

2019 – Text as Data Workshop University of Zürich. Parties’ positions across territorial debates in the media. Revealing and validating parties’ positions on territorial debates through topic models and sentiment analysis of newspaper articles.

2019 – CES Madrid - Introducing Topic Models and Sentiment Analysis for the Identification of Salience and Party Positions in Territorial Debates.

2019 – Cologne - Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties (Prepared for Guests of the Syracuse University (New York).

2018 – CCCP Workshop Cologne - Why decentralize? Ideology and the great territorial transformation

2018 – APSA Boston - Decentralized Authority and the Dynamic Fragmentation of Regional Party Systems

2018 – APSA Boston - The Radical Right in Government. The Effect on Immigrant’s Welfare Entitlements

2018 – Köln - Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties (Vorlesung für Gäste der Syracuse University (New York).

2017 – APSA San Francisco - The Role of Middle-Class Involvement for the Nexus of Immigration and Welfare

2017 – APSA San Francisco - Decentralization and Salient Ideological Conflict Dimensions from 1900-2015.

2017 – APSA San Francisco – Causes of the Great Territorial Transformation (Panel Chair with Gary Marks).

2017 – CES Glasgow - Partisan Politics and Public Investment in Education: A Regional Level Analysis of Education Spending in 15 OECD Countries.

2017 – CES Glasgow - Ideological Similarity and the Quest for Political Self-Determination. Decentralization and Salient Ideological Conflict Dimensions in Islamic, Catholic and Protestant Countries from 1900-2015.

2017 – ESPA Milano - Towards Equivalent Party Positions on the Market Dimension.

2017 – ESPA Milano - Political Rhetoric: Measurement and Method (Discussant).

2017 – ECPR Joint Sessions Nottingham - Authority to Friends. A Systematic Analysis of Partisan Rationales in Symmetric De/Centralization Reforms.

2017 – Cologne - Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties (Prepared for Guests of the Syracuse University (New York).

2016 – MPSA Chicago - Market Liberalism and the Change of Western Societies: Government Preferences and the Impact on Welfare Generosity, Tax Burden, Inequality and Economic Performance.

2016 – Cologne - Policy Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties (Prepared for Guests of the Syracuse University (New York).

2016 – CES Philadelphia - Historical Trajectories of Territorial Authority Distribution in Decentralized Countries. A Sequence Analysis in 21 Countries.

2016 – CES Philadelphia - Causes and Implications of the Great Territorial Transformation (Panel Chair with Gary Marks)

2015 – ECPR Montreal - The Electoral Calculi of Governing Parties and Symmetric Shifts of Authority between Nation-States and Regions.

2015 – ECPR Montreal - Parties and Elections in Multilevel Countries 2 (Discussant).

2015 – CES Paris - Why Decentralize Authority Asymmetrically?

2014 – ECPR Glasgow - Why Decentralize Authority Asymmetrically? A Mixed Methods Analysis of Territorial Reforms in 12 Countries

2014 – ECPR Glasgow - What's Left of the Radical Right? The Social-Economic Programmes of Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties (Discussant).

2014 – ECPR Glasgow - And They Still Matter… Market Liberalism, Governments and Performance in 32 Western Democracies.

2014 – CES Washington - The Extreme Right’s Impact on Economic Liberalization.

2014 – CES Washington - And They Still Matter... Parties’ Preferences on Markets and the Liberalization of Western Societies.