Upcoming Speakers

Data Collection Resources
September 26 & 27

September 26th:
GDP - Hermanus Smith (UN Statistic Division)

Gini Index - Nishant Yonzan (World Bank)

Freedom House - Cathryn Grothe (Freedom House)

September 27th:
HDI - Rehana Mohammed (UN Development Programme)

Transparency Index - Gary Kalman (Transparency International)

International Religious Freedom - Scott Weiner & Keely Bakken (USCIRF)

Social and Political Cleavages
October 17 & 18

UK - Richard Ashcroft (UC Berkeley)

Russia - Rebecca Johnston (Kansas University)

China - Andrew Nathan (Columbia University)

Mexico - Claudio Holzner (University of Utah)

Nigeria - Isong Ibokette (Boston University)

Iran - Sajedah Goudarzi (Rutgers)

Social Movements & Adaptation of Policy
November 14 & 15

Tuesday November 14
Nigeria - Sam Cherribi (Emory University)

Mexico - Cody Joseph Love (UNC)

Iran - Negar-Sadat Razavi (Princeton University)

Wednesday November 15

Russia - Lisa Booth (University of Florida)

UK - Michael Mosser (UTexas)

China - Xiaobo Lu (Columbia University)

Current Events
December 5 & 6

Russia - Melissa Samarin (UC Berkeley)

Mexico - Sarah Birke (Economist)

Iran - Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University Mankato)

UK - Hajnalka Vincze - Foreign Policy Research Institute

China - Tom Christensen (Columbia)

Nigeria -David Olali (University of Georgia)

Judicial Systems
January 9 & 10

China - John Kennedy (Kansas University)

Executive Systems
January 30 & 31

Xiaobo Lu (Columbia University)

Iran - Mehdi Faraj (University of Southern California)

Legislative Systems
February 27 & 28

UK - Amie Kreppel (University of Florida)

Russia - Bryon Moraski (University of Florida)

China - Andrew Nathan (Columbia University)

Iran - Vahid Abedini (Florida International University)

Economics
March 12 & 13

China - Junyan Jiang (Columbia University)

Elections & Political Participation
April 2 & 3

Russia - Anton Shirkov (University of Kansas)

China - John Kennedy (University of Kansas)

Nigeria - Melvin Ayogu (Emory University)

Upcoming Speakers

Data Collection Resources September 26 & 27

Social and Political Cleavages October 17 & 18

Social Movements & Adaptation of Policy November 14 & 15

Current Events December 5 & 6

Judicial Systems January 9 & 10

Executive Systems January 30 & 31

Legislative Systems February 27 & 28

Economics March 12 & 13

Elections & Political Participation April 2 & 3