Lightning Rounds: Graduate Student Research

(Paper) Climate Change and Health Policy: A Synthetic Difference-in-Differences Approach - Sonali Singh, University of Texas at Dallas

(Paper) How the Chinese Government Constructs State Idols to Compete for Online Attention - Yating Zhang, Hong Kong Univerisity of Science and Technology

(Paper) Patriotism or Pressure? China’s Ontological Security in South China Sea Dispute - Zheng Zhou, Sciences Po

(Paper) Repression beyond Borders: China’s Informational Autocracy and Non-State Control - SiLang Huang, University of Toronto

(Paper) Threat Multiplier? The Impact of Climate Migration on Existing Conflicts - Anna Garner, Columbia University

(Paper) The Effect of Election Misinformation on Twitter (X) on Youth Voters - Jane Rolland Grady, University of Florida

(Paper) Social Media Misinformation and Decline in Interstate Socio-Economic Relations - Adeshewa Ibrahim, Southern Illinois University; Akinbiyi Oyekunle, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

(Paper - Virtual) Drives Digital Payment Adoption? A Multi-Level Approach in Peru - Ghita Chraibi, University of Virginia

Jana von Stein The Australian National University

Sverrir Steinsson University of Toronto