- “Discontent and the Left Turn in Latin America”. (with David Doyle) Presented at the LASA Conference in Toronto 7.-9. October 2010
- “The Meaning of Left-Right in Latin America: Insights from Expert Surveys”. Presented at the ECPR General Conference in Potsdam 9.-12. September 2009
- “Presidents, Parties and Policy Competition”. Lecture at the Helen Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, April 2009
- “The Compatibility of the Incompatible? Economic and Identity-based Incentives as Joint Causes of Civil War Onset”. Presented at the Author’s Conference of the Politische VierteljahresschriftSpecial Issue, Konstanz, February 2008
- “Presidents and Parties in Policy Space: Evidence from Expert Surveys in 18 Latin American Countries”. Invited Lecture at the Latin American Centre, Oxford, October 2007
- “Presidents and Parties in Policy Space: Expert Surveys of Policy Positions in 18 Latin American Countries. Preliminary results”. Presented at the V Congreso Europeo de Latinoamericanistas, Brussels, April 2007
- “Polarization and Conflict: Reconsiderations”. Presented at the Winter Meeting of the EU Polarization and Conflict Project, Milan, December 2005
- “Institutions as Mediators? The Role of Decentralization and Majority Rule in the Polarization-Conflict Nexus”. (with Gerald Schneider) Presented at the General Meeting of the EU Polarization and Conflict Project, Oslo, July 2004
- “Foreign Economic Liberalization and Political Instability: The Latin American Case”. (with Gerald Schneider) Presented at the General Meeting of the EU Polarization andConflict Project, Oslo, July 2004