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Notes from the Political Studies Association Undergraduate Conference 2024

"I had the honor to present my research 'Digital Forums for Policy Making' at the Political Studies Association (UK)..."

Notes from the Political Studies Association Undergraduate Conference 2024

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I had the honor to present my research 'Digital Forums for Policy Making' at the Political Studies Association (UK) 2024 Undergraduate Conference held on the 11th and 12th of April 2024.

This article contains my notes on several of my fellow panelists' presentations. I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to ask them questions on their work.

My own research is not covered here, as I plan to write and speak on it separately.

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Notes:

1) Liam McLaughlin (University of Edinburgh)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-p-mclaughlin/

Presentation: An excellent piece on interpreting global trade by moving towards a Ricardian 'Thermadorian Reaction' model of international political economy.

Notes on McLaughlin's research:

  • Detailed statistically significant evidence for a 'Ricardian' trade model that overcomes the 'Identification Problem'.
  • Outlined the beginnings of a Ricardian political economy approach to 'slowbalisation'.
  • Developed and shared new computerizations of statistical techniques.

2) Josh Kerrigan (University of Glasgow)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-kerrigan/

Presentation: An updated look at the nature of authoritarianism in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the scholarly arguments for the resilience of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rule and the possibility of future democratization.

Notes on Kerrigan's research:

  • The 'Xi Effect'. Named after the current leader of the PRC's party-state, Xi Jinping, it relates to the re-centralization of power around the CCP and Xi Jinping. Xi is the most powerful figure in the PRC since Mao Zedong, the founding statesman and revolutionary who died in 1976.
  • The CCP's track record in weathering democratizing pressure that has challenged its hegemony over the past decades.
  • Long-term pressures starting to show cracks in the CCP's armor.

3) Candela Ortega Garcia (University of Aberystwyth)

https://www.instagram.com/candeeortg/

Presentation: A fascinating exploration of how 'Neo-Liberal Language' limits us to certain frames of thinking.

Notes on Ortega Garcia's research:

  • The concept of a 'Strait-language' (like a straightjacket) that limits ways of thinking.
  • The concept that there exists a cross-linguistical political language.
  • Language/vocabulary as a reflection of the collective consciousness.
  • Language/vocabulary is contagious.
  • (On format of the presentation) Ingenious use of poetry to frame the topic and invite reflection.

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