Measuring Ideology in the Middle East: New Directions

This panel explores new methods of measuring political ideology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), bringing together diverse technical and theoretical perspectives and offering new insights into mass and elite political behavior in the region. Speakers

• Aaron Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and 19 WSN Faculty Fellow 2023-2024, NYUAD
• Tamar Mitts, Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
• Safa Al-Saeedi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marist College
• Alexandra Siegel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder

Organized by

• Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics and Director Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, NYU; 19 WSN Faculty Fellow 2023-2024, NYUAD
• Aaron Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and 19 WSN Faculty Fellow 2023-2024, NYUAD

In conversation with

• Solomon Messing, Research Associate Professor, Center for Social Media and Politics, NYU
• Alexei Abrahams, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Citizen Lab, McGill University

In collaboration with