SoWEPS-11

Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science

Duke University, October 29-30, 2026

Sanford 223 (Rhodes Conference Room)

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October 29

4:30 PM : Opening Reception and Graduate Student Poster Session.

Presenters:

• Preeti Nambiar (Vanderbilt University)

• Sanjana Kadyan (Duke University)

• Barend Ruesink Bueno (Duke University)

• Emily Gregory (University of Virginia)

7:00 PM: Presenters and Discussants Dinner

• TBD

October 30

8:30 AM: Breakfast

9:00 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:10 AM to 10:00 AM: Paper Session I 

• Paper: "When the River Runs Dry: Political Barriers to Climate Policy Implementation"

• Author: Johnathan Guy (Georgia Institute of Technology)

• Discussant: TBD

• Chair: TBD

10:00 AM to 10:50 AM: Paper Session II

• Paper: "Identity, Conflict, and Recognition: Evidence from Iraq"

• Author: Stephanie Wright (Duke University)

• Discussant: TBD

• Chair: TBD

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM: Coffee Break 

11:10 AM to 12:00 PM: Paper Session III

• Paper: "The Legacy of State Repression on Protests: The Case of Vietnamese Catholics"

• Author: Hanh Linh Tran (Emory University)

• Discussant: TBD

• Chair: TBD

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM to 1:50 PM: Paper Session IV 

• Paper: "State Patriarchy: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Authoritarianism in Eurasia"

• Author: Khasan Redjaboev (University of Louisville)

• Discussant: TBD

• Chair: TBD

1:50 PM to 2:00 PM: Coffee Break 

2:00 PM to 2:50 PM: Paper Session V

• Paper: "Exposure to Homeless Shelters and Support for Policy Remedies"

• Author: Alexander Sahn (Univeristy of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)

• Discussant: TBD

• Chair: TBD