Past Events

  • 2022 Apr 29

    Spring Graduate Student Session

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    TBA
    Presenters and abstracts to be announced prior to presentation. Graduate students interested in presenting should contact Reed Rasband, rasband[at]g.harvard.edu.
  • 2022 Apr 15

    Arnold Ho, University of Michigan

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS S050

    Introducing the Sociopolitical Motive × Intergroup Threat Model to Understand Intergroup Relations: Multiracial Categorization as a Case Study

    Arnold K. Ho
    University of Michigan

    Researchers have used theories of social dominance, system justification, authoritarianism, and social identity to understand intergroup phenomena ranging from racial categorization to political movements. The result has been a growing understanding of how particular sociopolitical motives and contexts impact intergroup relations, without a unifying perspective to...

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  • 2022 Feb 11

    Salma Mousa, Yale University

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    Online on Zoom. Link to be distributed via the WoGPoP listserv

    Social pressure, information, and recycling: Experimental evidence from Lebanon

    Kristin Kao, University of Gothenberg

    Salma Mousa, Yale University

    Abstract: Can social pressure encourage citizens to take costly action for the environment?  We leverage a field experiment in the Lebanese city of Bickfaya to answer this question. Partnering with the local municipality and a grassroots NGO, we evaluate a program that tracks citizens’ waste, inspects their waste bags, and sends them personalized feedback on how to...

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