The LSEUPR is excited to announce more details of our annual undergraduate research conference. If this research topic sounds interesting to you – be sure to attend the LSEUPR Annual Conference to hear all about it!
| Opening Session | |||
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Welcoming | ||
| 14:05 – 14:10 | Opening Speech by Bosco Hung (Research Director) | ||
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Keynote speech by Professor Paul Kelly (Head of Department) | ||
| 14:20 – 14:25 | Conference instructions | ||
| Presentation Session 1 | |||
| International Politics | Political Behaviour | Political Sociology | |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Nationalization as a Strategy to Resist Economic Sanctions
Jeffrey Love (LSE) |
Presidential Coattails in Congressional Elections 2004-2020
William Bruce (University of Sheffield) |
Policing the Campus: University of Utah Student and Faculty Satisfaction with Campus Police
Ermiya Fanaeian (University of Utah) |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Localizing Justice: Collective and Moral Reparations at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Mel Britt (University of California, Berkeley) |
The differential impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on Political Sensitivity Bias in Local Opinion Polls
Dianyi Yang (LSE) |
Measuring Social Class: An Assessment of the Reliability of Occupation-based Measures of Social Class in English Electoral Analysis
Charlie Glover (University of Leeds) |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Conceptualising China’s Belt and Road Initiative: An “Open” Spatial Fix
Matteo Shiner (University of Manchester) |
Medicare Coverage as a Determinant of Trust in the U.S. Government
Lincoln Dow (New York University) |
Elites and climate change: How does the UK’s economic elite think and act about climate change?
Emma Somos, Bruno Dunda, Wangyuan Qu, Akshatha Giridhar, Yiwen Wu, Linea Petrela Paiement, Pok Yuen Skylor Ko (LSE) |
| Break | |||
| 15:40 – 15:50 | Break and switching rooms | ||
| Presentation Session 2 | |||
| Comparative Politics | Gender | Public Policy/Contentious Politics | |
| 15:50 – 16:15 |
New Enigmatic Coalitions under the BJP System: The Case of Bihar Soumyadeep Chowdhury (St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) under University of Calcutta) |
Nothing is Coming to Save Us: Arendt, Feminist New-Materialism, and World-Making for Good Death
James Crawford (University of California, Berkeley) |
Behavioural Science as a New Policy Tool – Can Nudge Work in Governments Around the World?
Kristina Bosilj (University of Manchester) |
| 16:15 – 16:40 | Sweep of the Broom: Evaluating the Emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab
Vishwaa Sofat (University of California, Berkeley) |
How do notions of masculinity and nationalism explain the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Kristiana Kalvane (University of Manchester) |
Socio-Territorial Movements during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Shanghai, China
David Wang (LSE) |
| Closing Session | |||
| 16:40 – 16:45 | Re-joining the main room | ||
| 16:45 – 16:50 | Prize giving of the Annual Essay Competition to Magnus Alexander Gravell | ||
| 16:50 – 16:55 | Final farewell from LSEUPR by Meghna Abrol (Editor-in-Chief) | ||
Register your interest in joining the online conference at 1400-1700 BST on 5/6/2023 (Mon) using this form: https://forms.gle/RNV1x8QNfvbkpRB4A
Conference Abstract Book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4WI2z98-4VbhIXEfNw-7-oYC3lNErGN/view
