CASSM Colloquium Series - Ekaterina Rebinskaya - "What Propaganda Doesn’t Say: Belief Systems and the Indirect Effects of Identity Propaganda"

The CASSM Colloquium Series is a space for researcher's interested in receiving feedback on their experimental designs prior to gathering any data. The abstract for this week's presenter can be found below. Autocrats frequently invoke narratives about the nation’s past to justify their power and policies. But does this actually lead to the formation of cognitive links between historical narratives and contemporary policies in citizens’ minds?

CASSM Colloquium Series - Nina Estermann – “Dynamics of Anger and Anxiety Between Citizens and Government Politicians in Germany”

The CASSM Colloquium Series is a space for researcher's interested in receiving feedback on their experimental designs prior to gathering any data. The abstract for this week's presenter can be found below. Abstract Emotions influence human behaviour and thereby also political behaviour. Yet research on emotions in political environments often misses the broader context of emotions among citizens. My research addresses the puzzle of how citizens’ emotions and government politicians’ responses interact, bringing together supply and demand side effects.

CASSM Colloquium Series - Harry Weeks - "Rental Market Discrimination in Cairo: Evidence from a Correspondence Experiment"

The CASSM Colloquium Series is a space for researcher's interested in receiving feedback on their experimental designs prior to gathering any data. The abstract for this week's presenter can be found below. Abstract Existing research has shown that perceived nationality, ethnicity, race, migrant background, and social class can affect access to housing in a variety of contexts. However, there is a lack of systematic evidence for whether discrimination takes place in Cairo's growing online private rental market.

CASSM Colloquium Series - Ari Bersch - "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Persuadable? Using National Pride to Build Support for Local Data Centre Construction"

The CASSM Colloquium Series is a space for researcher's interested in receiving feedback on their experimental designs prior to gathering any data. The abstract for this week's presenter can be found below: Abstract: This project explores counter-attitudinal persuasion: how political rhetoric can persuade citizens to support policies they would otherwise oppose.

Panos Tsoukalis

I am a DPhil candidate in Politics, specialising in comparative and historical political economy. My doctoral research is generously funded by Nuffield College and the Department of Politics and International Relations.

Matthew Tweden

Matthew Tweden is an MPhil International Relations candidate and Barry Scholar at Magdalen College. His research interests include neoclassical realist IR theory, Pacific regional affairs, and security policy design and implementation. Matthew’s thesis project investigates the role of domestic politics and regional integration in shaping small state strategic decisionmaking in the Pacific Island states.

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