APSA 2026 Pre-Conference
Harvard University ยท Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Our first conference was held on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at Harvard University as a pre-conference to APSA 2026: a full day of panels in William James Hall followed by a poster session in CGIS Knafel. Thank you to everyone who presented, discussed, and attended.
Poster awards
The poster session featured a wide array of topics and methods, and every poster was phenomenal. Two received poster awards:
- ๐ Mert Bayraktar โ Striking Back: Commodity Shocks and Anti-Union Violence in Colombia
- ๐ Murat Akdogan โ When Democracy Still Constrains: The Microfoundations of Democratic Accountability Under Party-Democracy Conflict
Congratulations to both!
Program
Sponsors
The 2026 conference was supported by the Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.