The art of the viral news explainer
Ros Atkins is a BBC news presenter, host of Outside Source and founder of the 50:50 Project. In December, his explainer about the alleged No 10 Downing Street Christmas Party went viral.
Why onset matters: warfare, severity, and duration in civil war
This series is an opportunity for DPIR DPhils to present their work in progress and gather feedback.
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Against the Enlightenment (Judith Shklar)
Can Americans Depolarize? Assessing the Effects of Reciprocal Group Reflection on Partisan Polarization
Overcoming America’s deep partisan polarization poses a unique challenge: Americans must be able to disagree on policy while nonetheless agreeing on more fundamental democratic principles. We study one model of depolarization—reciprocal group reflection—inspired by marital counseling and implemented by a non-governmental organization, Braver Angels. We randomly assigned undergraduate students at four universities in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, and Midwest either to participate in a Braver Angels workshop or simply to complete three rounds of surveys.
POSTPONED - Economic reforms in Angola: the Government’s perspective (Online Only)
In this event, Minister Daves and Governor Massano will be discussing, with Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, the state of Angola’s economy, relations with the International Monetary Fund, and the economic and financial sector policies pursued under the current administration.
This talk is in conjunction with the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance.
This talk is in conjunction with the Oxford Martin Programme on African Governance.
The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle-Class
The talk is based on a chapter discussing the links between pre-communist social structure and post-communist voting patterns among the middle class from her forthcoming book The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle-Class (coming out with Cambridge University Press in 2022). The book departs from classic accounts in historical political economy and comparative politics that analyze the significance of the bourgeoisie from the perspective of coalitional dynamics and role in genesis of particular orders—democracy or autocracy.
Discussion of Sarah Mortimer's Reformation, Resistance and Reason of State (1517-1625): the Oxford History of Political Thought
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‘Right-Peopling’ the State: Nationalism, Historical Legacies and Ethnic Cleansing in Europe, 1885-2020
Discussant: Amiad Haran Diman
The death of the Kyiv Post and the fight for its rebirth
Elina Alem Kent was a video and audio producer for the now-shuttered Kyiv Post in Ukraine and is currently producing a podcast, Media in Progress, about the Post journalists' decision to defy the shutdown and start their own independent outlet.
DPhil Politics Research in Progress seminar
This series is an opportunity for DPIR DPhils to present their work in progress and gather feedback.
Our first presenter this term is Javier Pérez Sandoval. Javier defended his dissertation in Michaelmas and is currently on the job market. His talk is titled "The Origins of Subnational Democracy."
Our first presenter this term is Javier Pérez Sandoval. Javier defended his dissertation in Michaelmas and is currently on the job market. His talk is titled "The Origins of Subnational Democracy."