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September 2021
Paul Stroet @ Online Hot Politics Lab
In this Graduate Friday session of the Online Hot Politics Lab, graduate student Paul Stroet (University of Amsterdam) will give a talk titled "Predicting Personality Scores from Parliamentary Speeches". The talk will be followed by a Q&A, and everbody is welcome to join via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/96492065253 at 3pm (CET).
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Henk van der Kolk @ Online Hot Politics Lab
In this session of the Online Hot Politics Lab, Henk van der Kolk (University of Twente) will give a talk titled "Confusing Discontent: are Populism, Political Distrust, Efficacy and Cynicism really so much different?". The talk will be followed by a Q&A, and everbody is welcome to join via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/96492065253 at 3pm (CET).
Find out more »Hugo Mercier @ Online Hot Politics Lab
In this session of the Online Hot Politics Lab, Hugo Mercier (CNRSA) will give a talk titled "Not born Yesterday: Why humans are less gullible than we think". The talk will be followed by a Q&A, and everbody is welcome to join via Zoom: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/96492065253 at 3pm (CET). Abstract: It is often thought that humans are gullible, easily manipulated by demagogues, advertisers, and politicians. I will argue that the opposite is true: humans are equipped with a set of psychological mechanisms that allow them to properly evaluate communicated information, and to reject information that is false or harmful. I will rely on experimental psychology data,…
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