Research seminar: DIGSSCORE Launch Event
The research seminar is held on Wednesday June 15th. For guests staying at the Solstrand Hotel there will be a breakfast before the morning session.
Main content
09:00-10:00 - Morning session
09:00 Paper 1
"Controlling Negative Bias towards Muslims in Western Europe: Comparative Survey Experiments on Majority Support for Islamic Schools"
Presenter: Robert Ford, Manchester
Co-authors: Scott Blinder, Amherst; Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Bergen; Maria Oskarsson, Gothenburg
Discussant: Chris Parker
09:30 Paper 2
"Asylum seekers in your neighborhood: Anticipating and experiencing the establishment of asylum seeker facilities in Norwegian local communities"
Presenter: Hege Høivik Bye, Bergen
Co-authors: Susanne Bygnes, Bergen. and Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Bergen
Discussant: Leonie Huddy
10:00 Paper 3
"The Attitudinal Roots of the Norwegian Progress Party"
Presenter: Christopher Parker, University of Washington
Co-author: Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Bergen
Discussant: Stefan Dahlberg
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Paper 4
"The influence of polls on attitudes towards accepting Syrian refugees and other issues"
Presenter: Sveinung Arnesen, Bergen
Co-authors: Mikael Poul Johannesson, Bergen; Stefan Dahlberg, Gothenburg; and Jonas Linde, Bergen
Discussant: Annelies Blom
11:30 Paper 5
"The election campaign serves different purposes for different voters"
Presenter: Bjarte Folkestad, Uni Rokkan
Co-authors: Sveinung Arnesen, Bergen, and Mikael Johannesson, Bergen.
Discussant: Hilmar Mjelde
12:00 Paper 6
"You'll Never Walk Alone: An Experimental study on Receiving Money"
Presenter: Sigve Tjøtta, Bergen
Discussant: Marcel Das
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 - Afternoon session
13:30 Paper 7
"Delaying the action: Climate Change as Distant Threat"
Presenter: Eva Kysela, Prague
Co-authors: Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Bergen,and Endre Tvinnereim, Uni Research
Discussant: Odd Gåsdal
14:00 Paper 8
"Dynamics of Opinion formation within a parliamentary multi-party system"
Presenter: Åsta Nordø; Bergen
Discussant: Robert Ford
14:30 Paper 9
"What should be done about climate change?"
Presenter: Endre Tvinnereim, UniRokkan
Co-authors: Åsta Dyrnes Nordø; Kjersti Fløttum, Mikael Poul Johanesson, Øyvind Gjerstad, Lise Lund Bjånesøy (all University of Bergen)
Discussant: Ottar Hellevik
15:00 Paper 10
"Courts and Public Opinion"
Presenter: Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo and CMI
Discussant: Gisle Andersen
15:30 Closing remarks
16:00 Departure