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Visit Our Northwestern today!DRRC & IPR Political Polarization Conference
After much consideration, we have decided to postpone the Political Polarization Conference scheduled for June 6-7, 2020 to a later date. We made this decision with the safety and wellbeing of all conference participants top of mind, and in accordance with Northwestern University’s COVID-19 guidance.
We want to thank you for your excitement in joining us in conversation around this topic, and we will notify you when we have settled on new dates for the conference. We hope you’ll be able to join us then.
In the meantime, please direct any immediate questions to our conferences team (conferences@kellogg.northwestern.edu).
The Kellogg School of Management, the Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at Northwestern University are pleased to host the Political Polarization Conference on June 6-7, 2020.
Our goal in organizing the conference is to generate novel, integrative insights into the causes and consequences of political polarization. Toward that goal, we seek to bring together around a dozen of the most interesting and influential scholars from disciplines like political science, psychology, sociology, management, and philosophy. The conference will include topics like: the state of polarization, echo chambers, fake news, motivated cognition, moralization, and anger/civility. We will leave plenty of time for discussion, perhaps including a broad concluding discussion of how an ideal body politic should function.
June 6-7, 2020
Kellogg is postponing the conference to a later date and will reopen registration once that date has been secured.
Contact
If you have any questions, please reach out to the DRRC.
Dispute Resolution Research Center
2001 Sheridan Rd Rm 5236
Evanston, IL 60208
Ph: 847.491.8068
Fax: 847.467.5700
Dispute Resolution Research Center
2001 Sheridan Rd Rm 5236
Evanston, IL 60208
Ph: 847.491.8068
Fax: 847.467.5700
Agenda
Saturday, June 6, 2020
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8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
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Breakfast and Registration
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8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Welcome
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9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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Session 1: The State of Polarization
Shanto Iyengar, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Samara Klar, Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
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Session 2: Motivated Cognition
Peter Ditto, Professor of Psychological Science, University of California, Irving Mary McGrath, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University |
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12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Lunch
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2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 3: Moralization
Linda Skitka, Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology, New York University |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Session 4: Anger and Civility
Lilliana Mason, Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park Mina Cikara, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard University |
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5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Reception
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7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Speaker Dinner
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Sunday, June 7th, 2020
| Time | Event |
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8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Breakfast
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9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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Session 5: Fake News
Brendan Nyhan, Professor of Government, Dartmouth College David Rand, Associate Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Sloan |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Session 6: Echo Chambers
Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics, New York University Christopher Bail, Professor of Sociology, Duke University |
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12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Lunch
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Session 7: In Pursuit of an Ideal Political System
Group discussion. Facilitators: Eli Finkel, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University Peter Sagal, Host, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, NPR |
Logistics
Getting Here & Parking
Air
Major airlines fly into both O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport. O’Hare Airport is approximately 45 minutes from Kellogg and Midway Airport is approximately 60 minutes from Kellogg, but you may want to allow more time for traffic.
Taxi
Taxi service from both airports can be arranged in advance of your visit for a reduced fare. Pre-arranged rides start at approximately $35 from O’Hare and $50 from Midway. For up-to-date fare information, please contact a taxi service directly.
We are happy to provide a parking permit for visitors that drive to campus. Upon arriving, park at either the South Campus Parking Garage (1847 Campus Drive) or the North Campus Parking Garage (2311 North Campus Drive.) The North Campus Parking Garage is closer to the Global Hub. Before leaving campus make sure to ask the staff for a validated parking ticket to exit the garage.
Major airlines fly into both O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport. O’Hare Airport is approximately 45 minutes from Kellogg and Midway Airport is approximately 60 minutes from Kellogg, but you may want to allow more time for traffic.
Taxi
Taxi service from both airports can be arranged in advance of your visit for a reduced fare. Pre-arranged rides start at approximately $35 from O’Hare and $50 from Midway. For up-to-date fare information, please contact a taxi service directly.
- Northshore Cab Company: 847.864.7500
- American Taxi: 847.255.9600
- Uber
- Lyft
We are happy to provide a parking permit for visitors that drive to campus. Upon arriving, park at either the South Campus Parking Garage (1847 Campus Drive) or the North Campus Parking Garage (2311 North Campus Drive.) The North Campus Parking Garage is closer to the Global Hub. Before leaving campus make sure to ask the staff for a validated parking ticket to exit the garage.
Where to Stay
Kellogg secured a room block at a reduced rate at the Hyatt House in central Evanston. To receive the group rate, please use the code: G-FKCT.
Organizing Faculty
James Druckman
James N. Druckman is the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is also an Honorary Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research focuses on political preference formation and communication. His recent work examines how citizens make political, economic, and social decisions in various contexts (e.g., settings with multiple competing messages, online information, deliberation). He also researches the relationship between citizens' preferences and public policy, and how political elites make decisions under varying institutional conditions
Eli Finkel
Eli Finkel -- author of the bestselling book The All-Or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work -- is a professor at Northwestern University, where he has appointments in the psychology department and the Kellogg School of Management. In his role as director of Northwestern’s Relationships and Motivation Lab (RAMLAB), he has published ~150 scientific papers and is a regular contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. The Economist has identified him as "one of the leading lights in the realm of relationship psychology.”
Cynthia Wang
Cynthia Wang is the Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution and Research Center (DRRC) and a Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and a M.S. and Ph.D in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Her research interests fall in the area of cultural and social diversity, ethical decision-making, and negotiations.