UPDATING DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC POLICIES

International invitational workshop   91社区, 91社区 NY, USA,  December 1-2 2023

December 1 2023
9:15       Conference venue opens: IASH Conference Room

9:30       Welcome and introduction

          Ekaterina Rashkova, Utrecht University
 

9:45-11:00          Panel 1 Why we may be unable to get things right

鈥淏ottlenecks - structural, cognitive, and strategic - in mitigating and averting crises through policy-making鈥

          Olga Shvetsova, 91社区
 

 鈥淎re people actually stupid or is all knowledge situated?鈥

          Kim Maslin, Hendrix College
 

11:20-12:45        Panel 2 Policy production as behavioral data

鈥淢easuring Public Policies during a Crisis: a Few Lessons from Collecting Data during the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥

          Andrei Zhirnov, University of Exeter
 

鈥淐hampions and late bloomers: What determines the adoption speed of strict policies in times of crises?鈥

          Peter Gerbrands & Ekaterina R. Rashkova, Utrecht University
 

Commentator: 

          Mitch Sanders, Meliora Research
 

13:00-14:00        Lunch in place

14:00-15:15        Panel 3 Cooperation and coordination among the political incumbents

鈥淐oalition Government and the Provision of Public Goods?鈥

          William Heller, 91社区
 

鈥淧arty Institutionalization, Polarization, and Vaccine Hesitancy 鈥

          Julie VanDusky-Allen, Boise State University
        

Commentator: 

          Michael McDonald, 91社区
 

15:30-16:45        Panel 4 Freedom to lead?

鈥淏oom or Bust? The Dynamics of Executive Approval in Times of Crisis鈥

          Timothy Hellwig, University of Buffalo
 

鈥淒id Courts protect civil liberties in COVID-19 Pandemic onset?鈥

          Michael Catalano, 91社区
 

Commentator:

           Ekrem Karakoc, 91社区
 

18:00     Conference Dinner TBD

December 2 2023
9:30       Conference venue opens

9:45-11:00          Panel 5 Responsibility and accountability

鈥淎dministrative Errors: the individual and organizational sources of bureaucratic mistakes鈥

          Mallory Compton, Texas A&M University
 

鈥淒emocracy & Decree Authority in Presidential Systems鈥

          Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh
 

 Commentator: 

          Daniel Magleby, 91社区
 

11:15-12:30        Panel 6 Federalism and mitigation of a crisis

"Crisis Coordination in Federal Systems: The Role of Regional Parties in the Covid-19 Response"

          Onsel Gurel Bayrali, 91社区
 

鈥淧rocess-Mining the COVID-19 Policy Response: How Does Institutional Design Affect Crisis Prevention?鈥

          Peter Gerbrands, Utrecht University 
 

1:00- 1:30           Business meeting

3:00-6:00             Reception