We are pleased to announce that the Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy will be inviting Professor Levente Littvay (Central European University) to give the seminar “Conspiracy Beliefs, Politics, and the COVID-19 Pandemic” on January 17, 2023.
Event Information
- Speaker: Levente Littvay (Professor of Political Science at Central European University)
- Title: Conspiracy Beliefs, Politics, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Date and Time: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 16:30-18:00 JST
- Venue: Room 704, Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University and online via the following Zoom link:
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/j/93151258005?pwd=bkZnb3BuWVlEa1ZTSjJtZ09pMS9EUT09
Meeting ID: 931 5125 8005 / Passcode: 123456
- Language: English
- Open to members of Waseda University and the general public. Free admission.
Abstract
Conspiracy theories are increasingly a visible part of political life. Vaccine conspiracies were widespread even before COVID-19 and conspiratorial thinking has been tied to populist attitudes. During the pandemic, how people responded to conspiracies was literally a matter of life and death for both themselves and their surroundings. For its 2020-2021 (10th) wave, the European Social Survey included questions on the pandemic, trust, and conspiratorial thinking. Conspiracy items included general conspiratorial thinking, science conspiracies and COVID19 specific conspiracies allowing for a nuanced dissection of the relevant conspiracy attitudes and their connection to pandemic related attitudes or political thinking. The presentation will summarize original research on the connection of conspiratorial thinking and both populist attitudes and violence from pre-COVID data collections and present initial exploration of the European Social Survey.
- Speaker Bio
Professor Levente Littvay served as the Academic Convenors of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Methods Schools (2015-2021) in the past and has recently founded a new method training platform MethodNET. Having being awarded Distinguished Teaching Award (2015) and Teaching Excellence Award (2021), the countless number of students and researchers have learned data analysis methods in his classes.
Organizers: Airo Hino ([email protected])
Sponsored by the Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy
Co-sponsored by the Survey and Media Data Research Group, Waseda Institute of Political Economy (WINPEC)
