CIR Conference 2024

To mark the end of the multi-year SAMEVAL project funded by the Research Council Norway, which has funded the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) seminar and workshop series at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, we invite you to the 2024 CIR Conference on Comparative Politics.  

The conference takes place at Professorboligen, by UiO’s Law Faculty in downtown Oslo. Each presenter is given 20-25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for the discussant and a 10-15 minute Q&A session.  

 

THURSDAY APRIL 18TH

Time 

Presenter 

Title 

Discussant 

12:00 

Lunch 

 

 

 

Chair: Vilde Lunnan Djuve 

 

13:00 

Carl Henrik Knutsen 
University of Oslo/PRIO 

Opening remarks  

 

13:10 

Annekatrin Deglow 
Uppsala University 

Militarized Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Rights: Evidence from India  

Francesca R. Jensenius 

13:50 

Carl Henrik Knutsen 
University of Oslo 

Synthesizing Research through Total Model Space: The Case of Democracy and Growth

Haakon Gjerløw

14:30 

Break 

 

 

 

Chair: Miroslav Nemčok 

 

14:50 

Are Skeie Hermansen  University of Oslo 

Immigrant-native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs, not within job inequality 

Martin Søyland

15:30 

Scott Gates 
University of Oslo 

Vote buying, beliefs, and the secret ballot 

Jonas Schmid 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 19TH

 

Time 

Presenter 

Title 

Discussant 

09:00 

Coffee 

 

 

 

Chair: Martin Søyland

 

09:10 

Vibeke Wøien Hansen 
Institute for Social Research (ISF) 

Party responsiveness to party voters and interest groups on different policy dimensions 

Maiken Røed 

09:50 

Jonathan Polk 
Lund University 

Multidimensional Incongruence and Political Disaffection in Europe 

Miroslav Nemčok 

10:30 

Break 

 

 

 

Chair: Carl Henrik Knutsen 

 

10:40 

Milan Svolik 
Yale University 

Who (Really) Supports Democracy? Experimental Evidence from Revealed Preference Measures 

Daniel Goldstein 

11:20 

Sirianne Dahlum 
University of Oslo 

Elite Commitments to Democracy: Experimental Evidence from Norway 

Jacob Nyrup 

12:00 

Lunch 

 

 

 

Chair: Eli Sofie Balterzen

 

13:00 

Jennifer Gandhi 
Yale University 

Do I Live in a Democracy? How Comparisons Influence Individual Assessments of Democracy 

Carl Henrik Knutsen 

13:40 

Kalle Moene 
University of Oslo 

Political competition over life and death -- Social provision and infant mortality in India 

Tore Wig 

14:20 

Break 

 

 

 

Chair: Maiken Røed

 

14:40 

Cathie Jo Martin 
Boston University  

Education for All? Literature, Culture and Education System Development in Britain and Denmark 

Jens Jungblut 

15:20 

Daniel Goldstein 
University of Oslo 

The Weight of Precedent: Party Composition, Crises, and Exclusive Norms 

Scott Gates 

Published Mar. 20, 2024 4:22 PM - Last modified Apr. 30, 2024 12:27 PM