Funded by: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, The Institution for Social and Policy Studies - Yale University and The University of Manchester Hallsworth Fund

1 & 2 July 2008
Chancellors Conference Centre, The University of Manchester

Please note, this event is by invitation only.

Programme - Tuesday 1 July

• 10:30am - Refreshments upon arrival
  
  
• 11:00am - 12:30pm - Introductions:
  
  
  • The logic of experimentation: applications of relevance to political science:
    Gerry Stoker, University of Southampton
    
    
• 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
  
  
• 1:30pm - 3:30pm - Social Policy:
  
  
  • Do poverty relief funds affect electoral behavior? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Mexico
    Ana De La O Torres, Yale University
    

  • Expert Information, Public Deliberation, and Electoral Support for 'Good' Governance: Experimental Evidence from Benin
    Leonard Wantchekon, New York University
    
    Mobilizing women to vote in traditional societies: an experiment encouraging political participation in rural India
    Jennifer Green, Yale University

  • Participant Preferences in Randomised Controlled Trials: An example from Education (paper) (presentation)
    Hannah Ainsworth, University of York

• 3:45pm - 4:00pm - Refreshments
  
  
• 4:00pm - 6:00pm - Deliberation and Participation:
  
  
  • Processes and Outcomes of Citizen Deliberation: A Comparison of Voting and Common Statement Treatments
    Kimmo Grönlund, Åbo Akademi University
    Kaisa Herne, University of Turku
    
    
  • Can the internet overcome the logic of collective action? An experiment of the impact of social pressure on political participation
    Helen Margetts, University of Oxford
  • Peter John, University of Manchester
    
    
  • The potential of political mobilization. An experiment on Internet and face-to-face mobilization
    Marc Hooghe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Sara Vissers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    
    
  • Which types of political mobilisation can close the participation gap? An experiment with young people of different economic and attitudinal backgrounds
    Valérie-Anne Mahéo, McGill University
    Dietlind Stolle, McGill University
    
    
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm Reception:

  Welcome by Head of School, Professor David Farrell

• 7:00pm - Depart for restaurant
  
  
• 7:30pm - Dinner
  
  




Programme - Wednesday 2 July

• 9:00am - 11:00am - Governance:
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  • Randomizing Election Evaluation
    Susan Hyde, Yale University
    
    
  • Tune in to Governance: An Experimental Investigation of Radio Campaigns in Africa (paper) (presentation)
    Devra Coren Moehler, Cornell University
    
    
  • Votes and Violence: Experimental Evidence from a Nigerian Election
    Pedro Vicente, University of Oxford
    
    
• 11:00am - 11:30am - Refreshments
  
  
• 11:30am - 1:30pm Persuasion, Elections:
  
  

  • Deference, Dissent, and Dispute Resolution: An Experimental Intervention using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behavior in Rwanda
    Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Harvard University

  • Both Sides Now: A Field Experiment with Competing Messages
    Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University
    Peter Loewen, Université de Montréal
    
    
  • The longitudinal impact of a GOTV campaign: a local election follow up to a constituency intervention in the UK
    Ed Fieldhouse, University of Manchester
    
    
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm - Lunch
  
  
• 2:30pm - 4:00pm - Methods plenary:
  
  
  • Experiments in political science: lessons from health care (abstract) (presentation)
    David Torgerson, University of York
    
    
  • Yes, But What's the Mechanism? Methodological Issues Concerning the Study of Mediators
    Don Green, Yale University
    
    
• 4:00pm - Close
  

Photos of the conference and dinner: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

For more information please contact:

• Charlotte Jackson
  Administrator
  IPEG
  Room 3.42b, Williamson Building
  The University of Manchester
  Oxford Road
  Manchester, M13 9PL
  
  Tel: 0161 275 8080
  Fax: 0161 275 0793
  Email: charlotte.jackson@manchester.ac.uk