Past Virtual-Workshops Series

VWS 11 (Apr 16, 2026)

• Title: Ideologues or Partisans? Affective Polarization and Ideological Belief Systems

• Authors: 

  • Nicolas Campos (U of Minnesota - Twin Cities)

• Discussants: 

  • Michael Ensley (Kent State U)

  • Joshua Zingher (Old Dominion U)

VWS 10 (Mar 30, 2026)

• Title: Partisan Animosity Ideological Asymmetries and Democratic Support across Three European Countries

• Authors: 

  • Mariano Torcal (UPF)

  • Gabriela Chebab (UPF)

• Discussants: 

  • S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç U)

  • Natasha Wunsch (Sciences Po)

VWS 9 (Mar 19, 2026)

• Title: Cross-Ideological Vote Splitting – Measuring Political Polarization with Electoral Data?

• Authors: 

  • Thimas Tichelbaecker (TU Chemnitz)

  • Lea Portmann (FNHW)

• Discussants: 

  • Andreas Goldberg (NTNU)

  • Andres Reiljan (U of Tartu)

VWS 8 (Mar 05, 2026)

• Title: Does Reducing Partisan Animosity Strengthen Democratic Commitments?

• Authors: 

  • S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç U)

  • Paul Teas (U of Chicago)

• Discussants: 

  • Roberto Foa (U of Cambridge)

  • Anne Meng (U of Virginia)

  • Jan Voelkel (Cornell U)

VWS 7 (Feb 16, 2026)

• Title: The Prevalence of Negative Ideological Beliefs among U.S. Partisans

• Authors: 

  • Jeremy Levy (UC Berkeley)

• Discussants: 

  • Alexa Bankert (U of Georgia)

  • Yphtach Lelkes (UPenn)

  • Lilla Orr (U of Richmond)

VWS 6 (Dec 12, 2025)

• Title: A Behavioral Instrument for Measuring Political Overconfidence

• Authors: 

  • Mickael Temporão (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

  • Laurence-Olivier M. Foisy (U Laval)

  • Jeremy Drouin (U of Laval)

  • Hubert Cadieux (U of Laval)

  • Yannick Dufesne (U of Laval)

• Discussants: 

  • Nick Light (U of Oregon)

  • Jennifer Wolak (Michigan State U)

  • Robert Vidigal (Vanderbilt U)

VWS 5 (Dec 5, 2025)

• Title: Factual Belief Polarization: A (Mostly) New Research Agenda

• Authors: 

  • Liz Suhay (American U)

  • Qingya Xu (American U)

• Discussants: 

  • Erik Peterson (Rice U)

  • Matt Graham (Temple U)

  • Roderik Rekker (Radboud U)

VWS 4 (Nov 14, 2025)

• Title: Conceptualizing and Measuring Affective Polarization: The Role of Valence and Arousal

• Authors: 

  • Jakob Kasper (U of Amsterdam)

  • Bert N. Bakker (U of Amsterdam)

  • Yphtach Lelkes (U of Pennsylvania)

  • Gijs Schumacher (U of Amsterdam)

• Discussants: 

  • Isaac Mehlhaff (U of Chicago)

  • Markus Wagner (U of Vienna)

  • Ryan Carlin (Georgia State U)

VWS 3 (Oct 31, 2025)

• Title: Americans Reinterpret Institutional Change along Partisan Identities

• Authors: 

  • Tobia Spampatti (NYU) 

  • Laura K. Globig (NYU)

  • Jay Jan Bavel (NYU)

• Discussants: 

  • Andy Guess (Princeton U)

  • Hanna Sistek (Purdue U) 

  • Jessica Gottlieb (U of Houston)

VWS 2 (Oct 17, 2025)

• Title: From Division to Dialogue: Shifting Group Norms to Reduce Partisan Hostility

• Authors: 

  • Alexa Bankert (U of Georgia)

• Discussants: 

  • Bryan Gervais (U of Texas at San Antonio)

  • Eric Groenendyk (Stony Brook U)

  • Kevin Mullinix (U of Kansas)

VWS 1 (Oct 3, 2025)

• Title: Unequal Protection? Equality of the Law and Democratic Backsliding

• Authors: 

  • James Druckman (U of Rochester)

  • Trent Ollerenshaw (U of Houston) 

  • Paul Lendway (Stanford U)

  • Rongbo Jin (CUHK)

  • Arjun Vishwanath (Boston U)

• Discussants: 

  • Brandon Bartels (George Washington U)

  • Jennifer McCoy (Georgia State U)

  • Thomas J. Rudolph (UI Urbana-Champaign)