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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Discussant: Bernhard Weßels
Moderated by Ruud Koopmans
Anger and antagonism between the left and the right in America have reached historic levels. Liberals and conservatives seem to live in different places and to interact mostly with politically like-minded others. Americans seem to be unable to understand the perspective of those they disagree with, making it more difficult than ever to communicate across party lines.
Robb Willer argues that, despite this extreme polarization, political communication is still possible. He has conducted experiments on hot-button issues like same-sex marriage, national health insurance, military spending, and the environment in order to design political arguments in a way that enables people with conflicting views to be in dialogue. In his lecture, he will present new political arguments carefully designed to address the values of those targeted for persuasion. Robb Willer’s research highlights the importance of empathy and understanding for reducing political conflicts.
Robb Willer is a Professor in the Departments of Sociology, Psychology (by courtesy), and the Graduate School of Business (by courtesy) at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Cornell University and his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Iowa. He previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Lecture is part of the WZB Distinguished Lectures in Social Sciences
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by October 5, 2017, indicating the number of children and their age to Friederike Theilen Kosch: friederike.theilen-kosch@wzb.eu
Date:
10/19/2017 17:00 - 10/19/2017 19:00
Registration deadline:
10/12/2017
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Room A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
08/09/2017
Sender/author:
Dr. Harald Wilkoszewski
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event58142
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