Friday Research Seminar Series
The Friday series is a central part of the Department’s research culture, providing a forum for presenting new and ongoing work in political science.
Seminars take place on Fridays from 4.00pm to 5.00pm in the NIID Room (4.02), College Green. The series features visiting academics, departmental staff, and PhD researchers, covering a broad spectrum of political science topics. Several sessions each term are dedicated to PhD work-in-progress presentations, which begin at 3.30pm.
The full seminar schedule for each term is available below.
Michaelmas Term 2026
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 18th September 2026 | Christian Gläßel |
Coup Threat? Cadillac! Evidence on the Logic of Military Co-optation from Perón's Car Bribe Scheme. |
| 25th September 2026 | Alexander Fitzpatrick |
Gender Distancing in Lobbying: How gender shapes women lobbyists' political access. |
| 2nd October 2026 | Violeta Haas | Selective Disclosure: How the Police Shape the Supply of Crime Information. |
| 9th October 2026 | Korhan Koçak | Age, Openness, and Conservatism. |
| 23rd October 2026 |
TBC |
TBC |
| 6th November 2026 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Elena Karagianni, Junjie Liu, Sofia Jesus) | |
| 13th November 2026 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Jennie Moynihan, Julianne Wesselmann, Jamie McClenaghan) |
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| 20th November 2026 | Florian Foos | Prebunking for Democracy: Experimental evidence on delivery modes of misinformation resilience training. |
| 27th November 2026 | Elisa Maria Wirsching | Cultural Conflicts, Professional Identity, and Workforce Sorting: Evidence from U.S. Public School Employees. |
| 4th December 2026 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Valeria Babayan, Soumiya Benaali Bakkar, Clémence Pellissier) |
Hilary Term 2027
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22nd January 2027 | Klara Müller |
TBC |
| 29th January 2027 | Giovanna Invernizzi | TBC |
| 5th February 2027 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Rubèn Llorens Poblador, Lisanne van Vucht, Onno Steenweg) | TBC |
| 12th February 2027 | Marius Mehrl | TBC |
| 19th February 2027 | Konstantin Bogatyrev | TBC |
| 26th February 2027 | Léonie de Jonge | |
| 12th March 2027 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Sarah Magdihs, Mairi Kachur, Solenn Hughes) | |
| 19th March 2027 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Luka De Lacey, Alexander Lechner, Nalia Férée) | |
| 2nd April 2027 | Ashrakat Elshehawy | TBC |
| 9th April 2027 (3.30-5pm) | PhD Presentations (Aisling Casey, Aryan Goyal, Esther Doumen) |