Thursday, 12 May, Lincoln College

17:00-18:15

Degree, Station & Place: Early Modern England & Representation: Who Stands for Whom? Who Stands for Where?
Luc Borot (MFO)
Chair: Peter Pulzer (All Souls College)
Discussant: Iain McLean (DPIR, Nuffield College)

Friday, 13 May, DPIR

9:00-12:00

Referendums in the USA
Tom Lubbock (Jesus College)
Chair: David Goldey (DPIR, Lincoln College)
Discussant: David Butler (DPIR, Nuffield College)

10:45-12:00

US Reapportionment and Redistricting
Nigel Bowles (DPIR, Rothermere American Institute)
Chair: Michel Balinksi (École Polytechnique)
Discussant: David Goldey

Friday, 13 May, Nuffield College

14:00-15:15

AV Referendum
John Curtice (Strathclyde University)
Chair: Tom Lubbock
Discussant: Steve Fisher (DPIR, Sociology, Trinity College)

15:15-16:30

From the Organic to the Arithmetic: New Redistricting/Redistribution Rules for the United Kingdom
Ron Johnston (University of Bristol)
Chair: David Butler
Discussant: Iain McLean

16:45-18:00

Round Table on Reform of the House of Lords
Chair: Alan Renwick (University of Reading)
Panellists: 2 members of the Cabinet Office, tbc; David Butler, Ron Johnston; John Curtice; Steve Fisher; Iain McLean; Peter Pulzer

Saturday, 14 May, Maison Française d’Oxford

9:30-10:30

Disproportionality in the Swedish Electoral System
Svance Linusson (KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Chair: Peter Pulzer
Discussant: Alan Renwick

10:45-12:00

The Effects of Different Electoral Systems on the Distribution of Seats in the French National Assembly: Computer simulations based on votes cast in the general elections of 1997 and 2007
Pascal Perrineau (Sciences-Po)
Chair: David Bell (University of Leeds)
Discussant: Andrew Knapp (University of Reading)

12:00-13:15

Give Voters the Right to Express Themselves Fully: Majority judgement
Michel Balinski
Chair: Pascal Perrineau
Discussant: David Levy (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism)

12:00-13:15

The Conseil Constitutionel on Reapportionment and Redistricting 2010-11
Jean Claude Colliard (Paris 1)
Chair: David Goldey
Discussant: Michel Balinski

12:00-13:15

Problems with the Accuracy of the Electoral Register:
Anne Muxel (CEVIPOF-Sciences Po) and David Goldey
Summary of Proceedings: Alan Renwick