DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 2016 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES ARASH ABIZADEH Conferences: “The Promise of Sortition.”, Roundtable, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Sept. 1–4, 2016 “Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure.”, Department of Politics, University of York, June 16, 2016 “Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure.”, Just World Institute, University of Edinburgh, June 15, 2016 “Subjectivism, Instrumentalism, and Prudentialism about Reasons: On the Normativity of Instrumental Transmission.”, Foundations of Normativity Workshop, University of Edinburgh, June 13–14, 2016 “The Special-Obligations Challenge to More Open Borders.”, Nathanson Centre, Osgoode Hall, Feb. 5, 2016 “Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure.”, UCLA Political Theory Workshop, Jan. 29, 2016 Workshops: “Representation, Bicameralism, and Sortition: Reconstituting the Senate as a Randomly Selected Citizen Assembly”, Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, workshop on Representation, Bicameralism, and Sortition: With Application to the Canadian Senate, 2016 LEONARDO BACCINI Conferences: APSA, Philadelphia, September 2016 IPES, Duke University, November 2016 Political Economy of Reforms, University of Mannheim, December 2016 Workshops: Workshop organized by International Organization, University of Pennsylvania, June 2016 Workshop on international organizations, Rice University, November 2016 Seminar in Political Economy, Yale University, September 2016 MANUEL BALAN Conferences: La imagen es el mensaje. Un análisis empírico de la polarización mediática, MESO Second Annual Congress. Buenos Aires Argentina, October 28, 2016 Talk with FAP, group of Argentinean Politicians visiting Montreal UQAM, Montreal, October 6, 2016 Roundtable on the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, McGill University, Montreal, September 15, 2016 Understanding Media Polarization in Latin America, XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, New York, NY, May 27-30, 2016 Key Note Address, SLASummit McGill, Montreal, March 18, 2016 The Availability and Use of Information, SSMU Last Chance Lecture, McGill University, Montreal, April 20, 2016 Workshops: PSSA Research Brunch, McGill University, Montreal, March 15, 2016 Discussant, organizer, ISID Research Event at Annual Conference on Inequality, McGill University, Montreal, March 10, 2016 ÉRIC BÉLANGER Conferences: Total of 4 paper presentations at professional meetings or at conferences held at the following places: American Political Science Association (Philadelphia); Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (University of Kent); Conference on The State of Democratic Citizenship in Canada (UQAM); Conference on Youth Political Participation: The Diverse Roads to Democracy (McGill), 2016 MEGAN BRADLEY Conferences: ‘UNHCR and IOM: Power and authority in the emerging global forced migration regime’ (co- authored work presented by James Milner), Carleton University, Ottawa, 11 March 2016 Workshops: Convened CIPSS works in progress seminars, McGill, Various dates, 2016 Chair, Session on “Access, safety and security for peace operations and humanitarians working alongside them,” Conference on New Trends in UN-led Peacekeeping, McGill, 21 October 2016 MARK BRAWLEY Workshops: “The Euro: Problems and Solutions,”, International Management Association, McGill University, February 16, 2016 Multilateralism and Global Alignments Panel, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Annual Conference, February 12, 2016 REX BRYNEN Conferences: Addressing Gender Issues in a Humanitarian Crisis Game , National Defense University, Washington, DC, February 2016 Analytical Gaming and Mass Atrocity Prevention, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, February 2016 Gaming the Semi-Cooperative: Peace Operations, HADR, and Beyond, RAND Gaming Center, Washington, DC, February 2016 Here (Very Likely) Be Dragons: The Challenges of Strategic Forecasting, International Studies Association annual conference, Atlanta, March 2016 Urban Conflict in Gaza, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, April 2016 Gaming and Innovation, Simnovate conference, McGill University, May 2016 AFTERSHOCK: Gaming Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Department of Defence, Ottawa, May 2016 The Social Science of Gaming, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 A Personal Journey Through (Sometimes) Serious Gaming, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 The Challenge of Gaming Information Operations, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 Managing Player and Client Engagement, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 Matrix Gaming ISIS: Insights and Limitations, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 AFTERSHOCK: Gaming Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 Gaming MSW and Hybrid warfare, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 Gaming ‘Messy’ Problems: Migration, UK Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth, UK, June 2016 Games-Based Analysis, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK, September 2016 Ten (Not Entirely-Randomly Generated) Reflections on the Social Science of Gaming, King’s College, London, September 2016 Seeing Gray: Findings from an Atlantic Council Crisis Simulation, US Special Operations Command (videoconference), October 2016 Designing AFTERSHOCK, Duke University, October 2016 Gaming in Support of the (late) Middle East Peace Process, Duke University, October 2016 Palestinian Refugee Compensation, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December 2016 Workshops: Governance Challenges of Forced Migration, University of Ottawa, March 2016 Palestinian Refugee Compensation, University of Pittsburgh, April 2016 Serious Games for Policy Analysis, Simnovate conference, McGill University, May 2016 Simulating Mass Atrocity Prevention in Iraq, Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies, June 2016 US Engagement in the Middle East (Co-organizer) Atlantic Council, Washington DC, June 2016 Wargaming in the Classroom, US Army War College, Carlisle, PA, August 2016 AFTERSHOCK: A Humanitarian Crisis Game, UK Standing Joint Force HQ, London, September 2016 Gaming and Simulation-Based Learning National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, VA, October 2016 United Nations Relief and Works Agency, University of Exeter, December 2016 Modelling Coup Dynamics Using a Matrix Game Methodology, Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, UK, December 2016 ELISABETH GIDENGIL Conferences: “Gender and Candidate Communication: Is there a ‘Double Bind’?”, University of Amsterdam, 22/9/16 Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “The Final battles.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Prairie Political Science Association, Banff, 10/9/16 Filip Kostelka, André Blais and Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “Is the Gender Gap Over? Evidence from Subnational, National and Supranational Elections.” Paper prepared for presentation at the 2016 general conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Prague, 7/9/16 Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “Program participation and Young Adults’ Political Engagement.” Paper prepared for presentation at the “Youth Political Participation: the Diverse Roads to democracy” conference, Montreal, 16/6/16 Elisabeth Gidengil, Delia Dumitrescu and Dietlind Stolle (2016) “Gender and Candidate Communication: Is there a ‘Double Bind’?” Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, 2/6/16 Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “The Impact of Program Participation on Participation in Politics and Civic Life.” Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, 31/5/16 André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, Peter John Loewen, Daniel Rubenson and Laura Stephenson (2016) “Are Voters More Likely to Desert a Party When They Are Informed that it is Not Viable?” Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 8/4/16 Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “The Impact of Program Participation on Participation in Politics and Civic Life.” Paper prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 8/4/16 Workshops: Elisabeth Gidengil (2016) “Accountability in Multilevel Elections.”, Paper prepared for presentation at the Making Electoral Democracy Work colloquium, McGill, 17/6/16 Panelist, “Addressing Representational Deficits,” presented at “Should We Change How We Vote? Evaluating Canada’s Electoral System,” McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Montreal, 1/11/16 Discussant 2 panels, Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, 1/6/16 Discussant 1 panel, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 8/4/16 JULIET JOHNSON Conferences: “Illusive Stability: Central Banks and the Social Construction of Money”, International Political Economy Network, University of Ottawa, 1/16 “What Did Central Bankers Learn about Monetary Policy from the Global Financial Crisis?”, Co- authored with Vincent Arel-Bundock and Vladislav Portniaguine, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 3/16 “What Did Central Bankers Learn about Monetary Policy from the Global Financial Crisis?”, Co- authored with Vincent Arel-Bundock and Vladislav Portniaguine, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Pisa, 4/16 Keynote Address - "Financial Nationalism in