The EVaP research team successfully hosted a mini-workshop- "New Research on Politics in Africa" on December 6, 2022, at the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. The workshop featured presentations from the invited speakers; Dr. Alex Scacco (WZB Social Science Centre, Berlin); Dr. Megan Turnbull (University of Georgia), AISSR Faculty members, colleagues from Leiden […]
Core members of the EVaP project team- Ursula Daxecker (PI), Neeraj Prasad (Research fellow), Noyonika Das, and Maureen Fubara (PhD candidates) presented working papers at the 2023 International Studies Association Convention in Montreal, Canada.
In preparation for fielding a citizen survey and in-depth elite interviews, the EVaP team in collaboration with Practical Sampling International (PSI) organized a three-day training workshop for over 50 research enumerators and moderators in Lagos, Nigeria. Project team members- Ursula Daxecker (Principal investigator), and Maureen Fubara (PhD candidate) were in attendance.
EPSA’s 13th annual conference took place in Glasgow, Scotland from 22-24 June 2023. EVaP team members- Neeraj Prasad, and Noyonika Das presented working papers on electoral violence in India.
The 2023 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference held at the University of Bologna on June 26-28, 2023. EVaP team members, Ursula Daxecker and Neeraj Prasad presented their book manuscript on electoral violence in India.
The Elections, Violence, and Parties (EVaP) project is organizing a mini-workshop on “New Research on Electoral Politics in India” on Thursday, 29th June, 9:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. in the Political Science common room (REC B 9.22) at the University of Amsterdam. The program includes Zaad Mahmood as our featured speaker and work in progress from […]
The EVaP team members attended the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Rights and Responsibilities in an Age of Mis- and Disinformation, held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre in Los Angeles, CA, United States. PI-Ursula Daxecker and research fellow Neeraj Prasad presented co-authored papers "Poisoning your own well: Misinformation, issue entrepreneurship, and voter […]
EVaP team members attended the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference- Return of the Inter-State War or New Hybrid Reality? The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Conflict Research and Practice. PhD candidate, Maureen Fubara presented working paper "Rents, subnational incumbents, and electoral violence in Nigeria", while Noyonika Das presented working paper "Violence in […]
Organizers: Ursula Daxecker (University of Amsterdam), Neeraj Prasad (University of Amsterdam), and Andrea Ruggeri (University of Oxford). We invite interested colleagues to submit extended abstracts (2 pages, including a proposed research design), pre-analysis plans, or full papers. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 29, 2023. Submit your proposals here: https://forms.gle/MVg7uZV27QPNPqkS9 We will notify selected papers approximately two weeks after the deadline; one […]
PI, Ursula Daxecker presented work-in-progress on the logic of electoral violence at the Global Conference jointly organized by the European Union Foreign Policy Instrument and the United Nations Development Programme. The Global Conference centred on the theme of the Sustaining Peace during Electoral Processes “SELECT” Project with a focus on Information Integrity and Inclusive Elections […]
The EVaP research team hosted a mini-workshop, "New Research on Politics in Africa," on Friday, December 1st, 2023, at the Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam. The workshop featured presentations from the invited speaker: Professor Shola Omotola (Federal University, Oye-Ekiti); AISSR faculty members, colleagues from Leiden University; and EVaP team members, Ursula Daxecker (PI), […]
The EVaP project, in collaboration with the Oxford Conflict Peace and Security Hub, organized a two-day Special Issue workshop titled 'Political Violence in Democracies'. The workshop featured excellent papers from participants. View the workshop programme here