Wednesday, June 12

6:00-8:00 pm Dinner (optional, at own expense)

Lådan, Luntmakargatan 63

 

Thursday, June 13

8:45-9:00 am Opening remarks 

9:00-10:45 am Session 1: International Monetary Fund

Chair: Axel Dreher

• Paper 1: Michael Breen (Dublin City University). Decoding the Language of the IMF Executive Board. Discussion openers: Tom Hunter, Zheng Zhai
• Paper 2: Rodwan Abouharb (University College London), Kathleen Brown (Leiden University), Matthew Digiuseppe (Leiden University), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow). Is the IMF a Scapegoat? A Survey Experiment in Kenya. Discussion openers: Sujeong Shim, Daniel Nielson
• Paper 3: Timon Forster (University of St Gallen), Alexandros Kentikelenis (Bocconi University), Leonard Seabrooke (Copenhagen Business School). Board Games: How States Pursue Preferences in International Organizations. Discussion openers: Stefanie Rickard, Michele Valsecchi

10:45-11:15 am Break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 2: Climate & Environment

Chair: Katharina Michaelowa

• Paper 1: Jean-Frédéric Morin (Université Laval), Clara Brandi (Bonn University), Noémie Laurens (Graduate Institute), Jakob Schwab (German Institute of Development and Sustainability, IDOS). Using Trade Provisions to Make Environmental Agreements More Dynamic. Discussion openers: Patrick Bayer, Evelina Jonsson
• Paper 2: Patrick Bayer (University of Glasgow), Lorenzo Crippa (University of Glasgow). Government Influence in Information Production of International Organizations. Discussants: Melissa Pavlik, Matilda Petersson
• Paper 3: Per Fredriksson (University of Louisville), Swati Sharma (Nanyang Technological University), Jim Wollscheid (University of Arkansas – Fort Smith). Legal Traditions and the Ratification of the Paris Agreement. Discussion openers: Lorenzo Crippa, Dimiter Toshkov

1:00-2:00 pm Lunch

Lantis, Stockholm University

2:00-3:45 pm Session 3: Trade and Investment

Chair: Christina Davis

• Paper 1: Sojun Park (Princeton University), Minju Kim (Syracuse University). Silence or Salience? Examining the Effects of Transparency on the WTO Secretariat. Discussion openers: Mengfan Cheng, Tanja Schweinberger
• Paper 2: Jieun Lee (State University of New York, Buffalo), Jan Stuckatz (Copenhagen Business School). Multinational Corporations’ Strategic Lobbying Across Borders. Discussion openers: Sarah Brooks, Helen Milner
• Paper 3: Tuuli-Anna Huikuri (University of Zurich), Sujeong Shim (New York University Abu Dhabi). Never Let Me Go: Exit Clauses in International Investment Agreements. Discussion openers: Bernhard Reinsberg, Carl Vikberg

3:45-4:00 pm Break

4:00-6:00 pm Poster Session and Reception

Aula Magna, Stockholm University

Foreign Aid

• Stefano Jud (University of Bern). Foreign Relief Aid and Political Support: Evidence from Sierra Leone During the Ebola Epidemic. Discussants: Avi Ahuja, Allison Grossman
• Mathilde Perrot (Paris Dauphine). Welfare Gains from Chinese Transport Infrastructure. Discussants: Lucie Lu, Michael J. Tierney
• Elena McLean (State University of New York, Buffalo), Taehee Whang (Yonsei University), Joonseok Yang (Sungkyunkwan University). Public Support for Environmental Aid: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in India. Discussants: Soso Makaradze, Catherine Weaver
• Anthony Luongo (Emory University). Playing Hard to Get: Strategic Signaling in Aid Bargaining. Discussants: Cleo O’Brien-Udry, Martin Steinwand
• Ryan Jablonski (London School of Economics). When Do Voters Reward Politicians for Foreign Aid? Experimental Evidence from Malawi. Discussants: Mark Copelovitch, Tyler Pratt
• Jean-Baptiste Puginier (University of Geneva). Varieties of Democracy Aid Approaches: The Role of Donor’s Domestic Preferences. Discussants: Cleo O’Brien-Udry, Allison Grossman
• Berk Filcan (University of Texas at Austin), Yunyi Huang (University of Texas at Austin), Hyunjin Yim (University of Texas at Austin), Daniel Nielson (University of Texas at Austin). Effects of Aid Attributes on Public Support: Evidence from Chinese Aid Projects in Kenya. Discussants: Richard Clark, Jonas Tallberg
• Alexandros Tokhi (University of Frankfurt), Lisbeth Zimmermann (University of Frankfurt). The Far Right and International Organizations: How the Far Right in Government Affects Foreign Aid Funding. Discussants: Lucie Lu, Bernhard Reinsberg
• Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe (Princeton University), James Raymond Vreeland (Princeton University). Japan and the African Development Bank. Discussants: Evelina Jonsson, Catherine Weaver

United Nations

• Ha Eun Choi (Michigan State University), Jihwan Jeong (University of Texas, Austin), Byungwon Woo (Yonsei University), Hyunjin Yim (University of Texas, Austin). The UN Secretary General Travels for Fundraising: How State Visits by UNSG Influences Official Development Assistance Flows. Discussants: Alexandros Kentikelenis, Johannes Scherzinger
• Daniel Finke (Aarhus University). Conditional Agenda-Setting in the UN Security Council. Discussants: Sabrina Arias, Nikitas Konstantinidis
• Christopher Kilby (Villanova University). What Makes Some United Nations Votes Important to the U.S.? Discussants: Gal Bitton, Martin Steinwand
• Richard Clark (Cornell University), Christoph Mikulaschek (Harvard University), Julia Morse (University of California, Santa Barbara). A Seat at the Table: How Serving on the Security Council Shapes Public Opinion About the United Nations. Discussants: Axel Dreher, Johannes Scherzinger

IMF and World Bank

• Tal Sadeh (Tel Aviv University), Gal Bitton (Tel Aviv University), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow). Are International Monetary Fund (IMF) Programs Really (In)Effective? Introducing a New Tool to Assess External Validity of Regression Analysis. Discussants: Michael Breen, Mirko Heinzel
• Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), Tom Hunter (University of Zurich), Sujeong Shim (New York University Abu Dhabi). Perfect Scapegoats? Blaming and Defending the International Monetary Fund. Discussants: Michael Breen, Mark Copelovitch
• Merih Angin (Koc University), Natalya Naqvi (London School of Economics). Winner Takes All? The Distributional Impact of IMF Privatization Conditionality. Discussants: Matthew Digiuseppe, Silvia Marchesi
• Nikitas Konstantinidis (IE University), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow). Government Ownership of IFI Conditionality Programs: A Formal Derivation. Discussants: Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, Michele Valsecchi
• Daniela Donno (University of Oklahoma), Andreas Kern (Georgetown University), Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow). Gendered Taxation: IMF Tax Advice and the Disempowerment of Women. Discussants: Tuuli-Anna Huikuri, Sujeong Shim
• Zheng Zhai (National University of Singapore). The Bargaining Power of Borrower Countries and the World Bank’s Conditionality. Discussants: Timon Forster, Mirko Heinzel
• Mike Denly (Texas A&M University). Aid, Institutions, and the Potential of Anti-Corruption. Discussants: Alexandros Kentikelenis, Christopher Kilby
• Tanja Schweinberger (University of Groningen). Politicising International Organisations as Geopolitical Tools: Mass Public Opinion in the USA and China. Discussants: Katharina Michaelowa, Jonas Tallberg

European Union

• Despina Gavresi (University of Luxembourg), Anastasia Litina (University of Macedonia). Exposure to Macroeconomic Shocks and the Erosion of EU Identity. Discussants: Tom Hunter, Silvia Marchesi
• Ye June Jung (University of California, San Diego). Linking Human Rights to EU Trade: Institutional Interests and Power. Discussants: Yoram Haftel, Alexander Katsaitis
• Philipp Broniecki (University of Oslo), Bjørn Høyland (University of Oslo). If All Votes Were Recorded. Discussants: Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Stefanie Walter
• Dimiter Toshkov (Leiden University). Enforcement and Public Opinion: The Perceived Legitimacy of Rule of Law Sanctions. Discussants: Lisa Dellmuth, Tyler Pratt

Trade and Investment

• Yumi Park (Copenhagen Business School), Andrew McWard (Denison University). Divided We Fall, United We Prosper? Partisan Dynamics in the Negotiation of Bilateral Investment Treaties. Discussants: Andrew Lugg, Helen Milner
• Shiyang Wu (University of California, Santa Barbara). Exit Threats and Credibility: The Role of Market
  Reputation in BIT Renegotiations. Discussants: Christina Davis, Soo Yeon Kim
• Marine Roux (World Trade Institute, University of Bern). Bringing Democracy to the Bargaining Table: An Analysis of Preferential Trade Agreements’ Design. Discussants: Stephen Chaudoin, Soo Yeon Kim
• Jennifer Tobin (Georgetown University), Samuel Brazys (University College Dublin), Marc Busch (Georgetown University). Foreign Governments and the Politics of GSP-Eligible Products. Discussants: Andrew Lugg, Sojun Park

Environment and Health

• Mengfan Cheng (New York University), Zoe Ge (Princeton University). Can International Organizations Shape Scientific Development. Discussants: Noémie Laurens, Krzysztof Pelc
• Matilda Petersson (Stockholm University), Lisa Dellmuth (Stockholm University). NGO Influence on the Effectiveness of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: The Case of International Shark Management. Discussants: Per Fredriksson, Noémie Laurens

Other Interesting Topics

• Anna Meyerrose (Arizona State University). Eroding Democracy from the Outside In: International Policy Delegation and Democratic Backsliding. Discussants: Maia King, Soso Makaradze
• Sarah Bush (University of Pennsylvania), Jennifer Hadden (University of Maryland), Melissa Pavlik (Yale University). How Many International Non-Governmental Organizations Are There? Assessing Missingness and Its Implications in INGO Datasets. Discussants: Ruofan Ma, Matilda Petersson
• Alexandros Tokhi (University of Frankfurt), Martin Binder (Forward College Berlin), Irem Ebetürk (WZB Berlin Social Science Center). How Do International Organizations Elicit Compliance? Evidence from a Survey Experiment with IO Staff. Discussants: Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Johannes Geith
• Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford), Felicity Vabulas (Pepperdine University). The Consequences of IO Membership Suspension for Exiting States. Discussants: Tuuli-Anna Huikuri, Christina Schneider
• Carl Vikberg (Stockholm University). Non-State Participation and Policy-Making Performance in International Organizations. Discussants: Sabrina Arias, Yoram Haftel
• Sarah Brooks (Ohio State University), Raphael Cunha (King’s College London), Layna Mosley (Princeton University). Financial Markets and Mass Political Attitudes: Evidence from the 2022 Brazilian Election. Discussants: Jieun Lee, Stefanie Walter
• Margaret Kenney (University of California, Berkeley). Regulatory Capture in International Organizations: The Case of OECD Tax Evasion Regulations. Discussants: Jieun Lee, Layna Mosley

7:00 pm Dinner

Blå Porten, Djurgårdsvägen 64

 

Friday, June 14

9:00-10:45 am Session 4: United Nations

Chair: Christopher Kilby

• Paper 1: Johannes Scherzinger (University of Zurich). One Theme to Unite Them All? Rhetoric, Dominance, and Unanimity in the UN Security Council. Discussion openers: Daniel Finke, Christoph Mikulaschek
• Paper 2: Martin Steinwand (University of Essex). Shifting Political Influence? UN General Assembly Behavior During Debt Crisis. Discussion openers: Bjørn Høyland, Ryan Jablonski
• Paper 3: Gino Pauselli (Princeton University), Rachel Schoner (Tulane University). Finding the Right Forum: Non-State Actor Engagement in International Organizations. Discussants: Daniela Donno, Felicity Vabulas 

10:45-11:15 am Group photo and break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 5: Legitimacy

Chair: Daniel Nielson

• Paper 1: Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt (University of Duisburg-Essen), Lisa Dellmuth (Stockholm University), Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University). Peer Opinion and the Legitimacy of International Organizations. Discussion openers: Jean-Baptiste Puginier, Alexandros Tokhi
• Paper 2: Tyler Pratt (University of North Carolina), Richard Clark (Cornell University). The Art of Imitation: IO Legitimacy and Strategic Treaty Design. Discussion openers: Johannes Geith, Felicity Vabulas
• Paper 3: Michael Blauberger (University of Salzburg), Soso Makaradze (University of Salzburg), Gabriele Spilker (University of Konstanz). In Defense of International Sanctions. How Communication About Sanctions Can Mitigate Public Backlash. Discussion openers: Stephen Chaudoin, Shiyang Wu

1:00-2:00 pm Lunch

Lantis, Stockholm University

2:00-3:45 pm Session 6: Trade

Chair: Helen Milner

• Paper 1: Manfred Elsig (World Trade Institute, University of Bern), Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Jesslene Lee (University of Toronto), Andrew Lugg (University of Nevada). Connecting Regimes: Preferential Trade Agreements and the Management of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime. Discussion openers: Yumi Park, Stefanie Rickard
• Paper 2: Krzysztof Pelc (University of Oxford). Institutional Innovation in Response to Backlash:
  How Members Are Circumventing the WTO Impasse. Discussion openers: Ye June Jung, Jennifer Tobin
• Paper 3: Ken Stiller (University of Oxford). Collective Negotiations or Going Bilateral? The Foreign Economic Diplomacy of Trading Blocs as Collective Political Actors. Discussion openers: Christina Davis, Marine Roux

3:45-4:15 pm Break

4:15-6:00 pm Session 7: China

Chair: Lisa Dellmuth

• Paper 1: Sabrina Arias (Princeton University), Rachel Hulvey (University of Pennsylvania). China’s Leadership of IOs: Reputational Gains, Distributional Politics, and Institutional Legitimacy. Discussion openers: Margaret Kenney, Byungwon Woo
• Paper 2: Cameron Ballard-Rosa (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Layna Mosley (Princeton University), B. Peter Rosendorff (New York University). Paris Club Restructuring and the Rise of China. Discussion openers: Anthony Luongo, Aditi Sahasrabuddhe
• Paper 3: Lucie Lu (Columbia University). Be My Friendly Reviewers: How China Shapes its Reviews in UN Human Rights Regime. Discussion openers: Anna Meyerrose, Rachel Schoner

7:00 pm Dinner

Vasamuseet, Galärvarvsvägen 14

           

Saturday, June 15

9:00-10:45 am Session 8: Foreign Aid

Chair: Jonas Tallberg

• Paper 1: Allison Grossman (Tulane University). No Relief: Why Do Aid-Dependent States Fail to Seek Humanitarian Aid? Discussion openers: Stefano Jud, Christina Schneider
• Paper 2: Cleo O’Brien-Udry (University of Pennsylvania). Aiding the Energy Transition? How Greening Foreign Aid Affects Domestic Politics. Discussion openers: Katharina Michaelowa, Michael J. Tierney
• Paper 3: Pietro Bomprezzi (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University), Andreas Fuchs (Georg-August University Goettingen), Teresa Hailer (Heidelberg University), Andreas Kammerlander (Freiburg University), Lennart Kaplan (Georg-August University Goettingen), Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano Bicocca), Tania Masi (Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara), Charlotte Robert (Heidelberg University), Kerstin Unfried (Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine). Wedded to Prosperity? Informal Influence and Regional Favoritism. Discussion openers: Samuel Brazys, Elena McLean

10:45-11:15 am Break

11:15-1:00 pm Session 9: International Organizations

Chair: Jennifer Tobin

• Paper 1: Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University), Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (London School of Economics and Political Science). Global Epistemic Authority and its Limits: Evidence from the WHO’s Efforts to Preserve Antibiotic Efficacy. Discussion openers: Mengfan Cheng, Natalya Naqvi
• Paper 2: Tobias Lenz (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Dan Eran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Mona Saleh (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Yoram Haftel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). How Organizational Overlap Shapes Delegation: The Case of African Regional Economic Organizations. Discussion openers: Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi
• Paper 3: Ruofan Ma (Harvard University). Reporting Compliance: How Reporting Mechanisms in the ILO Improve Collective Labor Rights. Discussion openers: Despina Gavresi, Faradj Koliev

1:00-2:30 pm Lunch

Stora Skuggans Värdshus, Stora Skuggans väg 12

2:30-4:15 pm Session 10: Parties and Policies

Chair: Christina Schneider

• Paper 1: Catherine Weaver (University of Texas at Austin). Policy Hype Cycles in International Development. Discussion openers: Mike Denly, Tal Sadeh
• Paper 2: Tom Hunter (University of Zurich), Stefanie Walter (University of Zurich). Political Parties and International Organizations: Evidence from Parliamentary Speeches. Discussion openers: Alexander Katsaitis, Lisbeth Zimmermann
• Paper 3: Avi Ahuja (New York University). Africa Beyond Aid? The Effects of Foreign Aid Cutbacks on Party Competition and Clientelism. Discussion openers: Merih Angin, Mathilde Perrot

4:15-4:30 pm: Closing Remarks

5:30 pm: Mingle, drinks, and dinner (optional, at own expense)

Pelago, Urvädersgränd 15A

7:30 pm: Dinner (optional, at own expense)

Pelikan, Blekingegatan 40

 

We thank our sponsors for generous support:

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond

Stockholm Center on Global Governance, SU

Academic Area for Human Science, SU