Name: Ben Ansell
University of Oxford
http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/academic-staff/ben-ansell.html

Events this person is speaking at:

Wednesday 15 March 2017

The New Politics of Authoritarianism
Date: 15 March 2017, 9:15 - 18:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Organiser: Ben Noble (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 3 May 2018

Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration
Date: 3 May 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Catherine de Vries (University of Essex), Kalypso Nicolaïdis (University of Oxford), Jan Zielonka (University of Oxford ), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Venue: 70 Woodstock Road, 70 Woodstock Road OX2 6HR
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 10 February 2021

From Your House to Their House: Do Changes in Consituency House Prices Change How MPs Speak About Housing?
Date: 10 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Laure Bokobza (Oxford), Jacob Nyrup (Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: delivered via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 May 2021

Oxford Minds Panel Discussion: Numbers
Date: 4 May 2021, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Max Kasy (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Jennifer Dowd (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: MS Teams
Organisers: Prof Alexander Betts (University of Oxford), Dr Susan James Relly (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 December 2021

Inward Conquest: The Political Origins of Modern Public Services
Date: 1 December 2021, 17:30 - 18:45
Speaker s: Prof. Pepper Culpepper (Blavatnik School of Government), Thomas Elston (Blavatnik School of Government), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Johannes Lindvall (Lund University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 16 November 2022

Roundtable with Journal Editors
Date: 16 November 2022, 13:00 - 14:15
Speaker s: Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Geoff Evans (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online event via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 June 2024

Book launch - Daniel Chandler 'Free and Equal' with Ben Ansell
Date: 12 June 2024, 18:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Daniel Chandler (LSE)
Venue Details: Blackwells Bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 September 2024

Policy engagement workshop: “How should the new Labour government be listening?”
Date: 16 September 2024, 12:30 - 17:15
Speaker s: Will Jennings (University of Southampton), Phil Burton-Cartledge (University of Derby), Jonathan Hopkin (London School of Economics), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Ceri Davies (National Centre for Social Research), Becca Massey-Chase (Institute for Public Policy Research), Matt Johnson (The Runnymede Trust), Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath), Claire Ainsley (Progressive Policy Institute—joining virtually)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Organiser: Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith (Professor of Music, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 21 September 2024

Advanced Social Science Research Methods in the Age of Big Data
Date: 21 September 2024, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Ridhi Kashyap (University of Oxford), Séverine Toussaert (University of Oxford), Katerina Tertytchnaya (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Why Politics Fails
Date: 21 September 2024, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 16 May 2017

‘The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office in the U.S.’
Date: 16 May 2017, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Nicholas Carnes (Duke University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond Kind (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 May 2017

‘Propaganda and Nation Building: Evidence from Rwanda’
Date: 30 May 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Sharun Mukand (Warwick University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 12 June 2017

‘Trump and the Future of the Liberal International Order’
Date: 12 June 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Joseph Nye
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: SCR
Organiser: Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 October 2017

'Victorian Voting: Party Orientation and Class Alignment Revisited'
Date: 17 October 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Professor Janne Tukiainen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford), Professor Geoffrey Evans (University of Oxford), Dr Elias Dinas (Brasenose College), Dr Sergi Pardos-Prado​​​​​ (Merton College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 November 2017

Everybody loves a winner: A field experiment providing information on polls in South Africa
Date: 14 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Kate Orkin (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 November 2017

Prior Beliefs and Arguments: The Micro-Mechanisms of Attitude Certainty and Attitude Change in Deliberative Settings
Date: 28 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 February 2018

Attitudes towards Killing in War
Date: 13 February 2018, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Janina Dill (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 February 2018

Engineering Informal Institutions: Long run impacts of alternative dispute resolution on violence and property rights in Liberia
Date: 20 February 2018, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Dr Alexandra Hartman (UCL)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond Kind (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Mobile Phone Ownership and Civic Engagement: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Date: 27 February 2018, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Philip Roessler (College of William and Mary)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 March 2018

Rewarding Merit or Luck? Electoral Accountability in Comparative Perspective
Date: 6 March 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker s: Professor Daniela Campello (FGV/ EBAPE), Professor Cesar Zucco (FGV/ EBAPE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 April 2018

Open Versus Closed: Personality, Identity and the Politics of Redistribution
Date: 24 April 2018, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Howard Lavine (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Open Versus Closed: Personality, Identity and the Politics of Redistribution
Date: 24 April 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Howard Lavine (University of Mimmesota)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 May 2018

When does identity matter for policy change? A theory of descriptive and substantive representation
Date: 1 May 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ana Catalano Weeks (University of Bath)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 May 2018

“Everyday War” : Cyclical Insecurity and the Fragmentation of Violence in Low Intensity Armed Conflict
Date: 8 May 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Milli Lake (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 May 2018

Electoral Consequences of Colonial Invention: Chieftaincy and Distribution in Northern Ghana
Date: 17 May 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Noah Nathan (University of Michigan)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 22 May 2018

Partisanship, Organizations, and the Cultural Politics of Protest During Trump’s Presidency
Date: 22 May 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Kenneth Andrews (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 May 2018

Recruitment, Rhetoric and Reform: New Labour's Politicians and the Transformation of British Welfare Provision
Date: 29 May 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Tom O'Grady (UCL)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 June 2018

Identity as an Institution and the Origins of Ethnic Orders
Date: 5 June 2018, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Identity as an Institution and the Origins of Ethnic Orders
Date: 5 June 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 June 2018

The Mass Politics of International Disintegration
Date: 12 June 2018, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Clarity of Responsibility and Electoral Accountability: Evidence From Local Tax Policy in Denmark
Date: 15 January 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Professor Martin Vinæs Larsen (Aarhus University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Who Cares? Measuring Attitude Strength in a Polarized Environment
Date: 22 January 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Charlotte Cavaillé (Georgetown University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 January 2019

Lord, Peasant … and Tractor? Agricultural Mechanization and Moore’s Thesis
Date: 29 January 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David J Samuels (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 February 2019

Kickbacks and Limits on Campaign Donations
Date: 5 February 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Nelson A. Ruiz (Oxford University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 14 February 2019

How to measure legislative district compactness if you only know it when you see it
Date: 14 February 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Gary King (Harvard University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 February 2019

Does Gender Stereotyping Affect Women at the Ballot Box? Evidence from Local Elections in California, 1995-2016
Date: 19 February 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rachel Bernhard (Nuffield College)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 February 2019

Ethnic Riots and Pro-Social Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Date: 26 February 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Anselm Hager (University of Konstanz)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 March 2019

Towards a New Moral Political Economy
Date: 5 March 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Margaret Levi (Stanford University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large Lecture Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2019

Partisan Politics and Fiscal Policy: (Why) are the left perceived as debt-profligate
Date: 14 May 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Lucy Barnes (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2019

When Does Transparency Improve Performance? Evidence from 23,000 Public Projects in 148 Countries
Date: 21 May 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ranjit Lall (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2019

Income, Insurance and Support for Redistribution
Date: 4 June 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor David Rueda (Nuffield College)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 June 2019

Nuclear Revolutions: How States use Nuclear Weapons in International Politics
Date: 11 June 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Mark Bell (Univ. of Minnesota)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 June 2019

Government Choices Across Borrowing Instruments
Date: 13 June 2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Layna Mosley (UNC)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Clay Room
Organisers: Professor Desmond King (University of Oxford), Ben Ansell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA