UNU-WIDER Research Fellows present at the American Political Science Association's Annual Conference

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist takes part in the 117th American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting & Exhibition from 28 September to 3 October 2021. Two sessions will feature presentations of WIDER Working Papers she has co-authored:

COVID-19 in Comparative Context (00:00 - 01:30 UTC+3, 29 September 2021)

Chair: Nancy E. Wright 
Discussant: Kelly M. McMann
Paper Presentations:

• COVID-19 Lockdown Policies Weaken Civic Attitudes in the United States and Europe
• Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Respond to COVID-19
• Regime Types and the Real World Oligarchy in the Shadow of COVID-19
• National and International Influences on Pandemic Response and Lockdowns (forthcoming)

Political Inequality: Causes and Effects (00:00 - 1:30 UTC+3, 2 October 2021) 

Chair: Daewoo Lee
Discussants: Santiago Anria and Juan Ariel Bogliaccini
Papers:

• Consequences of Inequality: Distributive Fairness and Political Efficacy
• Social Mobility and Horizontal Inequality: A Model, with Illustrations
• Migration and Conflict in the Developing World – The Case of South Africa