Invited Conference Papers/Talks

2013

Social Networks and Health Outcomes

Talk at the Department Speaker Series in Comparative Politics

George Washington University

Le « printemps érable » et l’élection québécoise de 2012

Colloque sur l’élection Québécoise 2012

Quebec

(with Eva Falk-Pedersen, Allison Harell and Pascale Dufour)

2012

Trust, Civic Engagement and Political Participation: some observations about the social capital research agenda, Keynote speech

Micro-Level Socialisation through Civic Engagement? Institutions, Associations and Trust

Quebec

(with Eva Falk-Pedersen, Allison Harell and Pascale Dufour)

Diversity, intergroup contact, and trust

Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften Göttingen

(with with Karen Schönwälder, Sören Petermann, Katharina Schmid, Joe Heywood)

2011

Social Cohesion and Integration Regimes: Redirecting our Attention to Immigrant-Native-Born Gaps

The Political Immigrant: A Comparative Portrait Workshop

Concordia University, Montreal

(with Marc Helbling, Tim Reeskens, Cameron Stark and Matthew Wright)

Diversity and contact in German cities

Diversity and Contact

Max Planck Institute Göttingen. Germany

(with Karen Schönwälder, Sören Petermann, Thomas Schmitt, Katharina Schmid)

Are vegetarians political? The conceptual and empirical difficulties in the expansion of political action repertoires

Communication, Consumers, and Citizens: Revisiting the Politics of Consumption University of Wisconsin, Madison

(with Michele Micheletti and Daniel Berlin)

2010

Political Consumerism and the Dynamic Responsibility of Citizens

The Dynamics of Citizenship in the Post-Political World, Stockholm

(with Michele Micheletti and Daniel Berlin)

2008

Ethnische Vielfalt und sozialer Zusammenhalt: tatsächlich schwer vereinbar?

NCCR Research Colloquium, University of Zürich, Zürich

Politische Partizipation im Umbruch?

University of Zürich, Zürich

Youth—Losers of Social Capital or Winners of Diverse Societies?

Comparative Perspectives on Political Socialization Conference, Bruges

2007

Shopping and Politics: Political Consumerism as Form of Political Participation

University of Hawaii, Hilo

(with Michele Micheletti)

Ethnische Vielfalt und Sozialer Zusammenhalt: Tatsächlich schwer vereinbar?

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin

Neue Ungleichheiten? Formen der Exklusion in neueren Formen der politischen Partizipation

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin

2005

Integration Regimes in European Nation-states. Generalized trust and ethnocentrism in European societies

Institute for Public Policy Research (IRPP) 3rd IRPP Conference Diversity and Canada's Future, Québec, Canada

(with Marc Hooghe and Tim Reeskens)

Re-conceptualization of Political Participation and Responsibility Taking

Carnegie Institute-Youth and Political Participation Meeting, Washington, DC

(with Michele Micheletti and Marc Hooghe)

The Role of Institutions in the Creation of Social Capital

CIFAR-Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, Vancouver

2004

Political Consumerism: New Survey Evidence from Sweden

Oslo—International Seminar On Political Consumerism

Trust, Community and Civic Engagement -- A Research Agenda for Social Capital

INRS-Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Urbanisation, Culture et Société

2003

Politischer Konsum als eine Form der politischen Partizipation

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin-AG Zivilgesellschaft

Soziales Kapital in vergleichender Perspektive

Universität Potsdam—Soziologisches Kolloquium

Die Entwicklung ziviler Werte: Soziales Kapital in vergleichender Perspektive

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin - Karl W. Deutsch Professorship Talk

The Gender Gap Reversed: Political Consumerism as a Form of Civic and Political Engagement

St. John’s College, University Of Manitoba: Gender And Social Capital Workshop

(with Michele Micheletti)

2002

Race in the City

Workshop Conceptualizing Trust—Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Nuffield College, Oxford University

with Melissa Marschall

2001

The institutional embeddedness of generalized trust

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Centre for the Study of Democratic Politics

Workshop on Political Trust

(with Bo Rothstein)

The institutional sources of generalized trust

European Science Foundation, Exeter

Workshop On Social Capital

(with Bo Rothstein)

Political participation and political consumerism

City University, Stockholm, Sweden: International Seminar On Political Consumerism

(with Marc Hooghe)

Trust, Community and Public Action: Social Capital in Comparative Perspective

McGill University, Montreal

2000

Paper on regional differences in social capital in Sweden

LOS Center Bergen, Solstrand, Norway: Workshop "Investigating Social Capital."

1999

Trust, Community and Public Action: Social Capital in Comparative Perspective

Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh

1998

Trust, Community and Public Action: Social Capital in Comparative Perspective

Emory University, Atlanta

Trust, Community and Public Action: Social Capital in Comparative Perspective

Harvard University, Boston

1996

Voluntary associations and generalized trust

European Science Foundation, Milan

Conference On Democracy And Social Capital

Organization of Workshops/Panels

2012

Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Edmonton

Organized 12 panels and a Workshop on the Political Psychology of Diversity

(with Allison Harell)

2010

The Dynamics of Citizenship in the Post-Political World, Stockholm

Co-organized the workshop on "Post-political Participation"

2009

2007

European Consortium For Political Research, Helsinki

Workshop Co-Director for the 2007 Joint Sessions: Social Capital, the State and Diversity (with Bo Rothstein)

2005

CPSA-Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting

Section Chair for the Field of Comparative-Developed. Organized 10 panels including a one-day workshop on "Diversity and Social Capital"

2004

European Consortium For Political Research, Uppsala

Workshop Co-Director for the 2004 Joint Sessions: Emerging Repertoires of Political Action. Toward a Systematic Study of Postconventional Forms of Participation (with Marc Hooghe)

2002

American Political Science Association, Boston

Organized Panel Learning Politics: Comparative Research on Youth Socialization in Diverse Societies

McGill University, Montreal Citizenship on Trial: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Political Socialization of Adolescents

Organized a workshop with 12 academic participants from Europe, Canada and the USA (with Marc Hooghe)

2001

European Consortium For Political Research, Canterbury

ECPR Conference. Invited to chair two panels "Social capital in Comparative Perspective." Presented two papers

2000

American Political Science Association, Washington, DC

Organized Panel: "Linking Social Capital and Political Institutions."

European Consortium Of Political Research, Copenhagen

Joint Sessions

Workshop Co-Director for "Voluntary Associations, Social Capital and Interest Mediation: Forging the Link" (with Marc Hooghe)

1999

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago

Invited to organize a panel "Varieties of Trust."

1998

American Political Science Association, Boston

Organized two panels on social capital: Varieties of Civicness and Social Capital and Social Capital in Comparative Perspective. Served as a discussant on the panel Social Capital in Comparative Perspective.

Additional Conference Presentations

2013

Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Victoria

"Gender and Electoral Communication" (with Delia Dumitrescu, and Elisabeth Gidengil)

“How do I change Politics?” (with Sara Vissers)

“Maple Spring Up Close” (with Allison Harell, Eva Falk Pedersen, and Pascale Dufour)

2012

Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Edmonton

“It’s Not What You Say, It’s the Way that You Say It: Candidate Nonverbal Style and Persuasion” (with Delia Dumitrescu, Elisabeth Gidengil and Stuart Soroka)

“Religious Symbols, Multiculturalism and Policy Attitudes” (with Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Jessica Behnke)

“Spill-over effects between Facebook and on/offline political participation? Evidence from a two-wave panel study” (with Sara Vissers)

American Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans

“Religious Symbols, Multiculturalism and Policy Attitudes” (with Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Jessica Behnke)

“The mobilization potential of Facebook for political engagement: a multi-method approach” (with Sara Vissers)

2011

American Political Science Association Conference, Seattle

“It’s Not What You Say, It’s the Way that You Say It: Candidate Nonverbal Style and Persuasion” (with Delia Dumitrescu, Elisabeth Gidengil and Stuart Soroka)

European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Reykjavik

“Consequences of Immigration-Related Diversity on Social Integration and Social Cohesion: Bringing Contact Back In” (with Sören Petermann, Karen Schönwälder, Thomas Schmitt and Joe Heywood)

“The Internet and new modes of political participation: Online versus offline participation?” (with Sara Vissers)

Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique, Montreal

« Convergence générationnelle ? Les jeunes et la confiance généralisée au Québec et au Canada » (with Allison Harell)

2010

International Conference of Europeanists, Council of European Studies, Montreal

“Bringing Political Parties back in -- Cultural Diversity, Social Cohesion, and Political Mobilization"

(with Marc Helbling and Tim Reeskens)

2009

European Consortium for Political Research, Lisbon

"Effectiveness of Political Consumerism"

(with Michele Micheletti)

New Technology Conference, Barcelona

“The Impact of Online and Offline mobilization on Participation Modes. Citizen Politics: Are the New Media Reshaping Political Engagement”

(with Sara Vissers, Marc Hooghe, and Valérie-Anne Mahéo)

EU-COST Interdisciplinary Action on Gender and Well-Being, Amsterdam

“Boosting Women's Political Resources: The Power of Women's Social Networks”

(with Elisabeth Gidengil)

2008

American Political Science Association, Boston

“Ethnic Identity in Multinational States: Linguistic Ties and the Development of Out-Group Solidarity"

(with Allison Harell)

Association Internationale Des Sociologues de Lagues Francaise, Istanbul

«Qui sont ces jeunes qui ne participant pas? Un portrait socio démographiques des jeunes non-engagés, au Canada et en Belgique»

(with Yves Dejaeghere and Valérie-Anne Mahéo)

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago

“What do Women Really Know? A Gendered Analysis of Varieties of Political Knowledge”

(with Elisabeth Gidengil)

2007

International Conference on Experimental Methods, Brussels.

“The Potential of Political Mobilization. An Experiment on Internet and Face-to-Face Mobilization Efforts”

(with Marc Hooghe, Valérie-Anne Mahéo, and Sara Vissers)

International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Corfu

“Social Networks and Immigrant Women’s Political Incorporation”

(with Elisabeth Gidengil)

Association For Canadian Studies In The United States, Toronto

“What's Different About the French? Generalized Trust in French-Speaking Communities: Comparing Belgium, Switzerland and Canada”

(with Eric Uslaner)

European Consortium for Political Research, Pisa

“What Does Politics Mean to You? Young Citizens and Emerging Forms of Political Action”

(with Ellen Quintelier, Allison Harell, and Laura Nishikawa)

European Consortium for Political Research, Pisa

“Network Diversity and Political Participation: A Complication or an Asset?”

(with Allison Harell and Ellen Quintelier)

European Consortium for Political Research, Pisa

“How Citizenship Education and Students? Political Resources Influence the Socialisation of New Citizens in Canada”

(with Ellen Caes and Marc Hooghe)

European Consortium for Political Research, Helsinki

“Integration Regimes, Social Trust and Ethnocentrism. The Effects of Integration Policies on Social Cohesion in Europe”

(with Marc Hooghe, Tim Reeskens & Ann Trappers)

2006

American Political Science Association, Philadelphia

“Ethnic Diversity, Trust and Ethnocentrism and Europe. A multilevel Analysis of 21 European Countries”

(with Marc Hooghe, Tim Reeskens, and Ann Trappers)

2005

American Political Science Association, Washington, DC

“The Expansion of Political Action Repertoires: Theoretical Reflections on Results from the Nike Email Exchange Internet Campaign” (with Michele Micheletti)

“Shifting Inequalities? Patterns of exclusion and inclusion in new forms of political participation” (with Marc Hooghe)

“Chronicle of a War Foretold--A Comparative Study of Media Framing in Television News Broadcasts in Preparation to the War in Iraq” (with Marc Hooghe)

Canadian Political Science Association, London, ON

“Seeing or Living Diversity-Contact with Diverse Others and the Development of Generalized Trust,”

(with Melissa Marschall)

2004

McGill Social Statistics Speaker Series

"The Study of Political Consumerism-A Multi-Method Approach"

(with Michele Micheletti)

International Society of Political Psychology, Lund

"Roots of Civic Attitudes and Behaviors: The role of family in youth socialization" (with Allison Harell)

"Breeding Trust-The Family as a Source of Social Capital."

Université de Montréal

Colloque de la Société québécoise de science politique

"Forwarding Justice-Broadening our Concept of Political Participation" (with Michele Micheletti)

European Consortium For Political Research, Uppsala

"Emerging Repertoires of Political Action. Toward a Systematic Study of Postconventional Forms of Participation"

(with Marc Hooghe)

Social Capital, Youth Civic Engagement and Democratic Renewal

Policy Research Initiative, Government Of Canada: Exploring New Approaches to Social Policy

(with Cesi Cruz)

The Gender Gap Reversed: How women participate in politics

Mcgill Speaker Series Intersections Of Gender And Politics

(Research with Michele Micheletti and Marc Hooghe)

Post-Conventional Forms of Political Participation--An empirical test of the criticism against the Bowling Alone Thesis

University of Stockholm

(with Marc Hooghe)

2003

Association For Canadian Studies In The United States, Portland

"The Causes and Consequences of Trust in Canada"

(with Ric Uslaner)

American Political Science Association, Philadelphia

"Tomorrow’s Citizens. The Structure of Citizenship Concepts of Young Generations," (with Marc Hooghe)

Discussant Panel: Trust in Eastern Europe

European Consortium For Political Research, Edinburgh

"Political Consumerism—A New Phenomenon of Political Participation? An Exploratory Study in Canada, Belgium and Sweden"

(with Marc Hooghe and Michele Micheletti)

2002

American Political Science Association, Boston

"How Political Institutions Create and Destroy Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust" (with Bo Rothstein)

"The Roots of Social Capital. The Effect of Youth Experiences on Participation and Value Patterns in Adult Life" (with Marc Hooghe)

McGill University, Montreal

Citizenship on Trial: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Political Socialization of Adolescents

"Preparing for the Learning School of Democracy" (with Marc Hooghe)

European Consortium For Political Research, Turino

"Preparing for the Learning School of Democracy—The Effects of Adolescent Involvement on Value Patterns and Participation in Adult Life"

(with Marc Hooghe)

2001

European Consortium For Political Research, Canterbury

"An Institutional Theory of Trust" (with Bo Rothstein)

"Inaccurate, Exceptional, One-Sided or Irrelevant? The Debate About the Alleged Decline of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Western Societies" (with Marc Hooghe)

American Political Science Association, San Francisco

"Race in the City—The Generation of Trust in Neighborhoods in Detroit"

(poster presentation with Melissa Marshall)

2000

European Consortium Of Political Research, Copenhagen

Workshop: Voluntary Associations, Social Capital and Interest Mediation: Forging the Link

"Social Capital—A Research Agenda"

"Clubs and Congregations—The Benefits of Joining an Association"

American Political Science Association, Washington, DC

"Social Capital and Political Institutions"

(with Bo Rothstein)

1999

American Political Science Association, Atlanta

"Local Politics as a Source of social capital—a regional comparative perspective in Sweden."

Nominated for the Sage Prize in Comparative Politics and for the Best APSA paper award

Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago

"The Benefits of Joining an Association"

1998

American Political Science Association, Boston

"Diverse Associations and their Benefits"

European Consortium Of Political Research, Warwick

"Getting to trust"

Paper nominated for the ECPR Rudolf-Wildenmann Prize

German Political Science Association, Hamburg

Conference of the sub- division Non-profit Sector Research.

"Associations and Trust"

1997

American Political Science Association, Washington, DC

"Voluntary associations and generalized trust"

Paper nominated for the Sage Prize in Comparative Politics

1996

Council Of European Studies, Chicago

Europeanist Conference

"Are All Associations Alike?" (with Thomas Rochon)

1994

GDR Research Association, Conway, USA

New Hampshire Symposium on Germany

"Identity change of East German women after the unification"

Non-Refereed Contributions

2003

Government Of Canada, Ottawa

Invitation to participate in a Roundtable Discussion on Social Capital together with six scholars from across Canada and several senior federal officials

2001

STATCAN, Ottawa

Social Capital Survey Project

Presented two talks on measurements of social capital for the General Social Survey 2003

1998

Der Freitag, Berlin

Published newspaper article "Attentat auf das Soziale Kapital" (with Steffen Mau)

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