Summer Trimester 2020
All events take place on Zoom. Please register here to receive the link an password to the online meeting. For more information, please follow the links bellow.
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Causal Inference with a Graphical Approach Instructor: Akisato Suzuki (UCD) 15:00 - 17:00 Monday, June 22 |
Agent Based Models of Social Life: Breaking the Schelling Segregation Model Speaker: Michael Laver (New York University) Wednesday, May 20, 14:00–15:00 (GMT) |
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But Is She Married? Gender Bias and Users' Gendered Interest in Politicians on Wikipedia Speaker: Theresa Gessler (University of Zurich) Wednesday, June 3, 14:00–15:00 (GMT) |
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Interrogating the Opposition? The Use of Blue-Card Questions in the European Parliament Speaker: Verena Kunz (University of Mannheim) Wednesday, June 10, 14:00–15:00 (GMT) |
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Why Keep Arguing? Predicting Engagement in Political Conversations Online Speaker: Sarah Shugars (Northeastern University) Wednesday, June 24, 14:00–15:00 (GMT) |
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Exogenous Shocks, Policy Responses and Legislative Debates Speaker: Jens Wäckerle (University of Cologne), with Sven-Oliver Proksch and Jan Schwalbach Wednesday, July 8, 14:00–15:00 (GMT) |
Past events
Spring Trimester 2020
All events take place at G316, Newman Building, UCD, unless stated otherwise. For more information and to register for these events, please follow the links below.
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Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics in Political Science Instructor: Akisato Suzuki (UCD) 10:00-17:00 Thursday, January 23 |
Public Denunciation and the Limits of Scandal Speaker: Thomas Grund (UCD) 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, January 29 |
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Wrangling and Visualising Data using R Instructor: Stefan Müller (UCD) 10:00-15:00 Thursday, February 20 L246 SUTH/G316 ART |
Federal Reserve Communications Sentiment’s Impact on Target Rate Discovery Speaker: Juan Carlos Arismendi (Maynooth University) 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, February 12 |
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Images as Data Workshop Dublin (IMG-DUB) Postponed to 10-11 December 2020 Trinity College Dublin |
Using computational methods to study non-verbal political communication Speaker: Constantine Boussalis (TCD) 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, February 26
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Visualising Conceptual Change in Parliamentary Debates Speaker: Paul Nulty (UCD) Please join the seminar at https://zoom.us/j/108866799 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, April 1
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Repost and Like: Securitization Theory in the Digital Age Speaker: Natalia Umansky Casapa (UCD) 14:00-15:00 Wednesday, April 15 |
We also offer weekly Data Clinics throughout the semester. The Data Clinics are instructed by Dr Akisato Suzuki and offer all graduate students at SPIRe the opportunity to ask for advice in relation to their statistical needs, both the use of statistical software (Stata and R) and the application of statistical methods.
Autumn Trimester 2019
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Opportunities and Challenges in Economic Policy Communications Workshop 17 January 2020 Central Bank of Ireland |
Speaker: Georgiana Ifrim (UCD) 27 November 2019 |
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Quantitative Text Analysis Dublin (QTA-DUB) Workshop 18-19 June 2019 UCD University Club |
Seminar: Explorying the link between ethnic segregation and spatial patterns of attitudes Speaker: Thomas Feliciani (UCD) 13 November 2019 |
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Seminar: Social identity and political polarization Speaker: Chris Bail (Duke University) 30 October 2019 |
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Seminar: What the rich and poor consider important and how this matters for representation Speaker: Denise Traber (University of Lucerne) 16 October 2019 |
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Seminar: Why do politicians get emotional? Speaker: Gijs Schumacher 9 october 2019 |
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