Poster Session

APSA 2026 Pre-Conference · Harvard · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The poster session ran 5:00 – 7:00 in CGIS Knafel, Fisher Family Commons, with a happy hour and pizza, followed by the Poster Session Awards and concluding remarks from Gal, Sam, and Jack. See the award winners.

Each poster had one discussant.

Political Violence Against Masses, Elites, and the State

• Haley Daarstad — The Rise of Criminal Violence Against Political Actors and its Influence on Candidate Selection in Mexico
  • Discussant: Josephine Lechartre
• Giordano Nestola — Beyond Ideological Sorting: Citizens’ Evaluation of Real-World Violent Political Actors
  • Discussant: Miku Matsunaga
• Dorit Daria Shmuelli and Reut Itzkovitch Malka — Recruitment and Representation in Israeli Local Politics
  • Discussant: Keren Levy Ganany Snider

State Repression, Mass Movements, and Mass Violence

• Mert Bayraktar — Striking Back: Commodity Shocks and Anti-Union Violence in Colombia 🏆 Poster Award
  • Discussant: Angela Alonso
• Paul Binder — Explaining the Geography of Discontent: How Economic Shocks Affect the Spatial Dynamics of Protest
  • Discussant: Neeraj Prasad
• Hongzhe (Simon) Sun — Is the Civil War Still Going On?
  • Discussant: George Melios

Violence in International Relations

• Michael Cerny — Disciplining the Democratic Peace: A Partial Identification Approach
  • Discussant: Jack Rametta
• Matthew Koo — Who Stays Loyal? Security Personnel Support in Authoritarian and Democratic Elections
  • Discussant: Hojung Joo

Democratic Backsliding and Accountability

• Murat Akdogan — When Democracy Still Constrains: The Microfoundations of Democratic Accountability Under Party-Democracy Conflict 🏆 Poster Award
  • Discussant: Amnon Cavari