June: Conference
Representation in the Age of Populism? Ideas for Global Action
Speakers included: Enrico Letta, Michele Bachelet, Chantal Delsol, Cas Mudde, Delia Ferreira, Athena Tong and Richard Youngs
Co-hosted with International IDEA, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Westminster Foundation for Democracy and Netherlands Institute for Multi-party Democracy
May: Seminar
Winning Friends and Influencing People: Campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe
Speakers: Tim Haughton and David Cutts (University of Birmingham)
Convenors: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham) and Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham)
May: Seminar
Drivers of party system institutionalization in Africa’s young democracies
Speaker: Edalina Rodrigues Sanches (University of Lisbon)
Convenor: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham)
April: Conference
Political Parties in the Age of Populism
Speakers included: Paul Taggart (University of Sussex), Philipe Schmitter (European University Institute) and Miriam Lexmann (International Republican Institute)
Convenors: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham) and Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham)
March: Seminar
Do Arabs not do parties?
Speaker: Lise Storm (University of Exeter)
Convenor: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham)
February: Seminar
Dyadic Representation and Brexit: The limited effects of congruence in the 2017 UK general election
Speaker: Chris Hanretty (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Convenor: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham)
January: Seminar
The effects of negative campaigning on party preference and election outcome in the 2015 UK election
Speakers: Cees van der Eijk and Annemarie Walter (University of Nottingham)
Convenors: Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham) and Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham)