Weekly seminar on Technology Science from expert researchers, public interest groups, and others on the social impact of technology and its unforeseen consequences.
Repeats every week every Friday until Fri May 31 2019 except Fri Nov 27 2015, Fri Dec 25 2015, Fri Jan 01 2016, Fri Nov 11 2016, Fri Nov 25 2016, Fri Dec 23 2016, Fri Dec 30 2016, Fri Nov 10 2017, Fri Nov 24 2017, Fri Dec 22 2017, Fri Dec 29 2017, Fri Nov 23 2018, Fri Jan 04 2019, Fri Jan 11 2019, Fri Jan 18 2019, Fri Jan 25 2019.
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
CGIS Knafel K332
If you have questions about your publication research, how to do your analysis, or how come your code isn't working properly, you can stop by and talk to our Research Consultants for free, every Friday from 1pm-4pm in CGIS K332!
Speaker: Keren Yarhi-Milo, Princeton Politics
The Working Group in Political Psychology and Behavior (WoGPoP) is an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of current research that uses a psychological and empirical orientation to examine the micro-foundations of citizen and elite behavior. Our topics include but are not limited to identity, emotion, culture, beliefs, preferences (including public opinion and individual preferences), rationality, norms, cognition, group dynamics, ethnic politics, context effects, attribution, information, bargaining and trust. This is a... Read more about Working Group in Political Psychology and Behavior (WoGPoP)
This week's presenter: Paola Conconi, Université Libre de Bruxelles
“Globalization for Sale” (with Michael Blanga-Gubbay and Mathieu Parenti) - download here
Abstract: We study the political economy of trade agreements with heterogeneous firms. Using detailed information from lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, we find that virtually all firms that lobby on free trade agreements (FTAs) are in favor of their ratification....
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed May 01 2019 except Wed Nov 21 2018, Wed Dec 26 2018, Wed Jan 02 2019, Wed Jan 09 2019, Wed Jan 16 2019, Wed Jan 23 2019, Wed Mar 20 2019.
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Mar 11 2020 except Wed Dec 30 2015, Wed Dec 28 2016, Wed Dec 27 2017, Wed Dec 26 2018, Wed Dec 25 2019, Wed Jan 01 2020.
11:00am to 1:00pm
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Assessing Gender Representation in Podcasts Via Transcript Analysis By the Example of NPR’s Planet Money
NPR is at the forefront of podcasting, the most quickly growing digital medium in the United States, with programs that attract tens of millions of monthly listeners. At the same time, podcasts are known to suffer from a lack of diverse perspectives. Its creators tend to be disproportionally men, which has been shown to lead to blind spots in terms of the subjects that are covered.
This paper analyzes 528 episodes of the popular NPR show Planet Money, revealing a marked gender imbalance... Read more about Tech Science Seminar
If you have questions about your publication research, how to do your analysis, or how come your code isn't working properly, you can stop by and talk to our Research Consultants for free, every Friday from 1pm-4pm in CGIS K332!
This week's presenter: Michela Carlana, Harvard Kennedy School
Presenting "Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools" (with Alberto Alesina, Eliana La Ferrara, Paolo Pinotti)
Abstract: If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers’ bias in grading immigrants and native children in middle schools. Teachers give lower grades to immigrant students compared to natives who have the same performance on standardized, blindly-graded tests. We then relate differences in grading to teachers’... Read more about Program on Political Economy Seminar
