8:30am

Coffee, fruit, and breakfast pastries

8:45

Opening remarks

9:00 – 9:45

Rune Slothuus, “Are Partisan Polarization and Depolarization Driven by Policy Substance?” 
Professor, Aarhus University 

10:35 – 10:50

Break

10:50 – 11:35

Noam Gidron, “Why Masses Support Democratic Backsliding: Evidence from Israel” 
Associate Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Stanford University 

11:40 – 12:25

Ariel Malka, “The Significance of Abstract Democracy Support Within the American Public” 
Professor, Yeshiva University

12:25 – 1:15

Lunch

1:15 – 2:00

Steven Webster, “Partisan Linked Fate in the American Mass Public” 
Associate Professor, Indiana University  

2:05 – 2:50

Alexa Bankert, “From Conflict to Cooperation: Changing Partisan Group Norms to Reduce Polarization” 
Professor, Yeshiva University 

2:50 – 3:05

Break 

3:05 – 3:50

Elizabeth Simas, “Reducing Animosity Due to Negative Ideological Identities” 
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 

3:55 – 4:40

Scott Clifford, “How Anger Affects Political Participation: The Moderating Role of Trait Aggression” 
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University