Research Seminar Series
Welcome to our 2025/2026 Public Opinion & Survey Methodology Seminar Series calendar. Join us for engaging discussions with leading researchers in political behavior, public opinion, and survey methodology. Zoom links will be provided upon request.
POAL Seminars 2025/2026
Winter term
POAL 2025/2026 Seminar Series – Spring
February
Elisa Wirsching (LSE)
5 Feb
Tak Huen Chau (LSE)
12 Feb
Sirianne Dahlum (Oslo University)
19 Feb
Dr Tom O’Grady (UCL)
24 Feb
Gizem Arikan (Trinity College Dublin)
25 Feb
March
Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford)
4 Mar
Jorge Mangonnet (Vanderbilt University)
5 Mar
Simon Chauchard (University Carlos III Madrid)
11 Mar
Gaetano Inglese (LSE)
12 Mar
Alex Coppock (Northwestern University)
26 Mar
April
Simon Hix (EUI)
2 Apr
Dr Sarah Brierley (LSE)
28 Apr
Vittorio Merola (Virginia Tech)
29 Apr
May
Dr Vanessa Cheng Matsuno (Southampton)
5 May
Konstantin Bogatyrev (LSE)
6 May
Adam Berinsky (MIT)
7 May
Paula Rettl (Harvard)
21 May
Autumn term / past seminars
Autumn term
Lala Muradova (University of Southampton)
Thursday, 16 October 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Ala Alrababah (Bocconi University)
Thursday, 23 October 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Tom O'Grady (University College London)
Deterrence and Retribution as Motives for Supporting Punitive Public Policies
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 • 13:00–14:00
Peter Dinesen (Copenhagen)
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Florian Foos (LSE)
Thursday, 30 October 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Daphne Hakilopolou (York)
Wednesday, 5 November 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Sofia Collignon (Queen Mary)
Can violence contain the far-right?
Tuesday, 11 November 2025 • 13:00–14:00
Maria Sobolewska (Manchester)
Wednesday, 12 November 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Helen Milner (Princeton University)
Thursday, 13 November 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Aliz Toth (LSE)
Thursday, 20 November 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte (SOTON)
The Rainbow Vote: Identifying and explaining the emergence of an LGBTQ+ electoral constituency
Tuesday, 25 November 2025 • 13:00–14:00
Lotte Hargrave (Manchester)
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Dominik Hangartner (ETH Zurich)
Thursday, 27 November 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Malu Gatto (University College London)
Wednesday, 3 December 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Elisa Wirsching (LSE)
Thursday, 4 December 2025 • 16:00-17:00
Matthias Dilling (Trinity College Dublin)
Wednesday, 10 December 2025 • 12:00-13:30
Rosie Campbell (King's College London)
Thursday, 11 December 2025 • 16:00-17:00