Event details

Speaker:
Mazen Hassan

Although experimental methodology has been an established data collection tool to study socio-economic and political behaviour in many parts of the world, it is still comparatively under-used in the Middle East. The workshop will present findings from lab, lab-in-the field and survey experiments, mainly done in Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan over the past few years by Mazen Hassan and collaborators. It will focus on experiments tracing pro-social preferences, like trust, cooperation, altruism and reciprocity. Secondly, it will also present findings of experiments done on themes particularly relevant to the region, like religion and political attitudes, tolerance, social identity, asking the question whether experimental research from the region can also help in theory building. The conclusion will try to address advantages and potential challenges of the experimental methodology in this part of the world.

Mazen Hassan

Mazen Hassan is Professor at the Political Science Department of the University of Cairo, Egypt. His research interests include electoral systems, party systems, democratic transitions, political economy, as well as lab, survey and field experiments explaining social behavior. In addition to numerous journal articles, he has co-authored two books on the Egyptian political system in the transitional period following the 2011 revolution. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford, and a MA in Political Science from the University of Warwick.

Co-Moderation: Urs Fischbacher

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