Speaker Series
In addition to organizing the regular class meetings, study groups, info sessions, and social activities (cf. schedule), the Methods School is proud to host the IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series. The aim of the Speaker Series is to encourage the exchange of ideas about the theory and practice, method and substance of social science research between Methods School participants, instructors, international speakers, and the wider NUS campus community.
All International Speaker Series talks are scheduled for 5:00 pm and take place in the Town Plaza Global Learning Room (TP-GLR) on the UTown campus. All talks are free and open to the public.
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2019
| Date | Talk |
| Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | The Power of Flattery: Rhetorical Action, International Audience Costs, and Foreign Policy Change
Chia-yi Lee, Nanyang Technological University |
| Friday, July 5, 2019 | Shaping and Taking International Law: The Politics of Misfit and Compliance
Tobias Hofmann, University of Utah |
| Tuesday, July 9, 2019 | Dialogue or Monologue? Actors, Messages, and Audience in China's Digital Public Diplomacy
Dani Madrid-Morales, University of Houston |
| Thursday, July 11, 2019 | Yellow Vests Crisis: What Is It, Who Are They, How Did It Happen?
Bruno Cautrès, Sciences Po Paris |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2018
| Date | Talk |
| Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | God, Bullies, or Born this Way? A Comparative Analysis of Legislative Speeches around LGBTQ+ Issues
Iñaki Sagarzazu, Texas Tech University |
| Friday, June 29, 2018 | The Dynamic Pie Project: Theory and Methods for Dynamic Compositional Data
Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University |
| Wednesday, July 4, 2018 | Leadership Turnover, Political Institutions, and Foreign Policy Realignment: A Mixed Method Design
Andrew X. Li, Central European University |
| Thursday, July 5, 2018 | International Organizations and the Path to Peace in Civil Wars
Johannes Karreth, Ursinus College |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2017
| Date | Talk |
| Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | Evaluating the End-of-war Thesis
Bear F. Braumoeller, Ohio State University |
| Friday, June 23, 2017 | Right Time, Right Place: Space, Time, and Space-time in Spatiotemporal Autoregressive Processes
Jude C. Hays, University of Pittsburgh |
| Wednesday, June 28, 2017 | Historically-minded Social Science: Combining Historical with Systematic Social Science Research
Werner J. Patzelt, Dresden University of Technology |
| Thursday, June 29, 2017 | Global Economic Shifts and Interstate Armed Conflict: Solid Empirical Results Ready for an Update
Brian M. Pollins, Ohio State University |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2016
| Date | Talk |
| Wednesday, July 6, 2016 | Does Non-random Participation in Experiments Matter?
Jennifer Jerit and Jason Barabas, Stony Brook University |
| Friday, July 8, 2016 | The Politics of Delegating Power
Justin Fox, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | Network Models of Social Learning
Adam D. Henry, University of Arizona |
| Thursday, July 14, 2016 | Measuring Democracy Discretely
Shawn Treier, Australian National University |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2015
| Date | Talk |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | Corporate Responsibility Expectations in South Africa and China: A Mixed Methods Study Using Hermeneutic Content Analysis
Max Bergman and Lena Berger, University of Basel |
| Friday, June 12, 2015 | Picking Fights: Rising Powers in World Trade Organization Disputes
Tobias Hofmann, University of Utah, and SooYeon Kim, National University of Singapore |
| Monday, June 15, 2015 | Applying Social Science Research to Public Policy
Daniel Yew Mao Lim, IDA Singapore, Civil Service College, and Georgetown University |
| Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | Political (Dis)trust and Attitudes towards Democracy in Comparative Perspective
Bruno Cautrès, Sciences Po Paris |
| Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Unlisted and Unrepresented: The Inequality of List-based Electoral Politics in America
Simon Jackman, Stanford University |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2014
| Date | Talk |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | Geography, Territory, and War: The Role of Political Distance in Conflict
Erik A. Gartzke, University of Essex and University of California, San Diego |
| Friday, July 4, 2014 | Let them Eat Pie: A Strategy for Modeling Dynamic Compositions
Guy D. Whitten, Texas A&M University |
| Monday, July 7, 2014 | Talking to Win: The Politics of Issue Selection in Parliamentary Debates
Iñaki Sagarzazu, Texas Tech University |
| Thursday, July 10, 2014 | Emerging Powers, Identity, and Conflict Behavior
Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2013
| Date | Talk |
| Thursday, July 11, 2013 | Analyzing Complex Processes: Educational Achievement, Occupational Success, and Well-Being
Max Bergman, University of Basel |
| Friday, July 12, 2013 | Vision and Reality: Political Science Lessons in Times of Global Crisis
Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Philipps University of Marburg |
| Monday, July 15, 2013 | Marx and Democracy
Terrell F. Carver, University of Bristol |
| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | Transparency, Protest, and Political (In)Stability in Autocracies and Democracies
Peter Rosendorff, New York University |
| Thursday, July 18, 2013 | Designing Commitment: The Politics of Dispute Settlement Design in Asia's Trade Agreements
Tobias Hofmann, University of Utah |
IPSA-NUS International Speakers Series 2012
| Date | Talk |
| Thursday, June 28, 2012 | The Fiscal Compact, Euro-reforms, and the Challenge for the Opt-Outs
Derek Beach, Aarhus University |
| Tuesday, July 3, 2012 | The Dark Side of the Vote: Incorrect Inferences, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting
Rebecca B. Morton, New York University |
| Thursday, July 5, 2012 | The Multidimensional Model of Research Methodology: An Integrated Set of Continua
Katrin Niglas, Tallinn University |
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