Main Panels

Panel structure

5 min — Introduction to panel from Chair

30 min per paper

  • 5 min — Introduction from author(s)
    • Research question + hypotheses
    • Data + design
    • Results 1
    • Results 2
    • Takeaways
  • 5 min — Primary discussant
  • 5 min — Secondary discussant
  • 15 min — Discussion

25 min — Open discussion across all papers

Panel 1 — Comparative Perspectives on Political Violence

Chair: Hojung Joo (Harvard University)

  • Angela Alonso — Lethal Political Violence in Brazil (2003–2023)
    • Primary discussant: Regina Bateson
    • Secondary discussant: Hilary Izatt
  • Sophia Solomon — Ultra-Hooligans and the Political Mechanism of Sports Violence
    • Primary discussant: Josephine Lechartre
    • Secondary discussant: Sam Fuller
  • George Melios — Propaganda, Mobilisation, and Repression in Greece
    • Primary discussant: Lennart Schürmann
    • Secondary discussant: Amnon Cavari

Panel 2 — The Effect of Personal Experience and Social Norms on (Anti-)Democratic Attitudes and Support for Political Violence

Chair: Marko Kljajic (Harvard University)

  • Miku Matsunaga — Does Right-Wing Extremist Violence Increase Polarization?
    • Primary discussant: Sam Fuller
    • Secondary discussant: Giordano Nestola
  • Daniel Goldstein — The Moral Question: Norms and Anti-System Politics
    • Primary discussant: Lucas Woodley
    • Secondary discussant: Marko Kljajic
  • Josephine Lechartre and Regina Bateson — Human Rights or Criminals’ Rights? How Crime and Insecurity Undermine Support for Human Rights in Latin America
    • Primary discussant: Gal Bitton
    • Secondary discussant: Angela Alonso