November 20, 2026
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482
PERL/Experimental Working Group
The PERL/Experimental Working Group focuses on the use of experimental methods to tackle relevant questions in Political Science. We help design and implement a wide variety of experiments from those embedded in surveys as well as behavioral experiments in MIT’s Behavioral Research Lab.
MIT faculty, students, and their guests are welcome. Please email Gabrielle Péloquin-Skulski with questions.
November 13, 2026
12:00PM
October 23, 2026
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482
Beyond NIMBY: Partisanship, Developer Identity, and Local Public Opinion in the Age of Data Centers
Bridget Schippers
MIT
October 16, 2026 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
October 16, 2026
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482
November 21, 2025
12:00PM
November 21, 2025
12:00PM
E53-438 plus Zoom
November 14, 2025
12:00PM
Can you stand the heat? Ideology and individual-level climate adaptation in Brazil.
Clemente Sánchez
MIT
October 31, 2025 12:00PM E53-438
October 31, 2025
12:00PM
E53-438
The Scope of Solidarity: Rethinking Latino Group Consciousness
Alejandro Frydman
October 17, 2025 12:00PM E53-438
October 17, 2025
12:00PM
E53-438
October 14, 2025
12:00PM
E53-438
Labeling AI-Generated Content in a Complex Media Environment
Gabrielle Péloquin-Skulski, and Kai Zhou
MIT Political Science Senior Research Support Associates and PhD Student
May 2, 2025 1:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
May 2, 2025
1:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
Exploring Latinidad: From Content to Politicization
Alejandro Frydman
MIT Department of Political Science PhD Student
April 25, 2025 1:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
April 25, 2025
1:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
Safety Net or Self Reliance? U.S. Public Opinion on Government Assistance After Natural Disasters
Angie Jo and Rachael Kha
MIT Political Science PhD Student and MIT IDSS PhD Student
April 18, 2025 1:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
April 18, 2025
1:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
In-Group Favoritism or Out-Group Derogation: Social Identity and the Spread of Political (Mis)information
Gabrielle Pèloquin-Skulski
MIT
October 11, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 or Zoom
October 11, 2024
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482 or Zoom
How to Deescalate Crises and Conflicts
Kai Quek, PhD '13
Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
September 27, 2024 2:00PM
September 27, 2024
2:00PM
The Electoral Appeal of Social Movement-Inspired Political Candidates
Carla Garcia
MIT
September 18, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
September 18, 2024
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482 and on Zoom
Evaluating Democracy on Your Terms: Egotropic Considerations of Election Changes
Joe Loffredo
MIT
April 16, 2024 12:00PM
April 16, 2024
12:00PM
Coethnic Love or Policy Preferences? The Interaction between Descriptive and Substantive Representation
Benjamín Muñoz Rojas
MIT
April 9, 2024 12:00PM
April 9, 2024
12:00PM
¡Órale! Country-Specific Accents and Spanish Language Campaign Appeals in the United States
Alejandro Frydman and Alex Flores
MIT
March 19, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
March 19, 2024
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482
Building a Climate Movement: A Role for the Church?
Anum Mustafa
MIT
February 27, 2024 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
February 27, 2024
12:00PM
Millikan Room, E53-482
¡Órale! Country-Specific Accents and Spanish Language Campaign Appeals in the United States
Alejandro Frydman and Alejandro Flores
November 14, 2023 1:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
November 14, 2023
1:00PM
E53-482 Millikan Room
November 7, 2023
1:00PM
Just Asking Questions: Uncertainty-based Misinformation Frames
Brian Guay, Ashley Blum, Adam Berinsky, Eyal Hanfling and David Rand
October 24, 2023 1:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
October 24, 2023
1:00PM
E53-482 Millikan Room
Unsuccessful Propaganda? Reactive Nationalism toward Chinese Propaganda Film in the U.S.
Ziyi Wu
MIT PhD Student
October 17, 2023 1:00PM E53-482 Millikan Room
October 17, 2023
1:00PM
E53-482 Millikan Room
"Êtes-vous bilingue? The Electoral Rewards of Speaking Both of Canada's Official Languages" and "Demanding Security: An Audit Experiment with Local Authorities"
Gabrielle Péloquin-Skulski, Joe Loffredo, Alex Flores and Samuel Balz (first talk) and Benjamin Muñoz (second talk)
May 15, 2023 1:00PM
May 15, 2023
1:00PM