
The Conflict and Polarization Initiative, as part of the Stanford King Center on Global Development hosted a two day conference on January 31 – February 1, 2020.
In keeping with the approach of the initiative, the conference brought together people from different disciplines to share ideas and spur new approaches to resolving conflict and polarization.
Admission: by invitation only
Schedule
Friday, January 31, 2020
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Registration and Lunch
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Opening Remarks
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Session I
Chris Blattman (University of Chicago): Why We Fight
Lakshmi Iyer (University of Notre Dame): Leader Identity and Coordination
Saumitra Jha (Stanford University): Remaining European: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on the Brexit Vote
Moses Shayo (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): How Do We Choose Our Identity? A Revealed Preference Approach Using Food Consumption (with David Atkin and Eve Colson-Sihra)
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Session II
Salma Mousa (Stanford University): Creating Coexistence: Intergroup Contact and Soccer in Post-ISIS Iraq
Roger Myerson (University of Chicago): State-Building Lessons from the British Empire
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Coffee Break
Closing Remarks
followed by a reception in the lobby
Saturday, February 1, 2020
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Continental Breakfast
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Opening Remarks
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Session III
Mina Cikara (Harvard University): Narratives Shape Cognitive Representations of Immigrants and Policy Preferences
Julia Minson (Harvard University): You Can’t Handle the Truth! Errors in Affective Perspective-Taking during Disagreement
Roni Porat (Princeton University): Anger at Work
Robb Willer (Stanford University): Moral Reframing: A Technique for Effective and Persuasive Communication across Political Divides
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Coffee Break
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Session IV
Alana Conner (Twitter): Nudging Healthier Behaviour on Social Media
Rachel Kleinfeld (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace): Polarization, Political Violence, and the Security Services: Preventing a Vicious Cycle
Antonio Silva (Behavioural Insights Team, UK): How Behavioural Science Can Reduce Polarisation and Susceptibility to Misinformation
Uzra Zeya (Alliance for Peacebuilding): Peacebuilding Begins at Home: US Conflict Drivers Demand New Approaches
Closing remarks
followed by lunch
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