Sho Miyazaki (Waseda University), “Why Do AI Models Tell Left-Wing Voters to Support the Communist Party? AI Voting Advice in Japan’s 2026 General Election”

US ET: May 21 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 22 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: Link Authors: Sho Miyazaki (Waseda University), Andrew B. Hall (Stanford University) Presenter: Sho Miyazaki (Waseda University) Abstract: Al chatbots with web search are increasingly used for voting guidance, yet we know relatively little about […]

Tyler Rongxuan Chen (University of Michigan), “Crisis from Within: Elite Defection, Intraparty Competition, and the Breakdown of Dominant Party Systems”

US ET: July 23 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: July 24 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: 0720 Crisis from Within Author and Presenter: Tyler Rongxuan Chen (University of Michigan) Abstract: When and how do dominant party systems break? I argue that the cracks from which they do not recover come […]