11th TPBW - November 7-8, 2025

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

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The 2025 TPBW is made possible by the generous support of the Consortium on Electoral Democracy, the University of Toronto Department of Political Science, the Munk School and Abacus Data. The workshop sessions take place in the Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7

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Schedule​

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Friday, November 7

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8.30 – 9.00 Coffee and registration 

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9.00 – 9.10 Welcome remarks 

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Session 1: Conflict and cooperation

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9.10 – 9.55 “Empowerment and Restraint – Evidence from Teenage Girls’ Clubs in Kenya,” Anna Wilke, New York University (with Uchechi S. Anaduaka, University of Alberta, Selina Hofstetter, University of Zurich, Tinghua Yu, Birkbeck, University of London)

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9.55 – 10.40 “Does War Unify a Divided Country? Evidence from Israel,” Clareta Treger, University of Toronto (with Liron Lavi, Bar Ilan University, Isaac Noveck, McGill University, Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University, Dietlind Stolle, McGill University)

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10.40 – 11.10 Break 

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11.10 – 11.55 “Political Cooperation in Post-Conflict Societies: The Impact of Collaboration Histories Among Politicians,” Narmin Butt, Princeton University (with Raed Aldulaimi, Al-Imam Al-Adham University College)

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11.55 – 1.15 Lunch

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Session 2: Institutions and representation 

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1.15 – 2.00 “Legislating with Women: How Gender Composition Affects Issue Advocacy,” Danny Choi, Brown University (with Leonardo Arriola, UC Merced, Junwoo Suh, UC Berkeley, Soosun You, University of Pennsylvania)

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2.00 – 2.45 “When Quotas End, the Men Return: Dynastic Politics and Female Representation in India,” Rithika Kumar, Rice University

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2.45 – 3.15 Break

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3.15 – 4.00 “Electoral Responses to Local Cooperations with Radical-Right Parties,” Hanno Hilbig, UC Davis (with Philipp Heyna, Humboldt University Berlin and Hertie School Berlin, Violeta I. Haas, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, Toulouse School of Economics, Tim Wappenhans, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

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5.00 – 7.00 Reception and poster session

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Saturday, November 8

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9.00 – 9.30 Coffee  

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Session 3: Migration and media

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9.30 – 10.15 “Selective Sympathy? Media Coverage, Public Opinion, and Mobilization in the Gaza War,” William Marble, Stanford University (starting September) (with Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Salma Mousa, UCLA, Alex Siegel, University of Colorado Boulder, Michelle Torres, UCLA)

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10.15 – 11.00 “How Does Coethnicity with Refugees Shape Their Reception? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Pakistan,” Mashail Malik, Harvard University (with Yang-Yang Zhou, Dartmouth College, Niloufer Siddiqui, SUNY Albany)

11.00 – 11.30 Break

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11.30 – 12.15 “Community-Centered Ethnic Media and Latino Political Engagement,” Stephanie Zonszein, University of California, Berkeley (with Yamil Velez, Columbia University)

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12.15 – 1.15 Lunch

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Session 4: Technology, education and labour markets

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1.15 – 2.00 “The Potential Existential Threat of Large Language Models to Online Survey Research,” Sean Westwood, Dartmouth College

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2.00 – 2.45 “Political Sorting in the U.S. Labor Market: Evidence and Explanations,” Sahil Chinoy, Yale University (with Martin Koenen, Stockholm University)

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2.45 – 3.15 Break

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3.15 – 4.00 “Can Curriculum Mobilize? Anti-CRT Reforms and Youth Preregistration,” Samuel Williams, Dartmouth College

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Posters

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“Reproducing Identity: Ethnic Conflict and Fertility Preferences,” Alex Avery, Washington University in St. Louis

“Soliciting Commitment: How Political Parties Shape Partisan Attachments,” Alvaro Pereira Filho, University of Western Ontario

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“Technological Change and the Measure of Redistributive Preferences,” Axel Déry, University of Western Ontario

“Redirecting Resentment: Shifting Blame Away from Vulnerable Groups by Manipulating Information on Wealth Inequality,” Aysenur Deger, Syracuse University

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“ChatGPT: Interaction, then Regulation?“ Blake Lee-Whiting, University of Toronto  and University of Western Ontario

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“Public Support for Cross-Issue Compromises in the US,“ Daniel Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania (with Paul Lendway, Stanford University)

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“Fear of Retaliation and Support for Democratic Backsliding,” Daniel Markovits, Columbia University

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“Judgments of Ideologically Motivated Transgressions,” Éloïse Côté, University of Toronto (with Jennifer Stellar, University of Toronto)

“Public Funding and Democratic Competition in Latin America: Enhancing Pluralism or Reinforcing Cartelization?” Fernanda Cabezas, Syracuse University

“Do Women Politicians Face More Interruptions? An Exploratory Analysis of Interjections in the Australian Parliamentary Debates (2012-2025),” Inessa De Angelis, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (with Lindsay Katz, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Rohan Alexander, Faculty of Information and Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto)

“Social Mobility and the Political Engagement of Second-Generation Migrants,” Iva Srbinovska, University of Zurich (with Korinna Lindemann, MZES University of Mannheim)

“‘Mid 40s, Dark Hair, Has a Really Charming Smile, Tall’: The Use of Warmth-Communion and Competence-Related Language in Everyday Conversations,” Jamie Chow, University of Western Ontario (with Amanda Friesen, University of Western Ontario, Erin Heerey, University of Western Ontario)

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“Ideological Resentment: A Study of Negative Political Identity,“ John Konicki, University of California, , Berkeley

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“Inferring from Names: Testing Names in Canada for Perceived Socio-Demographic and Political Signals,” John McAndrews, McMaster University (with Inaara Savani, McMaster University)

“Avoiding Democracy: Context-Contingent Behavioral Segregation in Public Spaces,” Joshua Corona, Northwestern University

“Unpacking the Bayesian Black Box: Belief Formation and Depth of Thinking,” Joshua Limpert, Princeton University

“Mind the Gap: Strategies for Measurement of Place and Place Identity,” Katharine McCoy, University of Western Ontario 

“Declining Ethnic Dominance and Democratic Quality Across Six Decades and 90 Countries,” Lucas Woodley, Harvard University (with Joshua D. Greene, Harvard University)

“Economic Dislocation and Political Discontent: Does Manufacturing Decline Drive Populism in Japan?” Mo Gasmi, Princeton University (with Helen Milner, Princeton University, Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Stanford University, Charles Crabtree, Dartmouth University)

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“Beyond Partisanship: Do Nativist Threats Bias the Evaluation of Immigration Information?“ Natasha Goel, University of Toronto

“Pride and Prejudice: An Experimental Design to Assess the Influence of Sporting Events on Political Attitudes Towards the LGBTQ+ Community,” Noah Vanderhoeven, University of Western Ontario 

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“Untrustworthy Sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated Exposure but No Attitudinal Effects,” Olivier Bergeron-Boutin, UC Berkeley (with Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College, Jaime Settle, William & Mary, Emily A. Thorson, Syracuse and Magdalena Wojcieszak, UC Davis)

“How Improving Infrastructure Delivery Shapes Populist Right Support,” Paula Bings, Aarhus University

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“Do Courts Play Fair? Property Rights, Trust, and Partisan Beliefs,“ Scott Abramson, University of Rochester (with Dot Sawler, University of Rochester)

“Is the Temperature Off? How Classic Scales Can Miss Out-Group Hostility and its Impact on Undemocratic Behavior,” Semih Cakir, University of Vienna (with Markus Wagner, University of Vienna)

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“Selective News Exposure and Negative Partisanship,“ Thomas Galipeau, University of Toronto

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