Name: Melis Laebens
University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Saturday 21 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Backsliding and resilience in liberal democracies: One-day conference
Date: 21 May 2022, 10:00 - 17:30 (Saturday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker s: Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford), Ivan Ermakoff (Wisconsin), Isabela Mares (Yale), Vicente Valentim (Nuffield College), Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford), Justin Grimmer (Stanford), Lonna Atkeson (Florida), Susan Stokes (Chicago), Robert Lieberman (Johns Hopkins University), Stephen Haggard (UC San Diego), David Bateman (Cornell), Melis Laebens (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Manor Rd, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Organisers: Petra Schleiter (DPIR), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Friday 21 January 2022 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle-Class
Date: 21 January 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Tomila Lankina (LSE)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 January 2022 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Circumstantial Liberals: Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy
Date: 28 January 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Jan Rovny (Sciences Po Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 February 2022 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Online Hate Speech and How to Counter it
Date: 4 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

How Emancipation Drives Property Rights: Theory and Evidence from Imperial Brazil
Date: 11 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Jorge Mangonnet (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 February 2022 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Democratization after Democratization: how first wave democracies ended electoral corruption
Date: 18 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 5th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Isabela Mares (Yale)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 February 2022 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Conflict Shapes in Flux: A Typology of Spatial Change in Armed Conflict
Date: 25 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Kate Tcakova (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 March 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

The Challenges to Representative Democracy: Populism, Technocracy and Political Pluralism
Date: 4 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Daniele Caramani (EUI)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 March 2022 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Post-Communist Regime Trajectories - A Challenge to the Mainstream Comparative Approach
Date: 11 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Balint Magyar (CEU)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 May 2022 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Political Dynasties in the European Parliament
Date: 6 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Alexandra Cirone (Cornell)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, and online
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 May 2022 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Legalist Assaults on Democracy
Date: 10 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Ivan Ermakoff (Wisconsin)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, and online
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Large-N Qualitative Analysis (LNQA): external validity and generalization in case study and multi-method research
Date: 20 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Stephan Haggard (UCSD)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre, and online
Organisers: Melis Laebens (University of Oxford), Matthias Dilling (University of Oxford), Giovanni Capoccia (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA