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.

The Political Logic of Persistent Deforestation: Electoral Incentives and Public Goods in the Brazilian Amazon

A growing literature shows that democratic institutions, particularly elections, are associated with higher deforestation. To enhance our understanding of the mechanisms driving this relationship, we study the link between the electoral backlash to environmental protection, the incumbents' electoral needs and the behavior of environmental bureaucracies. We argue and show that bureaucratic enforcement follows a politico-economic logic.
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