Past Workshops and Conferences

Events Archive

Conference on Local Political Institutions, Bureaucracy, and Interest Groups
Fri, May 2, 2025, 9:00 am5:00 pm

Local politics affect our lives every day and many of America’s most pressing issues—in policy areas like policing, education, housing, environmental protection, and transportation—require political action at the local level. How does political change happen at the local level of American government? What interests are represented in local…

Open to all members of the Princeton University community. Not open to the public.
Conference on Populism and Democracy
Fri, Apr 25, 2025Sat, Apr 26, 2025

This large conference of internationally and US-based scholars aims to bring together experts in the study of democracy from institutional, behavioral, historical, and cross-country perspectives to discuss populism and threats to established democracies. The conference is part of CSDP's project on democratic “frontsliding”, which examines ways…

  • Registration is required.
  • Princeton University faculty, staff, and students only
Conference on The Politics of Clean Energy Abundance Under Federalism
Fri, Apr 11, 2025

The purpose of this conference is to better understand the political challenges and opportunities underpinning the construction of clean energy infrastructure, including but not limited to wind turbines, solar facilities, and transmission lines. Research presented will use empirical political science to explore how

Open to all members of the Princeton University community. Not open to the public.
Conference on Election Reform
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
By invitation only
Bridging Representation Gaps: Candidate Supply Among Marginalized Groups in the U.S.
Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 9:00 am5:00 pm

We are excited to bring together a stellar group of scholars in the field of minority representation, both in the U.S. and globally, to present on a range of topics that explore the factors influencing the supply of political candidates from various identity groups—including ethnoracial minorities, women, and the working class—and how the…

Open to all members of the Princeton University community. Not open to the public.
Conference on the Joe Biden Presidency
Fri, Feb 21, 2025Sat, Feb 22, 2025

 

 

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Open to all members of the Princeton University community. Not open to the public.
Connecting Research with Policy: Foreign Influence, Disinformation, and Generative AI
Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 12:00 am5:00 pm

This half-day, in-person event in Washington, D.C., will convene experts from across fields to explore pressing questions around digital media and democracy, align on priorities, and chart a path forward for research and policy on these topics.

Over the past decade, immense research and policy efforts have focused on understanding digital…

Registration is required.
Conference on Identity and Inequality
Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 8:30 am5:15 pm

We are excited to have a stellar group of scholars in the field of identity and politics scheduled to present on a range of topics that engage how race, ethnicity, gender and other salient identities shape political processes and outcomes. The full list of presenters is provided below. The conference format provides for plenty of engagement and…

Open to all members of the Princeton University community. Not open to the public.
Congress and History Conference
Thu, May 16, 2024Fri, May 17, 2024
By invitation only
Conference on Democratic "Frontsliding"
Fri, Apr 26, 2024Sat, Apr 27, 2024

View the complete program here.

 

Featuring

 

Larry Bartels (Vanderbilt University)

Carles Boix (Princeton University)

Kathy Cramer …

Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
Conference on Higher Education, Debt, and American Politics
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
Speakers Elizabeth Bennion (Indiana University) Adam Goldstein (Princeton University) John Holbein (University of Virginia) Masha Krupenkin (Princeton University) Serena Laws (Trinity College)…
Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
Conference on Measurement in (Survey) Experiments
Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 8:15 am5:15 pm
Schedule

 

8:30 – 9:15 AM: Breakfast

9:15 – 9:20 AM: Opening Remarks | Yphtach Lelkes

9:20 – 10:00 AM: Session 1 | “Measurement Equivalence as Challenge and Opportunity in Assessing Treatment Effects”

Presenter: Drew Engelhardt …
Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
Conference on Bureaucratic and Interest Group Politics
Fri, Mar 22, 2024
Schedule

 

8:45– 9:30 AM: Breakfast

9:30 – 10:15 AM: Session 1 | “Bypassing Bureaucrats: Policy Outsourcing & Private Sector Contractors”

Presenter: Rachel Potter (University of Virginia) Discussant: Hye Young You (Princeton University)

10:20 – 11:05 AM: …

Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
Race and Policy Feedback Conference
Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 9:30 am4:45 pm
Speakers: Carolyn Barnes (University of Chicago) Hannah Walker (Russell Sage Foundation) Jamila Michener (Cornell University) Mallory SoRelle (Duke University) Traci Burch (Northwestern University) Vesla Weaver (John Hopkins…
Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
Interest Groups and State Parties Conference
Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 8:15 am4:30 pm
Speakers

 

Sarah Anzia (University of California, Berkeley) Michael Barber (Brigham Young University) Alex Garlick (University of Vermont) Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia University) Justin Kirkland 
Faculty, fellows, and graduate students only
CSDP Conference on Housing Politics and Policy
Thu, May 5, 2022, 8:30 amFri, May 6, 2022, 1:30 pm
This conference will bring together social scientists who study the politics surrounding housing policy and the effects of different housing policy regimes on political, economic, and social outcomes. We aim to engage with research across subfields. Natalia Bueno, Assistant Professor, Emory University
By invitation only
Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows visit
Fri, Apr 22, 2022

BY INVITATION ONLY

The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) is again honored to host the Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows. In April 2022, CSDP will host the Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows for the 117th Congress.

The Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows Program (Stennis Fellows)…

By invitation only
CSDP Workshop The Power of Perseverance: Black Politics and American Democracy
Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 8:30 am6:30 pm

Organized by Christine Slaughter, LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, and Ismail White

8:30-9:00am
Breakfast available

9:00-9:15am
Welcome and opening remarks

9:15-10:15am
Mental Health and the Study of Black Politics
D’Andra Orey
Jackson State University

10:15-11:15am
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us…

By invitation only
PRESS Experimental Research Workshop
Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science (PRESS)

 

Our final research workshop of the semester will be taking place this Friday, December 10th, from 12-1:15 pm in Fisher 200. Refreshments will be served, and we will have two graduate students presenting their early-stage experimental research designs. 

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Open to Princeton students, faculty, and fellows working on experimental research design in the social sciences
PRESS Research Workshop
Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science (PRESS) Research Workshops offer graduate students and faculty the opportunity to present experimental designs to receive in-depth feedback before fielding their experiments.

 

We are excited to announce that our first research workshop will be taking place this Friday,…

Open to Princeton students, faculty, and fellows working on experimental research design in the social sciences