Dear all,



I hope your winter breaks are going well! I am excited to announce the winners of the best poster awards for this year's Latin American PolMeth, hosted by Universidade de Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.



The first place was awarded to Vitória Sgorlon and Ignacio Urbina (Stony Brook University) for their project, "Fractured Trust: The Effect of Vicarious and Direct Experiences with Police Violence on Trust in the Police, Political Trust, and Satisfaction with Democracy." With a focus on Brazil, the authors conduct two studies to test whether citizens' experiences with police violence affect their political attitudes. Study 1 uses LAPOP data from Brazil and Structural Equation Modeling. In Study 2, the authors conduct a vignette experiment. The studies' findings suggest that direct and vicarious exposure to police violence worsen citizens' assessments of democracy.



The runner-up prize was awarded to Marcelle Amaral (UFPE), Lucas Borba (Vanderbilt University), Eduarda Lessa (UFPE), Vanessa Lira (UFPE), and Nara Pavão (UFPE) for their project, "Do Conspiracy Theories Undermine Support for Democracy? Experimental Evidence from Brazil." The authors conduct two studies to examine the effect of conspiracy theories on support for democracy. Study 1 provides evidence that exposure to conspiracy theories reduces adherence to democratic norms. Study 2 suggests that exposure to conspiracy theories leads individuals to demonstrate lower political trust and higher political hostility compared to those not exposed to conspiracy theories.



Congratulations to both our winners, and a special note of gratitude to the poster award committee: Margaret (Meg) Frost (University of Rhode Island), Matias López (Geneva Graduate Institute - IHEID), and Guillermo Toral (IE University).



We look forward to seeing you all at next year’s Latin American PolMeth!



Best,



SO

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Santiago Olivella

Associate Professor

Political Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill















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