Voting Experiments: An Assessment of Controlled Experiments about Electoral Behaviour

Experimental methods have been rapidly developing in political science over the past few years, especially in the field of electoral behaviour. At the same time, voting experiments build on very different traditions (esp. psychology and behavioural economics) and use very different designs and settings (laboratory, field, and survey experiments). This creates an urgent need for a European forum to present and discuss current research in this field. This workshop proposal aims at connecting scholars who have actively developed, used, and advanced experimental methods in the past few years. The workshop will assess the scientific contribution of experimental methods to the field of electoral behaviour, exchange practical experiences of developing and running experiments, and establish networks among scholars for future collaboration.