Conference and Plenary Session, September 2009

CSES Conference
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Conference Agenda

09:00-09:30 Welcome

09:30-12:30 Session I: Turnout Chair: Ola Pettersson, International IDEA
Discussant: Pedro Magalhães, Lisbon University

1. 1. Electoral Supply and Voter Engagement
      Christopher J. Anderson, Cornell University; and Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University
   2. The Impact of Cosmopolitan Communications on Civic Engagement
      Pippa Norris, Harvard University; and Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan
   3. Does Proportional Representation Boost Turnout: A Political Knowledge-based Explanation
      Christopher J. Anderson, Cornell University; and Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University
   4. Economic Inequality and Electoral Participation. A Cross-Country Evaluation
      Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP

13:30-16:30 Session II: Youth and Generations Chair: Miriam Lapp, Elections Canada
Discussant: Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP

1. 1. Voter Preregistration Programs
      Michael P. McDonald, George Mason University
   2. Youth and Participation in the Political Process in South Asia (with a special focus on India)
      Sandeep Shastri, Jain University and Lokniti
   3. The Direct and Indirect Determinants of Electoral Participation. New Insight from Structural Equation Modeling
      François Gélineau, Université Laval; and Alexandre Morin-Chassé, Université Laval
   4. Family, Religion and Electoral Participation in Canada: An Intergenerational Comparative Analysis
      Livianna S. Tossutti, Brock University

16:30-17:00 Wrap-up

17:00-18:00 Oxford University Press Series Meeting

Conference Participants

The CSES conference was open to the public.

CSES Plenary Session
Monday, September 7, 2009

Plenary Agenda

09:00-09:30 Welcome
09:30-10:00 Announcements and Updates
10:00-10:30 CSES Module 4 Planning Committee
10:30-12:00 CSES Module 4 Substantive Theme

• The CSES: Achievements and Future Options
  Jack Vowles, University of Exeter

13:00-15:30 CSES Module 4 Substantive Theme (continued)
15:30-16:00 Wrap-up and Adjourn

Plenary Participants

John Aldrich, Duke University, United States
Ulises Beltrán, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica (CIDE), Mexico
André Blais, University of Montreal, Canada
Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Jessica Fortin, CSES Secretariat, GESIS, Germany
Rachel Gibson, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University, Canada
Linda Luz B. Guerrero, Social Weather Stations, Philippines
David Howell, CSES Secretariat, University of Michigan, United States
Chi Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, University of Granada and ASEP, Spain
Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Germany
Pedro Magalhaes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Radoslaw Markowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Ian McAllister, The Australian National University, Australia
Neil Nevitte, University of Toronto, Canada
Yoshitaka Nishizawa, Doshisha University, Japan
Heikki Paloheimo, University of Tampere, Finland
Alain Pelletier, Elections Canada, Canada
Ola Pettersson, International IDEA, Sweden
Hans Rattinger, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
Nick Ruderman, University of Toronto, Canada
Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sandeep Shastri, Jain University and Lokniti, India
Jack Vowles, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Bernhard Weßels, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Germany