Global consultocracy? The politics of layering modes of global governance
Discussant: Ted Knudsen
Conveners: John de Bhal, Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Duncan Snidal
Conveners: John de Bhal, Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Duncan Snidal
The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview
The review article provides an overview of the literature on the interplay between populism and the pandemic. On the demand side, we highlight: anti-science attitudes are an important element of populist, anti-establishment sentiments; conspiracy theories are closely associated with populist scepticism of science and expertise; partisanship and media diet tend to shape behaviours and beliefs towards COVID-19 and mitigation measures.
New book by DPIR alumnus Geoffrey Swenson examines forces shaping relations between state and non-state justice
Tim Soutphommasane
Tim Soutphommasane is Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Oxford and Professor of Practice in Human Rights and Political Theory. He is Senior Research Fellow at Balliol College and also holds a professorial appointment at the University of Sydney.
Giuliano Formisano
Counting and Accounting: Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
In this paper we propose indicators of impact and spending effectiveness of fiscal interventions for multidimensional poverty reduction. We bring together CEQ’s fiscal incidence methodology with OPHI’s multidimensional poverty methodology, using an MPI with the ?0 structure as the metric for evaluation. The effectiveness indicators in the multidimensional case need to simultaneously consider the best allocation of money across dimensions (which deprivations to lift?) and across households (to whom should they be lifted?).
The Political Origins of Syria’s Cholera Outbreak
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Russia's Political Future: War, Regime Transformation and Change
What were the main legislative trends in Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Has Putin’s regime completed its transformation into a totalitarian system? What are the prospects and potential forms of regime change in Russia? This talk will explore these and other topics surrounding Russia’s political future in light of the war.