School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 194 The Political Economy of Conflict and Elections Supervisor: HENDRY, David James / SOSC Student: WONG, Ming Pan / GCS Course: UROP1000, Summer This progress report will first provide a general overview of this project, explaining the background, methodology and data availability. Afterwards, this progress report mainly reports on the findings of the available data regarding the subnational level of census data, some obstacles and barriers in collecting and operating the data, and discusses future research work. Political Psychology, Eye Tracking, and Human Decision Making Supervisor: HENDRY, David James / SOSC Student: XU, Han / MAEC Course: UROP1100, Summer Social science has been relying on introspection of the participants to carry out the laboratory experiment. However, introspection may produce distorted result due to either the various psychological effect that might alter one’s behaviour when one is expecting to be asked to perform an introspection, or simple participant’s imprecision when performing such introspection. Eye tracking is a method that can effectively avoid these undesired effect. It has minimal impact on participants behaviour, and the direct measurement of the behaviour of human eyes can provide a much more direct and deeper insight into people’s psychological world. In this three-part report, I will summarise some literature about the underlying mechanism, methods in eye tracking study, and instance of its application. Understanding Bargaining Behavior during Civil War Supervisor: PARK, Sunhee / SOSC Student: CHEN, Pengyu / ECOF Course: UROP1100, Summer Under the guidance and supervision of Professor PARK, Sunhee, I have actively participated in her project titled ‘Understanding Bargaining Behavior during Civil War’ and was able to achieve a certain outcome. This article aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive progress report on our still-ongoing research project, as well as introduce the methodology and logic applied in our research. The primary objective of this project is to investigate the behavior of warring groups during negotiations to end civil wars and analyze how the presence of third-party enforcement influences their bargaining offers. Drawing on multiple disciplines as well as criteria and a large-scale written dataset, we seek to empirically examine the factors that shape the bargaining behavior of warring groups during attempts to resolve civil conflicts. This progress report is dedicated to highlighting our project's motivation, achievements, ongoing work, and future steps.
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