POLICY DIALOGUE DAY 2018”New Research = Better Policies: Insights on Democracy, Governance, and Armed Conflict”

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 10.00-17:30Wallenberg Conference Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden

Welcome!

We are pleased to invite you to the Policy Dialogue Day 2018“New Research = Better Policies: Insights on Democracy,Governance, and Armed Conflict” in Gothenburg, Sweden,May 30, 2018.

This year’s Policy Dialogue Day is organized by the V-Dem(Varieties of Democracy) Institute, the QoG (Quality ofGovernment) Institute, GLD-Gothenburg (Program forGovernance and Local Development), UCPD (UppsalaConflict Data Program) and ViEWS (a Political Violence Early-Warning System).

The annual Policy Dialogue conference bridges the gapbetween analysis and practice and aims to shed light onquestions relating to democracy support and governance. Theconference serves as a meeting platform for practitioners,policy makers, and academics.

We would be delighted if you were able to join us for thisimportant event. To sign-up, please contact NataliaStepanova at natalia.stepanova@v-dem.net.

Program09.00-10.00 Registration & Coffee

10.00-10.45 Welcome & Keynote Speech

10.45-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-12.15 Parallel Sessions

Session 1: "Gendering Governance, Conflict, andDemocracy: The Role of Women in Development andForeign Policy”

Session 2: “Public Goods and Fractionalisation: HowEthnicity and Religion Impact Efficient Service Deliveryand Redistribution”

Session 3: “What is the Best Sequence? Timing inDemocratization, Peace- and Statebuilding”

12.15-13.45 Lunch

13.45-15.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 4: "The Politics of Decay: Corruption andClientelism Revisited"

Session 5: "Unwanted Change: Patterns of Success andFailure in Democratization and Peacebuilding"

Session 6: “Measuring and Predicting Success andFailure in Governance, Democracy and Conflict”

15.00-15.30 Coffee Break

Open invitation to discuss recent survey results on publicsupport for redistribution and cohesion policy incollaboration with Horizon 2020 and PERCEIVE.

15.30-16.30 Plenary Session

“How do we know what works: Current Trends in CausalInference and the Evaluation of International AssistancePrograms”.

Reflections & Closing Remarks

16.30-17.30 Reception

Organizers

V-Dem is a new approach to conceptualizing andmeasuring democracy. https://www.v-dem.net/en/

The QoG Institute conducts and promotes research on thenature, causes, and consequences of the Quality ofGovernment. http://qog.pol.gu.se

GLD-Gothenburg aims to explain variation in governance andlocal development in an effort to promote human welfareglobally. http://gld.gu.se

UCDP is the world’s main provider of data on organizedviolence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civilwar. http://ucdp.uu.se

ViEWS is a rigorous data-based system that will provide earlywarnings for the forms of political violence recorded bythe UCDP.http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/views/

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Program (1)

Time, Room Event/Session

09.00-10.00Entrance Hall

Registration & Coffee

10.00-10.45Wallenbergsalen

Welcome SpeechChair: Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (Director V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg)Prof. Mattias Goksör (Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg)

Keynote Speech “Practitioners and Researchers: What Can We Learn from Each Other?”Ms. Ana María Menéndez (Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General on Policy, United Nations)

Highlights from the HostsProf. Staffan I. Lindberg (Director V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg)Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr (Director QoG Institute, University of Gothenburg)Prof. Ellen Lust (Director GLD, University of Gothenburg)Prof. Håvard Hegre (ViEWS and UCDP, Uppsala University)

10.45-11.00Entrance Hall

Coffee Break

11.00-12.15 Paralell Sessions

Room: Antarktis Room: Europe Room: Sydamerika

Gendering Governance, Conflict, and Democracy: The Role of Women in Development and Foreign Policy”

Chair: Assistant Prof. Anna Lührmann (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg)Discussant: Louise Olsson (PRIO)

Public Goods and Fractionalisation: How Ethnicity and Religion Impact Efficient Service Delivery and Redistribution

Chair: Prof. Håvard Hegre(ViEWS, Uppsala University)Discussant: Edouard Al-Dahdah(World Bank)

What is the Best Sequence? Timing in Democratization, Peace-and Statebuilding

Chair: Associate Prof. Anna Persson (QoG, University ofGothenburg)Discussant: Per Nordlund (SIDA)

“Gender and Political Violence” Prof. Erik Melander (UCDP, Uppsala University)

“Engendering Election Observation”Associate Prof. Elin Bjarnegård(UCDP, Uppsala University)

"Women’s Democratic Expectations and the Treatment of Gender Inequality in Democracies"Associate Prof. Amy Alexander (QoG, University of Gothenburg)

"Peace Above the Glass Ceiling: Female Political Empowerment and Civil Conflict in the long run" Dr. Sirianne Dahlum (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg)

“Gendered Accountability: Whenand Why Do GovernmentsRespond to Women's Policy Priorities?”Dr. Ruth Carlitz (GLD, University of Gothenburg), Valeriya Mechkova (V-Dem, University ofGothenburg)

“Why Support International Redistribution? Public support for Cohesion policy and Aid in the Eurozone”Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr(QoG, University of Gothenburg), Prof. Nicholas Charron (QoG, University of Gothenburg)

“We Don’t Need No Education: Resource Endowments and the Demand for Social Service Provision”Prof. Ellen Lust (GLD, University of Gothenburg)

“Resource Flows in Local VersusNational Elections: The Importance of Ethnicity and Partisanship”Assistant Prof. Adam Harris (GLD, University College London)

“Why Religious Conflicts areDifficult to Resolve”Prof. Isak Svensson (UCDP, Uppsala University)

"Does Neopatrimonialism Hinder Democracy in Africa?”Assistant Prof. Rachel Sigman(Naval Postgraduate School/V-Dem)

“Sequence in Statebuilding”Prof. Marina Nistotskaya (QoG, University of Gothenburg)

”Electoral Violence & Protection ofCivilians”Associate Prof. Hanne Fjelde(ViEWS and UCDP, Uppsala University)

“Failing and SuccessfulSequences of democratization”Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg)

”Stairways to Denmark: Does the Sequence of State-Building andDemocratization Matter for Economic Development?”Prof. Carl-Henrik Knutsen (University of Oslo/V-Dem)

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Program (2)

Time, Room Event/Session

12.15-13.45Restaurant, 2nd floor

Lunch

Sessions continue

13.45-15.00 Room: Antarktis Room: Europe Room: Sydamerika

"The Politics of Decay: Corruption and Clientelism Revisited"

Chair: Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr (QoG, University of Gothenburg)Discussant: (TBD)

“Unwanted Change: Patterns of Success and Failure in Democratization and Peacebuilding”

Chair: Prof. Carl-Henrik Knutsen (University of Oslo/V-Dem) Discussant: Larissa Fast (ODI)

“Measuring and Predicting Success and Failure in Governance, Democracy and Conflict”

Chair: Prof. Ellen Lust (GLD, University of Gothenburg)Discussant: Prof. Jörg Faust (DEval)

“Where is the Corruption Problem Located?” Prof. Bo Rothstein (QoG, University of Gothenburg)

“The Democratic Roots ofCorruption: Clientelism, Complicityand Citizens Limited Demand for Accountability in the Face ofReverse Sequencing”Associate Prof. Anna Persson(QoG, University of Gothenburg)

“Clientelism in contexts of weakparties: The role of civil servantsand civil society” Prof. Marcia Grimes (QoG, University of Gothenburg)

“Money Machine: Do the PoorDemand Clientelism?”Dr. Kristen Kao (GLD, University of Gothenburg)

“Bureaucratic Behavior in NineDeveloping Democracies: Evidence from a ConjointExperiment”Assistant Prof. Adam Harris (GLD, University College London)

“Evaluating the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations” Prof. Håvard Hegre (ViEWS, Uppsala University)

“The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies”Dr. Espen Geelmuyden Rød(ViEWS, Uppsala University)

“Keeping the Democratic Façade: Contemporary Autocratization as a Game of Deception”Assistant Prof. Anna Lührmann(V-Dem, University of Gothenburg), Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg)

“Democratization: The Role of International Factors”Prof. Michael Coppedge(University of Notre Dame/V-Dem)

Unpacking the Local Governance Performance Index”Presenter: Prof. Pierre Landry (GLD, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

“Space: The Best PracticeFrontier… A New Perspective on Local Government Efficiency” Dr. Ruth Carlitz (GLD, Universityof Gothenburg)

“The V-Dem Approach to Collecting and Aggregating Expert Assessments”Dr. Kyle Marquardt (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg), Assistant Prof. Daniel Pemstein(North Dakota State University/V-Dem), Assistant Prof. Brigitte Zimmerman (Chapel Hill/V-Dem)

”Measuring Conflict”Dr. Margareta Sollenberg(UCDP, Uppsala University)

“Night Light Transmission as a Means to Foresee Radical Political Change”Prof. Georgios Xezonakis (QoG, University of Gothenburg), Felix Hartmann (GLD, University of Gothenburg)

15.00-15.30Entrance hall

Coffee Break

- Poster presentations- Open invitation to discuss recent survey results on public support for redistribution and cohesion

policy in collaboration with Horizon 2020 and PERCEIVE with Monika Bauhr & Nicholas Charron(University of Gothenburg).

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Program (3)

Time, Room Event/Session

15.30-16.30Wallenbergsalen

Plenary session “How do we know what works: Current Trends in Causal Inference and the Evaluation ofInternational Assistance Programs”

Moderator: Assistant Prof. Anna Lührmann (V-Dem, University of Gothenburg)

Panelists:Prof. Jörg Faust (Head of the German Institute for Development Programme Evaluation)Prof. Adam Glynn (Emory University/V-Dem)Dr. Josephine Gakii Gatua (University of Gothenburg/GLD)Dr. Joakim Molander (Chief Evaluator, SIDA)

Closing Remarks

16.30-17.30Entrance Hall

Reception

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Side Events

Workshop “Measuring Governance as Exclusion”31 May Patterns of exclusion have become increasingly important for understanding a range of economic, political and social

outcomes. Similarly, exclusion has emerged as one of the main challenges to achieving development outcomes. Recognizing the

serious consequences of exclusion, the V-Dem Institute and the World Bank are partnering to develop new measures of exclusion that

will help scholars and practitioners better understand the extent and nature of exclusion across the world.

The workshop, led by project staff from the V-Dem Institute and the World Bank will include a presentation of the conceptual

framework guiding the development of exclusion measures, as well as a discussion of the proposed survey instrument and data

collection methods.

Participants will have an opportunity to provide guidance on the proposed measures and discuss how exclusion factors into their own

work.

Adress: Sprängkullsgatan 19, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg

Room: Stora Skansen

Date and time: 31 May 2018, 10.00-13.00

Lunch will be provided, sign-up required

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GLD 2nd Annual Conference “Layered Authority”31 May – 1 JuneThe Program on Governance and Local Development (GLD) at the University of Gothenburg will hold its second annual conference on

May 31 - June 1, 2018 with the theme "Layered Authority." In contexts where the state is weak, scholars have highlighted the

importance of traditional authorities and other non-state actors when it comes to dispute resolution, tax collection, and a variety of

other functions. And yet citizens abiding by traditional authorities in some domains may encounter state authorities in others -- for

instance, if they send their children to public school or seek care from public hospitals. We seek to showcase research that examines

the ways in which different authorities interact, and the extent to which they complement or clash with each other. We also wish to

understand how such interactions affect governance more broadly -- at the community as well as the state level. We aim to stimulate

dialogue on such questions among scholars, policymakers, and other members of the development community.

Address: Arken Hotel & Art Garden Spa, Nordatlanten 100, 418 34 Gothenburg

Date and time: 31 May 08:30-15:15; 1 June 08:30-17:15

Registration: For additional information and to register for this event please visit

http://gld.gu.se/en/conferences/gld-annual-conference-2018/

Practical Info

Conference Center WallenbergAdress: Medicinaregatan 20 A, Gothenburg

Wallenberg Conference Centre is located at Medicinareberget

Tram stop: ”Medicinaregatan”, trams 6, 7, 8 and 13

Map: walk from the tram stop to Conference Center Wallenberg:

Conference Center Wallenberg:

Contact details:

Natalia Stepanova, natalia.stepanova@v-dem.net

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