Graduate Student Research Lightning Round: Authoritarian Regimes, Contested Spaces

Session Submission Type: Emerging Scholars Lightning Round

Session Description

Lightning Round: Research in Five: Graduate Student Research: Authoritarian Regimes, Contested Spaces

Each scholar will have five minutes to present, followed by five minutes of feedback or Q&A. This format provides a structured framework, giving presenters not only an opportunity to share their research at the world’s largest political science meeting, but also an opportunity to develop and enhance research communication skills through a concise presentation. Each scholar will have five minutes to present, followed by five minutes of feedback or Q&A. This format provides a structured framework, giving presenters not only an opportunity to share their research at the world’s largest political science meeting, but also an opportunity to develop and enhance research communication skills through a concise presentation. Coffee will be available throughout the day for participants.

Sub Unit

• Lightning Rounds

Chair

• Elizabeth Meehan American Political Science Association

Discussants

• Bennett Grubbs American Political Science Asociation

• Elizabeth Meehan American Political Science Association

Individual Presentations

• Authoritarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Rebuilding Public Space - Elena Borzenkova, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Pre-electoral Coalitions in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Ozlem Tuncel, Georgia State University

• Rage against the Regime: Terrorist Groups and the Arab Spring - Mostafa El Sharkawy, University of Michigan

• The Challenge of Nationalism and Populism on Pandemic Response in Romania - Andreea I Mosila, American Public University

• When Dictators' Power Centralization Backfires: Evidence from China (1949-2000) - Jingyang Rui, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• The Indonesian Communist Party's Perspectives towards Islam - Yenni Rosana, University of Cincinnati

• Nigeria's 2019 Social-Media Bill and the Challenges to Curbing Disinformation - Inda Nurudeen Bello, Federal University Lokoja; Joseph Olayinka Fashagba, Federal University Lokoja