Policy, Elections, And Representation Lab
@PEARL_Munk
Policy, Elections, And Representation Lab (PEARL) at the @munkschool at @uoft | Director: @peejloewen
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Big news! Data from our joint project with Policy, Elections, And Representation Lab on measuring public opinion on AI is featured in the annual Stanford HAI #AIIndex2024 (@indexingai). 'Global Public Opinion on AI' was led by SRI Associate Director Peter Loewen.
Read all about it: uoft.me/ap8
Extraversion predicts engagement in diverse discussions on Facebook. Unexpectedly, openness to new experiences showed no significant influence. These hold across topics (Politics and Covid) and space (CA, US, FR, UK)!
+ I had a great time working with Shelley Boulianne! 🙌
I'll be presenting findings from a new project with @liorsheffer: 'What do #politicians think about government paternalism?' at #MPSA2024 / #MPSA24 , Fri, April 5, 1:15 to 2:45pm CDT. Join us if you are interested in #paternalism or #elite attitudes! tinyurl.com/yl73ryhl
Thomas Galipeau will present our paper 'Party or Policy?' tomorrow at the panel 'Issue Positions and Voter Choice'(11:30 CDT). We find that implicit party cues in partisan policies do not influence vote choice in the Canadian context #MPSA2024 Policy, Elections, And Representation Lab
Thrilled to share our new publication: 'The gender gap in attitudes toward workplace technological change' with Sophie Borwein, Peter Loewen, Bart Bonikowski and Blake Lee-Whiting in SASE academic.oup.com/ser/article-ab…
New publication by our post-doc Sarah Lachance with Edana Beauvais in CJPS_RCSP!
Check it out 👉
New publication in Scientific Reports by Blake Lee-Whiting and Peter Loewen: 'Under what conditions do citizens support coercive vaccine-related public policies?'
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Now in EJPR journal: Are Politicians Democratic Realists? Social scientists debate whether voters are competent participants in the political game, but where politicians stand on this question is far more consequential, and yet we know virtually nothing about their views. /1
New paper out today! Along w/ Ethan Meyers & Jonathan Fugelsang, we show that engaging in detail-oriented, explanatory reflection ⬇️ receptivity to some types of misleading info but not others. ⬆️ reflxn also ineffective at reducing guru effects. (1/9) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Join CBC Ideas’ host Nahlah Ayed and renowned international experts Joan Donovan, Michael Wagner, and Renée DiResta for a conversation focused on better understanding the power and influence that platforms have on society. Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫 🏳️🌈 Mike Wagner Renee DiResta
New paper by our Research Fellow, Blake Lee-Whiting and colleagues, in the The Conversation Canada: 'The kids are alright: Aspiring political staffers are altruistically motivated'
theconversation.com/the-kids-are-a…
Aujourd'hui à 15h30 au C-4019, Thomas Galipeau nous présente “Political Party or Policy Position? The Role of Policy Partisanship and Party Cues in Voter Decision-Making.”
À tout de suite!
chairedemocratie.com/fr/2023/09/21/…
🚨Just three weeks until the Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨We have a great lineup of papers and posters. Register now and join us Munk School Sep29&30 Peter Loewen Caitlin Andrews-Lee eventbrite.com/e/2023-toronto…
Now in Political Psychology: Why do politicians constantly misperceive public opinion? In a study of >800 politicians led by Julie Sevenans (@UAntwerpen), we show that their errors in judgment are largely the result of *projection* - that is, /1
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/po…
