DPIR Politics and Government Network
Description: The DPIR Politics and Government Research Network brings together a number of scholars working on exciting topics in Comparative Politics. The general themes include political economy, institutions, behaviour, public policy, democratisation, and elections.
Talks:

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets
Date: 21 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Melissa Sands (LSE)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 October 2025

Racing through Election Cycles: The Political Consequences of the Tour de France
Date: 24 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ala' Alrababah (Bocconi University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Dynamic Democratic Backsliding
Date: 28 October 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 October 2025

Varieties of Authoritarian Policymaking
Date: 31 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Emilia Simison (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Geopolitics, the EU, and a Fragmenting World Order
Date: 4 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

Losers' Consent in Polarized Elections: Observational and Experimental Evidence
Date: 7 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Ignacio Jurado (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 11 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Jeongmin Park (Nuffield College)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 November 2025

Musical Chairs: How Frequent Judge Transfers Shape Judicial Decision-Making in India (with Saloni Bhogale, Amit Jadhav)
Date: 14 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

An Autocratic Middle Class? State Dependency and Protest in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 18 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Tugba Bozcaga (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Title TBC
Date: 25 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Professor Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 November 2025

Regime Loyalty during Wartime: Evidence from Nazi Germany
Date: 28 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Sascha Riaz (EUI)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Electricity Outages & Electoral Accountability in South Africa
Date: 2 December 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Morgan Wack (University of Zurich)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (L staircase)
Organiser: Desmond King (Nuffield College)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Who Gets Protection from Protectionism? Evidence from the Buy American Act
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Hye Young You (Princeton University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 23 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kristin Michelitch (Institute for Advanced Study - Toulouse)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2025

Title TBC
Date: 30 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Katharina Lawall (University of Reading)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

TBD
Date: 6 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jane Green (Nuffield College-University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Andrew Eggers (University of Chicago)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 27 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni (DPIR-Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker s: Ferdinand Eibl (KCL), Steffen Hertog (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 13 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Jeremy Bowles (UCL)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 1 May 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Krzysztof Krakowski (King's College London)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Comparative Political Economy Seminars
Nuffield College Political Science Seminars
Politics Research Colloquium
T.E Lawrence Program on Conflict and Violence