Past CDDRL Events
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Past Events
Lauren Young — Let Them Be Warned Not To Play With Fire: Understanding Electoral Repression in Zimbabwe
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Lauren Young
Maya Tudor — The Tongues We Speak: How Monolingual Nationalism Feeds Democratic Decline
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Room E-008, Garden Level
Encina Hall (616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
This is a hybrid event; only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Virtual participation is open to the public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
- Maya Tudor
Mary Elise Sarotte — Post-Cold War Era as History
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Encina Hall (616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
This is a hybrid event. For virtual participation, if prompted for a password, use: 123456
- Mary Elise Sarotte
Saumitra Jha — Seeing Green: The Effects of Financial Exposures on Support for Climate Action
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the William J. Perry Conference Room may attend in person.
Tragedy, Triumph, or Both? Israel After Two Years of War — Webinar With Nadav Eyal
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Maria Nagawa — Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Conference Room E-008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Claire Adida — Overcoming Barriers to Women's Political Participation: Evidence from Nigeria
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the Philippines Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
2025 Global Development Postdoctoral Fellows Conference
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific)
Landau Economics Building
Lucas Conference Center
579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford
Open to Stanford affiliates only.
Pathways to Freedom: Defending Political Prisoners and Democracy – The Case of Jesús Armas
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room
Encina Hall, Second Floor, Central, C231
Open to Stanford affiliates only. Registration is not required.
- Lilian Tintori,
- Waleed Shawky,
- Gulika Reddy
2025 CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Program Award Winner Presentations
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
In-person only.
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to room E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Psychology Building 420 — Main Quad, Classroom 041 (Lower Level)
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg. 420-041, Stanford
This event is in-person and open to the public. Registration is required.
- Alison Kamhi,
- Antonio López,
- DeCarol Davis,
- Pamela Karlan
- Hakeem Jefferson,
- Karina Kloos,
- (and co-organized by Gillian Slee.)
More Than Red Vs. Blue: Stories, Struggles, And Strengths In Rural America
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific)
Hoover Institution, George P. Shultz Building, Shultz Auditorium
426 Galvez Mall, Stanford
- Jonathan Rodden,
- Nicholas Jacobs
Climate Resilience and Local Governmental Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv
The conference was held at Paul Brest Hall on Stanford's campus. Two-hundred people attended. Read about it in the news.
Who Governs AI? Inside the Rise of a New Empire
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM (Pacific)
Stanford Graduate School Business — Patterson Building P102
655 Knight Way, Stanford
- Karen Hao
- Evan Epstein
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Room E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Natalia Forrat
Supporting Shari’a in a Secular State: Understanding Public Opinion in Turkey
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons Room 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford
Assessing the Risks of Democratic Backsliding in the U.S.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Room E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Paul Pierson
Roundtable | Indigenous Education, Racism, Territorial Autonomy and Forced Disappearances in Latin America: Learning from the Otros Saberes Perspective
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Ground Floor, East Wing
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Aida Hernández,
- Alberto Díaz-Cayeros,
- Diana Gómez Correal,
- Rocío del Pilar Moreno,
- Sabrina Melenotte
Roundtable | Governance in the Arab World: New Research Agendas
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall E008, Garden-level East (616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
This event is open to Stanford-affiliates only.
- Alexandra Domike Blackman,
- Diana B. Greenwald,
- Salma Mousa,
- Christiana Parreira,
- David Siddhartha Patel,
- Lisa Blaydes
Electoral Margins and Political Competition
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Room E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Clémence Tricaud
Political Dread & Personal Power: Book Talk with Özge Samancı on Evil Eyes Sea
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Second Floor, East Wing, E207
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Featuring Amir Tibon
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Bechtel Conference Center (Encina Hall, First floor, Central)
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Registration is required to attend.
- Amir Tibon
Executive Director of "The American Conservative": A Conversation on Trade and Foreign Policy
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Gunn Building G101
655 Knight Way, Stanford
Gender and Violence: A Workshop on Research and Practice
Gunn SIEPR Building
Doll 320 (third floor)
Registration is by invitation only. Please contact Kim Juárez Jensen to request to be added to the invitation list.
Global Perspectives on Life Under Authoritarianism
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Second Floor, East Wing, E207
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Anna Grzymała-Busse,
- Jovana Lazic,
- Haiyan Lee,
- Hesham Sallam,
- Ali Yaycioglu