Seminars and Events
ODA-SPS Research Seminars 2024/2025: Term 1
To join any of our seminars, please contact Dr Manu Savani: manu.savani@brunel.ac.uk
11 Oct 2024 | 12pm-1pm
Vicious Cycles of Insecurity and Irregularity: The case of the criminalisation of migration in Europe
18 Oct 2024 | 12pm-1pm
Investigating the democratic legitimacy of Citizens Climate Assemblies
25 Oct 2024 | 12pm-1pm
Nicole Martin | University of Manchester
Realignment or fragmentation? Ethnic minority voters in the 2024 UK general election
1 Nov 2024 | 2pm-3pm
A Between-Subjects ChatGPT Experiment on AI Regulation in Canada
22 Nov 2024 | 12pm-1pm
William Allen | University of Southampton
Do Visual Benchmarks Change Attitudes and Government Evaluations? Survey Experimental Evidence from the UK and US
29 Nov 2024 | 12pm-1pm |
Jeff Karp | Brunel University London
Electoral Fraud and Political Violence in Established Democracies
The UK and US Elections 2024: What to Expect? – Brunel Research Festival discussion panel (14 May 2024)
More than half of the world's population faces elections in 2024. What is likely to happen in the UK and US elections in 2024? A discussion featuring: Professor Justin Fisher, Director of Brunel Public Policy, Professor Jeffrey Karp, Professor of Comparative Politics, Brunel University London. Chaired by Dr Manu Savani.
The UK and US Elections 2024: What to Expect? (youtube.com)
ODA-SPS Research Seminars 2023/2024
To join any of our seminars, please contact Dr Manu Savani: manu.savani@brunel.ac.uk.
22 Nov 2023 | 1pm-2pm | Umberto Famulari (BUL) | How Text and Visual Framing of Homelessness Influences Policy Support and Civic Engagement
08 Dec 2023|| Jeff Karp | Public Support for Voter ID Laws in the UK: How Citizens Weigh Electoral Integrity and Voter Access
13 Dec 2023 | Steve Pickering (University of Amsterdam) | Ahead of the Curve or Left Behind? The Drivers of Politics and Disease
26 Jan 2024 | Justin Fisher (BUL) | Does Campaign Momentum Lead to Tactical Voting?
31 Jan 2024 | Manu Savani (BUL) | What Encourages People to Take Up a Covid-19 Vaccine When They Lack Trust In It?
07 Feb 2024 | Jess Smith (University of Edinburgh) | Navigating the storm: Voters' gendered perceptions of leaders in times of crisis
28 Feb 2024 | Stuart Fox (University of Exeter) | “We don't do God": The Religious Penalty in British Politics
15 Mar 2024 | Martin Hansen (BUL) | Political, Financial or Security Strategy? Examining Parliamentary Debates on Sellin
1 May 2024 | Dr Paul Lohmann (University of Cambridge) | Accelerating the sustainable food transition: The impact of behaviourally informed interventions on food choices (organised in cooperation with Brunel Economics & Finance)
ODA Summer Workshop 2023
Our inaugural summer research workshop brought together a series of presentations on the Group's new and upcoming research, including:
- The impact of electoral reforms on Parliamentary behaviour (Martin Hansen)
- Public support and opposition to voting rights tested in a series of survey experiments (Jeff Karp and Laura Sudulich, Essex)
- Networking across the Polish-German border (Katja Sarmiento-Mirwaldt).
We were pleased to welcome Prof Rosie Campbell to discuss her work on audit experiments and measuring MPs' responsiveness (how to do it and stay out of trouble).
Time: 7 June 2023 10 AM-13 PM
