Based in the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL), the Conflict & Change group, founded in 2015, contributes to the scientific understanding of political violence. The annual Conflict & Change Ph.D. workshop brought together more than 25 Ph.D. researchers from the UK and continental Europe. Over the two days, participants—often for the first time in person—presented […]

EVaP team members-Ursula Daxecker, and Neeraj Prasad present their working paper, Voting for Violence: Examining Support for Violent Parties in Uttar Pradesh, India at the 2022 International Studies Association  (ISA) Annual Convention. As co-program chair, Ursula Daxecker planned the 2022 convention program. The theme for the 2022 annual meeting is focused on the need for […]

Core members of the EVaP project visited the Berlin Meeting on the Political Economy of Development (MoPED) Workshop hosted by the WZB. Ursula Daxecker and Neeraj Prasad presented their paper “Poisoning Your Own Well: Misinformation and Polarization in India.” Noyonika Das and Maureen Fubara also attended the workshop.

EVaP team members, Ursula Daxecker and Neeraj Prasad present their paper titled "Voting for Violence: Examining Support for Violent Parties in Uttar Pradesh, India", at the 21st Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference (NEPS) in Kings College London, UK.

EVaP team members at the European Political Science Association Conference in Prague. Our Post-doc, Neeraj Prasad presented two papers; "Violence as an Electoral Strategy: Booth Level Evidence from West Bengal" (co-authored with Ursula Daxecker),  and  "Whatsapping the Theft of an Idol: How Hostile Misinformation Shapes Social Attitudes" (co-authored with Ursula Daxecker & Hanne Fjelde).  Neeraj […]

In Indian elections and across the world, there is concern that misinformation, polarisation, or even violence in election campaigns threaten the conduct of free and fair elections. This panel discusses these topics with a focus on the most recent legislative assembly elections in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Two of the panelists, Ursula Daxecker and […]

EVaP team members will attend the 2022 conference organized by the Conflict Research Society (CRS) at Queen's University, Belfast. Ph.D. candidates Noyonika Das and Maureen Fubara will present solo-authored papers titled "Violence in local elections: Evidence from West Bengal, India" and "The spoils of office and repertoires of election violence in Nigeria", respectively, while PI-Ursula […]

EVaP team members will attend the 2022 APSA annual meeting and exhibition in Montréal Québec, Canada. The PI-Ursula Daxecker and Post-doc-Neeraj Prasad will present their co-authored papers "Voting for violence: Examining support for party violence in Uttar Pradesh, India", and "Poisoning your own well: Misinformation, preferences, and polarization in India". While Ph.D. candidates Noyonika Das […]

On September 29, 2022, EVaP team members, Ursula Daxecker and Neeraj Prasad presented their co-authored paper "Violence as an Electoral Strategy: Booth-Level Evidence from West Bengal, India" at the AFK Empirical Peace and Conflict Research Workshop held in Denmark. The workshop was organized by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK).

At the Political Violence and Democratic Backsliding Conference organized by the WZB Social Science Centre in Berlin, EVaP team members Ursula Daxecker and Neeraj Prasad present joint work on "Voting for Violence: Support for Party Violence in India" on the 6th of October 2022.