Talks & Events

Invited talks

Spanish Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC)

October 22, 2025

Guest talk with Carolina Plescia at the Spanish Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC): "What do Citizens Dislike About Voting? Mapping Anti-Voting Orientations".

More information and the video via this link.

Blondel Lecture Series

November 16, 2023

Carolina Plescia delivered the inaugural Jean Blondel Lecture at the University of Essex. Her lecture was held on 'The meanings of 'voting' for ordinary citizens. The event has been launched by ECPR and the University of Essex to honour the legacy of Jean Blondel, who founded the Department of Government at the University of Essex and was one of the founders of ECPR.

The video is available via this link.

In It to Win It? The Role of Citizen Meanings of Voting in the Winner Loser Gap of Diffuse Political Support

December 1, 2022

Carolina Plescia presented their working paper with Ming M. Boyer and Anna Lia Brunetti "In It to Win It? The Role of Citizen Meanings of Voting in the Winner Loser Gap of Diffuse Political Support" at the Ciència Política of the University of Barcelona.

Webinars

	Participation & Representation - A Research Dialogue with International Scholars (academic year 2024-2025) June 4, 2025 Carolina Plescia presented her book "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications" Oxford University Press in the framework of a course at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev thought by Prof. Jennifer Oser. You can watch the webinar recording and learn more about the series here: https://www.prd-erc.eu/events The full version of the video is available for download via this link.
	Meanings of voting and perceptions of election integrity in US elections November 22, 2022 Carolina Plescia (University of Vienna) and María Belén Abdala (University of Vienna) are joined by Elizabeth J. Zechmeister (Vanderbilt University) and Jason S. Maloy (University of Louisiana) to discuss DeVOTE findings on the meanings of voting in the US. You can watch the recording via u:stream here
	Negative or positive meanings of voting, or none at all? The meanings of voting in the Italian and Brazilian 2022 elections October 25, 2022 Carolina Plescia (University of Vienna) and Anna Lia Brunetti (University of Vienna) are joined by Tiago Ventura (New York University) and Diego Garzia (University of Lausanne) to discuss DeVOTE findings on the meanings of voting in Italy and Brazil. You can watch the recording via u:stream here
	Will the Orbán Regime Survive or Fall? Roundtable March 29, 2022 Invited experts discuss the chance of survival or fall of Orbán's competitive authoritarian regime. Carolina Plescia showcases the project's aim, and fresh evidence on data collected in Hungary.

Conference participations

	EPSA Conference 2025 June 26-28, 2025 Anna Lia Brunetti presented the working paper "Who votes when elections seem unfair? The moderating role of citizens' meanings of voting", co-authored with M. Belén Abdala. Ming Boyer presented the working paper "What do Citizens Dislike About Voting? Mapping Anti-Voting Orientations", co-authored with Carolina Plescia.
	ECPR - Joint Sessions Workshops 2025 May 20-23, 2025 Clara Faulí Molas participated in the ECPR Joint Sessions organised at Charles University in Prague, where she presented the paper: "What does negative voting mean?" co-authored with Carolina Plescia, Diego Garzia, and Frederico Ferreira Da Silva.
	MPSA 2025 Annual Meeting April, 03-06, 2025 M. Belén Abdala presented the working paper: "Decoding the Vote: Mapping Key Theories and Debates in the Study of Voting Behavior" co-authored with Jennifer Oser, Carolina Plescia and Aya Shoshan.
	24 Hours of Political Psychology Conference 2024 September 19-20, 2024 Anna Lia Brunetti presented the working paper "What justifies voting for underperforming authoritarian leaders?", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Sylvia Kritzinger.
	APSA 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition September 05-08, 2024 M. Belén Abdala presented two working papers: "Why Do People Run for Office? Political Motivations of First-Time Candidates" co-authored with Carolina Plescia, and a single-authored paper on "Why Do Minorities Vote? Status, Strife and Political Motivations".
	EPSA General Conference 2024 July 04-06, 2024 Anna Lia Brunetti presented the working paper "What justifies voting for underperforming authoritarian leaders?", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Sylvia Kritzinger. M. Belén Abdala presented the working paper "In or out? A study on how parties decide whom to include as candidates and whom to exclude" co-authored with Carolina Plescia.
	The Politicologenetmaal (24 hours of Political Science) June 14, 2024 Ming Boyer presented the paper "Voting Against or Against Voting: A Comparative Analysis of Negativity in Citizens' Meanings of Voting", co-authored by Carolina Plescia, at the Politicologenetmaal in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
	WAPOR 76th Annual Conference September 19-22, 2023 Anna Lia Brunetti presented the single-authored working paper on "Voting Meanings and Political Participation". María Belén Abdala presented the working paper on "I-voting in Estonia: Disentangling the effects of trust in government and e-voting systems".
	ECPR General Conference 2023 September 04-08, 2023 Anna Lia Brunetti presented the single-authored working paper on "Voting Meanings and Political Participation". María Belén Abdala presented the working paper on "I-voting in Estonia: Disentangling the effects of trust in government and e-voting systems", co-authored with Carolina Plescia, Ming M. Boyer and Anna Lia Brunetti. Ming M. Boyer presented the paper "Outgroup Vote Delegitimization: Social-Political Perceptions of Outgroup Votes and Affective Polarization", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and María Belén Abdala. He also presented the single-authored working paper "Strategic Game Frames and the Cynicism Paradox: The Framing of Elections and Citizen Meanings of Voting".
	EPSA General Conference 2023 June 22-24, 2023 María Belén Abdala presented a paper on affective polarization titled "Vital Victories and Disastrous Defeats: Affective Polarization, Meanings of Voting and Acceptance of Election Results" co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Ming M. Boyer. Cal Le Gall presented a paper on electoral turnout titled "Globalization, meanings of voting and turnout: experimental evidence from the US" co-authored with María Belén Abdala, Ming M. Boyer and Carolina Plescia.
	73rd Annual ICA Conference May 25-29, 2023 Ming Boyer presented a working paper called "Negative campaign, negative votes? Political Campaigns and Citizens' Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the US", co-authored with Cal le Gall and Carolina Plescia, as well as the single-authored working paper "Strategic Game Frames and the Cynicism Paradox: The Framing of Elections and Citizen Meanings of Voting".
	80th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference April 13-16, 2023 María Belén Abdala presented the working papers "How would you like to vote?" and "Vital Victories and Disastrous Defeats: Outgroup Vote Delegitimization, Affective Polarization and Acceptance of Election Results". Anna Lia Brunetti discussed the working papers "Election integrity, electoral participation and the meanings of voting" and "Voting meanings and Political participation".
	What we (Don't) Know About Voting and Why it Matters: Citizen Meanings of Voting December 9, 2022 Ming Manuel Boyer presented at the Dutch Political Psychology Meeting, hosted by the Amsterdam School of Communication Research at the University of Amsterdam their working paper with Carolina Plescia, Cal Le Gall, Maria B. Abdala and Anna Lia Brunetti.
	Meanings of voting: What we (don't) know about voting and why it matters December 2, 2022 The Governance research team at Pacte laboratory invited Cal Le Gall for a presentation during their weekly seminar. Cal Le Gall presented two working papers at this occasion: "The emergence and content of citizens' meanings of voting: An analysis of focus groups and individual interviews" co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Maria B. Abdala, and "What we (don't) know about voting and why it matters" with Carolina Plescia, Maria B. Abdala, Anna Lia Brunetti and Ming Boyer.
	9th European Communication Conference October 19-22, 2022 Ming Boyer presents the working paper "Negative campaigns, negative votes? How negative and dirty campaigning impacts citizens' meanings of voting".
	2022 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition September 15-18, 2022 Ming Boyer presents the working paper "A Social Identity Perspective on Negative Campaigning: Effects of Positive, Negative and "Dirty" Campaigning by Ingroup and Outgroup Parties" at the APSA Pre-Conference in Political Communication. Anna Lia Brunetti presents the working paper "Political Support and Citizen Meanings of Voting".
	ECPR General Conference August 22-26, 2022 Ming Boyer presents the working paper on "Negative campaigns, negative votes? How perceptions of political campaigns impact citizens' meanings of voting".
	The 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) July 14-17, 2022 Cal Le Gall presents the working paper on "The emergence and content of citizens' meanings of voting: An analysis of focus groups and individual interviews".
	Challenges of Electoral Integrity Around the Globe – Virtual Conference of EIP July 4-8, 2022 María Belén Abdala presents the working paper on "Election integrity and the meanings of voting" co-authored with Anna-Lia Brunetti.