Event



Junior Scholars in International Relations Conference

- | The Blank Forum
Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics
University of Pennsylvania
133 South 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Invited participants:

Michael Allen, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Zoning Out Democracy: Autocratic Survival through Global Commercial Enclaves

Lotem Bassan-Nygate, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Champions & Pariahs: Image Effects of Naming & Shaming

Thomas Flaherty, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Protectionism for Him, Welfare for Her: The Trade Origins of Gendered Political Cleavages

Michael Goldfien, Assistant Professor, US Naval War College
Hawks, Doves, & Regime Type in International Rivalry & Rapprochement

Valentina Gonzalez-Rostani, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University (Fall 2025: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California)
Immigration Shocks & Politicians’ Rhetoric: Evidence from the Venezuelan Migration Crisis

Zuhad Hai, Assistant Professor, New York University
Industrial Policy as Compensation for Economic Decline: Evidence from Post-War Britain

Soyoung Lee, Assistant Professor, Yale University
The Making of National Interest: What States (Don’t) Fight For & Why

Sverrir Steinsson, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Catalysts of Diffusion: How Backward Conquerors Made the Modern State

Noah Zucker, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics (Fall 2025: Assistant Professor, Princeton University)
Greener Pastures? A Labor Market Theory of Climate Governance