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Name: Nelson Ruiz
University of Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Displacing the Political Fiscal Cycle. Blessing or Curse?
Date: 17 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Luis Martinez (Chicago)
Venue Details: delivered via Zoom
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Friday 22 May 2020
Terrorism, Trust, and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Nigeria
Date: 22 May 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Robin Harding (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Thursday 19 May 2022
Learning from Machines: Differentiating US Presidential Campaigns with Attribution and Annotation
Date: 19 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Musashi Jacobs-Harukawa (Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Political Economy of Development and Accountability Conference
Date: 18 June 2019, 9:15 - 18:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Robin Harding (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 24 January 2020
Attributing Policy Influence under Coalition Governance
Date: 24 January 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
David Fortunato (Texas A&M)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 31 January 2020
How Does Constituency-Level Partisanship Affect Parliamentary Behaviour?
Date: 31 January 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Thomas Fleming (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 7 February 2020
Repression and Dissent Around a Potential Critical Juncture: Panel Data Evidence from Zimbabwe
Date: 7 February 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Lauren Young (UC Davis)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 14 February 2020
Legacies of the Third Reich: Concentration Camps and Out-group Intolerance
Date: 14 February 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Jonathan Homola (Rice University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 21 February 2020
Public Perceptions of the Criminalization of Grand Corruption in Latin America
Date: 21 February 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Ezequiel González Ocantos (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 28 February 2020
Title TBC
Date: 28 February 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Sara Hobolt (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2020
Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Shaun Bevan (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 March 2020
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 13 March 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Andy Hall (Stanford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford),
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 May 2020
Affluence and Policy Influence in Advanced Democracies
Date: 1 May 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Mads Andreas Elkjaer
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 8 May 2020
Placebo Tests for Casual Inference
Date: 8 May 2020, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Andy Eggers (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 May 2020
Insuring Against Hunger? Long-Term Political Consequences of Exposures to the Dutch Famine
Date: 15 May 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor David Rueda (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 22 May 2020
Terrorism, Trust, and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Nigeria
Date: 22 May 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Robin Harding (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Friday 29 May 2020
Turning Out Together: The Impact of Gender-Specific Polling Station on Voter Turnout
Date: 29 May 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Shruti Lakhtakia
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 5 June 2020
Who governs? A new global dataset on members of cabinets
Date: 5 June 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jacob Nyrup
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 12 June 2020
Who wants technocrats? A comparative study of citizen attitudes in nine young and consolidated democracies
Date: 12 June 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Mlhail Chiru
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 19 June 2020
The Effect of Counter-Stereotypes on Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBT Equality
Date: 19 June 2020, 12:15 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jae-Hee Jung
Venue Details: Zoom
Organisers:
Dr Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford),
Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford),
Dr David Doyle (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 16 October 2020
Building Tribes: How Administrative Units Shaped Ethnic Groups in Africa
Date: 16 October 2020, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Carl Mueller-Crepon (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 October 2020
Bureaucratic Revolving Doors and Interest Group Participation in Policymaking
Date: 23 October 2020, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Hye Young You (New York University)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 30 October 2020
Protection or Peril? Colonial Jurisdictions and Ethnic Segregation in Mexico
Date: 30 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Jenny Guardado (Georgetown)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 November 2020
Party adaptation, factionalism, and organizational choices
Date: 6 November 2020, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 13 November 2020
“Reinvigorating Local News,” from News Hole: The Demise of Local News and Political Engagement – and What We Can Do about It (co-authored with Danny Hayes).
Date: 13 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Jennifer Lawless (University of Virginia)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 20 November 2020
Public Opinion and the Psychologies of Threat
Date: 20 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
David Hendry (London School of Economics)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 November 2020
Who Answers for the Government? Bureaucrats, Ministers, and Responsible Parties (with Max Goplerud)
Date: 27 November 2020, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Daniel M. Smith (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 4 December 2020
Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 4 December 2020, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
TBA
Venue Details: Colloquium to be hosted on Zoom
Organisers:
Petra Schleiter (DPIR),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 2 February 2022
“Democratization or Repression?” The Role of Economic Clout
Date: 2 February 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Catarina Leão (Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 9 February 2022
The paradox of state capacity: a lesson from COVID-19
Date: 9 February 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Seung Hoon Chae (Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 16 February 2022
How perceived social sorting impacts European and national identities
Date: 16 February 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Ronja Sczepanski
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 23 February 2022
Prosocial Behavior and COVID-19: How Affective and Cognitive Empathy Drive Support for Measures to Combat the Coronavirus Pandemic
Date: 23 February 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Florian Schaffner (Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Popular Support in Simultaneous Referendums: The Case of Immigrant Enfranchisement
Date: 2 March 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Dispersal Policies in European Member States: Austria, France and Germany - A Multi-Level-Governance Perspective
Date: 9 March 2022, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Viviane Spitzhofer (Sciences Po, Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 28 April 2022
Contemporary Enfranchisement: A Theory on Party Positioning
Date: 28 April 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: in person: Skills Lab (2nd floor); virtual: zoom link upon request
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford)
Thursday 5 May 2022
The Industrial Park Model and Global Value Chain Integration in Ethiopia
Date: 5 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Nicolas Lippolis (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Musashi Jacobs-Harukawa (Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford)
Thursday 19 May 2022
Learning from Machines: Differentiating US Presidential Campaigns with Attribution and Annotation
Date: 19 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Musashi Jacobs-Harukawa (Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Thursday 26 May 2022
Impeachments, Partisan Alignment and the Local Bureaucracy: Evidence from Peru
Date: 26 May 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno (LSE)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford)
Thursday 2 June 2022
Voting for redistribution in times of economic crisis: does the effect of redistributive preferences change in scarcity times?
Date: 2 June 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Jaime Coulbois (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Venue Details: Zoom (contact Marta Antonetti for link)
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford)
Thursday 9 June 2022
The varying effects of middle class size on perceptions of grand corruption
Date: 9 June 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Raquel Chanto (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford)
Thursday 16 June 2022
My Neighbour, My Friend? The Rise and Demise of Local Civil Alliances in Ethnic War
Date: 16 June 2022, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Amiad Haran Diman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Skills Lab (2nd floor) - and on Zoom
Organisers:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford),
Klaudia Wegschaider (University of Oxford),
Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford),
Nelson Ruiz (University of Oxford)
Host:
Musashi Harukawa (University of Oxford)