Monthly Archives: October 2012

SPIRe Seminar Week 7: “Can’t Buy Me Love? New Evidence on Vote Buying in the United Nations General Assembly.”

SPIRe’s Dr. Samuel Brazys and Dr. Adrian O’Hagan of UCD Statistics will be presenting their paper (along with Prof. Diana Panke of the University of Freiburg) titled “Can’t Buy Me Love? New Evidence on Vote Buying in the United Nations General … Continue reading

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Upcoming Event: “Deliberation in practice: the use of mini-publics in contemporary democracies”

Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street November 2 2012 1.15-5.30pm An event organised by We the Citizens, in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy and the G1000 (Belgium) This event is designed to coincide with the establishment of the Irish government’s … Continue reading

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SPIRe Seminar Week 5: “Auctoritas or Potestas? Personal and Institutional Sources of Individual Political Influence”

This week’s SPIRe seminar series features SPIRe’s Dr. Jos Elkink and Dr. Alex Baturo from the Department of Law and Government at Dublin City University presenting their paper “Auctoritas or Potestas? Personal and Institutional Sources of Individual Political Influence” from … Continue reading

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