On Friday, March 5, 2021, from 11am to 3:30pm EST, the NYU Politics Department and the NYU Center for Experimental Social Science will host an online mini-conference and graduate student poster session in honor of Professor Rebecca Morton, a leader in the field of experimental political science and co-founder of the NYU-CESS Annual Experimental Political Science Conference. The conference will resume in person in the spring of 2022 and going forward will be named “The Rebecca B. Morton Conference on Experimental Political Science, Sponsored by the NYU Center for Experimental Social Science.”
 
The program for the mini-conference is below. All times are EST. 
 
Register here: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUZZNxEupnDogQu
 
11:00-11:15am Welcoming remarks and a tribute to Rebecca Morton
11:15-11:50am Research presentation in honor of Rebecca Morton

Josh Tucker (NYU)
  Track A: Track B:
12:00-12:45pm “Hate Trumps Love: The Impact of Political Polarization on Social Preferences“

Eugen Dimant

Discussant: Rick Wilson

 “Jobs and Political Participation — Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ethiopia“

Lovise Aalen, Andreas Kotsadam, Janneke Pieters, and Espen Villanger

Discussant: Kristin Michelitch
12:50-1:35pm “Polarization and Group Cooperation“

Andrea Robbett  and Peter Hans Matthews

Discussant: Vin Arceneaux

 “The Expertise Curse: How Policy Expertise Can Hinder Responsiveness“

Miguel M. Pereira and Patrik Öhberg

Discussant: Peter Loewen
1:40-2:25pm “Experimental Evaluation of Algorithm-Assisted Human Decision-Making: Application to Pretrial Public Safety Assessment“

Kosuke Imai, Zhichao Jiang, D. James Greiner, Ryan Halen, and Sooahn Shin

Discussant: Dean Knox

 “Constituents Ask Female Legislators to do More“

Daniel M. Butler, Elin Naurin, and Patrik Öhberg

Discussant: Samara Klar
2:30-3:30pm Graduate Student Poster Session
 
Mats Ahrenshop Zenobia Chan & Noel Foster Jay Kao Anton Shirikov
Alessio Albarello Jung Chen Marco Mendoza Aviña Shikhar Singh
Daniella Alva Gustavo Diaz Zlatin Mitkov Vegard Tørstad
Nejla Asimovic Alexander Dorofeev Trent Ollerenshaw Sarah Thompson
Soubhik Barari Mandi Eatough Maria D. Perez Nina Weber
Jan Biermann Jeffrey Guo & Michelle Jiang Elle Pfeffer Alice Xu
Jessie Bullock Amanda Haraldsson Isabella Raynal Alan Yan
Justin Canfil Biz Herman Tanja Schweinberger Michael Yekple