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

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1 POLICY DIALOGUE DAY 2018 New Research = Better Policies: Insights on Democracy, Governance, and Armed Conflict Wednesday 30 May 2018, :30 Preliminary Program Wallenberg 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, This year s Policy Dialogue Day is organized by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute, the QoG (Quality of Government) Institute, GLD-Gothenburg (Program for Governance and Local Development), UCPD (Uppsala Conflict Data Program) and (a Political Violence EarlyWarning System). The annual Policy Dialogue conference bridges the gap between analysis and practice and aims to shed light on questions relating to democracy support and governance. The conference serves as a meeting platform for practitioners, policy makers, and academics. We would be delighted if you were able to join us for this important event. To sign-up, please contact Natalia Stepanova at natalia.stepanova@v-dem.net. Registration & Coffee Welcome & Keynote Speech Parallel Sessions Session 1: "Gendering Governance, Conflict, and Democracy: The Role of Women in Development and Foreign Policy Session 2: Public Goods and Fractionalisation: How Ethnicity and Religion Impact Efficient Service Delivery and Redistribution Session 3: What is the Best Sequence? Timing in Democratization, Peace- and Statebuilding Lunch Parallel Sessions Session 4: "The Politics of Decay: Corruption and Clientelism Revisited" Session 5: "Unwanted Change: Patterns of Success and Failure in Democratization and Peacebuilding" Session 6: Measuring and Predicting Success and Failure in Governance, Democracy and Conflict Organizers V-Dem is a new approach to conceptualizing measuring democracy and The QoG Institute conducts and promotes research on the nature, causes, and consequences of the Quality of Government. GLD-Gothenburg aims to explain variation in governance and local development in an effort to promote human welfare globally. UCDP is the world s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war. Open invitation to discuss recent survey results on public support for redistribution and cohesion policy in collaboration with Horizon 2020 and PERCEIVE Plenary Session How do we know what works: Current Trends in Causal Inference and the Evaluation of International Assistance Programs. Reflections & Closing Remarks Reception is a rigorous data-based system that will provide early warnings for the forms of political violence recorded by the UCDP.

2 Program (1) Time, Room Event/Session Entrance Hall Registration & Coffee Wallenbergsalen Welcome Speech Chair: Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (Director V-Dem Institute, Prof. Mattias Goksör (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Keynote Speech Practitioners and Researchers: What Can We Learn from Each Other? Highlights from the Hosts Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (Director V-Dem Institute, Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr (Director QoG Institute, Prof. Ellen Lust (Director GLD, Prof. Håvard Hegre ( and UCDP, Uppsala University) Entrance Hall Paralell Sessions Room: Antarktis Room: Europe Room: Sydamerika Gendering Governance, Conflict, and Democracy: The Role of Women in Development and Foreign Policy Public Goods and Fractionalisation: How Ethnicity and Religion Impact Efficient Service Delivery and Redistribution What is the Best Sequence? Timing in Democratization, Peaceand Statebuilding Chair: Dr. Anna Lührmann (VDem, Discussant: Louise Olsson (PRIO) Chair: Prof. Håvard Hegre (, Uppsala University) Discussant: Edouard Al-Dahdah (Worldbank, TBD) Chair: Associate Prof. Anna Persson (QoG, University of Discussant: Per Nordlund (SIDA; TBD) Gender and Political Violence Prof. Erik Melander (UCDP, Uppsala University) Engendering Election Observation Associate Prof. Elin Bjarnegård (UCDP, Uppsala University) Why Support International Redistribution? Public support for Cohesion policy and Aid in the Eurozone Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr (QoG,, Prof. Nicholas Charron (QoG, "Does Neopatrimonialism Hinder Democracy in Africa? Assistant Prof. Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School/VDem) "Women s Democratic Expectations and the Treatment of Gender Inequality in Democracies" Assistant Prof. Amy Alexander (QoG, We Don t Need No Education: Resource Endowments and the Demand for Social Service Provision Prof. Ellen Lust (GLD, University of "Peace Above the Glass Ceiling: Female Political Empowerment and Civil Conflict in the long run" Dr. Sirianne Dahlum (V-Dem, Resource Flows in Local Versus National Elections: The Importance of Ethnicity and Partisanship Assistant Prof. Adam Harris (GLD, University College London) Gendered Accountability: When and Why Do Governments Respond to Women's Policy Priorities? Dr. Ruth Carlitz (GLD, University of, Valeriya Mechkova (V-Dem, University of Sequence in Statebuilding Prof. Marina Nistotskaya (QoG, Electoral Violence & Protection of Civilians Associate Prof. Hanne Fjelde ( and UCDP, Uppsala University) Failing and Successful Sequences of democratization Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (V-Dem, Why Religious Conflicts are Difficult to Resolve Prof. Isak Svensson (UCDP, Uppsala University)

3 Program (2) Time, Room Event/Session Restaurant, 2nd floor Lunch Sessions continue Room: Antarktis Room: Europe Room: Sydamerika "The Politics of Decay: Corruption and Clientelism Revisited" Unwanted Change: Patterns of Success and Failure in Democratization and Peacebuilding Measuring and Predicting Success and Failure in Governance, Democracy and Conflict Chair: Associate Prof. Monika Bauhr (QoG, University of Discussant: Klas Rasmusson (SIDA, TBD) Chair: Prof. Carl-Henrik Knutsen (University of Oslo/V-Dem) Discussant: Larissa Fast (ODI, TBD) Chair: Prof. Ellen Lust (GLD, Discussant: Prof. Dr. Jörg Faust (DEval, TBD) Where is the Corruption Problem Located? Prof. Bo Rothstein (QoG, Evaluating the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations Prof. Håvard Hegre (, Uppsala University) Unpacking the Local Governance Performance Index Presenter: Prof. Pierre Landry (GLD, Chinese University of Hong Kong) The Democratic Roots of Corruption: Clientelism, Complicity and Citizens Limited Demand for Accountability in the Face of Reverse Sequencing Associate Prof. Anna Persson (QoG, The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies Dr. Espen Geelmuyden Rød (, Uppsala University) Clientelism in contexts of weak parties: The role of civil servants and civil society Prof. Marcia Grimes (QoG, Money Machine: Do the Poor Demand Clientelism? Dr. Kristen Kao (GLD, University of Bureaucratic Behavior in Nine Developing Democracies: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment Assistant Prof. Adam Harris (GLD, University College London) Entrance hall Keeping the Democratic Façade: Contemporary Autocratization as a Game of Deception Dr. Anna Lührmann (V-Dem,, Prof. Staffan I. Lindberg (V-Dem, Democratization: The Role of International Factors Prof. Michael Coppedge (University of Notre Dame/V-Dem) Space: The Best Practice Frontier A New Perspective on Local Government Efficiency Dr. Ruth Carlitz (GLD, University of The V-Dem Approach to Collecting and Aggregating Expert Assessments Dr. Kyle Marquardt (V-Dem,, Assistant Prof. Daniel Pemstein (North Dakota State University/VDem), 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,, Felix Hartmann (GLD, University of - 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 (.

4 Program (3) Time, Room Event/Session Wallenbergsalen Plenary session How do we know what works: Current Trends in Causal Inference and the Evaluation of International Assistance Programs Moderator: Dr. Anna Lührmann (V-Dem, Panelists: Prof. Dr. 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 Entrance Hall Reception

5 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, Lunch will be provided, sign-up required GLD 2nd Annual Conference Layered Authority 31 May 1 June The 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, 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

6 Practical Info Conference Center Wallenberg Adress: 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