Joint Quantitative Political Science Conference for Asia and Australasia, 9-10 January 2025
Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is pleased to host the second joint meeting of the Asian Political Methodology group and the Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science. The joint conference (AsianPolmeth XII & ASQPS XII) will bring scholars from both successful conferences for the first joint meeting since 2017.
Registration is through Humanitix.
A PDF of the programme is available here.
This will be an in-person conference, with proceedings held at Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus in Wellington, New Zealand.
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand, with parliament within walking distance of the university campus. It is also home to national arts institutions, the local filmmaking industry, many web-based and digital technology companies, an accessible waterfront, nature reserves, and award-winning cafes, bars, and restaurants.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Rose McDermott (Brown University)
Rose McDermott is the David and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She works in the area of political psychology. She received her Ph.D. (Political Science) and M.A. (Experimental Social Psychology) from Stanford University and has also taught at Cornell and UCSB.
She has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and the Women and Public Policy Program, all at Harvard University, and has been a fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences twice.
She is the author of five books, a co-editor of two additional volumes, and author of over two hundred academic articles across a wide variety of disciplines encompassing topics such as American foreign and defense policy, experimentation, national security intelligence, gender, social identity, cybersecurity, emotion and decision-making, and the biological and genetic bases of political behavior.
Travel to Wellington
The programme will fully occupy the two days of the conference. We therefore recommend arrival by the evening of the 8th if possible. For visitors to New Zealand, most international flights arrive at Auckland airport, from which there are regular flight connections to Wellington, only a one-hour flight away.
There also direct flights to Wellington from Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne.
From the airport, the Airport Express bus (AX) to the city runs every 10-20 minutes, but taxis and ride shares are also available.
Travel to the Conference Venue
If staying in the city, the Kelburn campus of Victoria University of Wellington sits on a hill overlooking the harbour, so travel to the conference venue will require a steep uphill walk from the city if travelling by foot. Public transport options include regular buses or the cable car, taxi or ride share, or a motorised scooter if you are feeling adventurous.
Accommodation
There are a range of hotels and alternative accommodation options available close to the Kelburn campus and/or Dockside, the venue for the conference dinner.
The list below is ordered roughly by closeness to the conference venue, although all will require a steep climb, bus, or cable car ride. Rydges has the advantage of being closer to the location of the conference dinner at Dockside, The Copthorne is near Oriental Bay, potentially attractive to beach lovers, and Naumi Hotel is in the heart of Cuba Street. Conference attendees may be able to get a slightly cheaper rate if they explain they are coming to a conference at VUW and explicitly ask for that rate.
- Mövenpick – 345 The Terrace
- Boulcott Suites – 5 O’Reily Avenue
- James Cook – 147 The Terrace
- Astelia Apartment Hotel – 156 Willis Street
- Naumi Hotel – 10 Dunlop Terrace
- Rydges – 75 Featherston Street
- Copthorne – 100 Oriental Parade
In addition, the Wellington NZ website has a good overview of possible options.
Hosts
Tom Jamieson, Victoria University of Wellington
Jack Vowles, Victoria University of Wellington
Asian Polmeth Executive Committee
Fang-Yi Chiou, Academia Sinica
Kentaro Fukumoto, University of Tokyo
Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Australian National University
Kosuke Imai, Princeton University
Xun Pang, Peking University
Jong Hee Park, Seoul National University
ASQPS Executive Committee
Svitlana Chernykh, Australian National University
Richard Frank, Australian National University
Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Australian National University
Leonie Huddy, Stony Brook University
Aaron Martin, University of Melbourne
Kyle Peyton, University of Melbourne
Shaun Ratcliff, Monash University
Shawn Treier, Australian National University
Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science 