UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #862 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 862

Submission ID: 14936

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Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 08:00 AM

Completed: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 08:04 AM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Kai Ou

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) kou@fsu.edu

Position Title Faculty

FSU College (if applicable) Social Sciences and Public Policy

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Political Science

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Powers in the Committee

Project Keywords Power, Behavioral Game Theory, Committees

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 2

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors, but priorities will be given to students with political science and economics majors

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5-10 hours

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours

Overall Research Project Description While committee chairs can wield decisive influence over outcomes, effective control sometimes lies with actors who do not hold specific roles or powers. Identifying the mechanisms that drive these political outcomes is challenging. This research project aims to identify the mechanisms of power dynamics within a committee both theoretically and experimentally using behavioral models and experiments through a series of innovative research tasks. We will compare how tie-breaking power, veto power, and agenda control power influence the chair’s impact on committee outcomes. Also, we will identify how social preferences affect power utilization. Moreover, we will explore gender differences in information acquisition across varying gender compositions and information structures.

Research Tasks The UROP research assistants will engage in various research-related tasks, including literature reviews, data collection, data entry, conducting interviews, and other pertinent assignments. These tasks will be structured as weekly assignments. Mentees will receive email notifications detailing their assignments at the start of each week, typically on Monday morning, with the expectation that the work will be completed by Friday afternoon. Most tasks can be executed asynchronously and remotely, although regular research meetings between the mentor and mentee will be held every 2 weeks. Mentees are anticipated to possess the necessary skills for their assigned tasks, and they may be encouraged to acquire new skills as needed to effectively complete their assignments. Most work will be conducted and submitted electronically. Therefore, it is expected that mentees have proficiency in using software such as MS Office, Adobe, and any other relevant applications.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Native in English communication, professional in English writing, knowledgeable about American Politics and Policy
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Knowledgeable about game theory, mathematical models, or statistics (quantitative methods); Editing imagines and videos

Mentoring Philosophy I view mentoring as creative work that keeps mentees’ curiosity alive and turns them from passive receptors to active learners. My primary goal in mentoring is to help mentees develop a systematic approach to analyzing their questions. I always aim to let mentees acquire something more important: the passion for understanding politics, the ability to examine conventional wisdom, and the creativity to solve puzzles.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://cosspp.fsu.edu/polisci/faculty/kai-ou/

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

Roundtable times and Zoom links Thursday, September 5, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Zoom link https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95727589730?pwd=ONmVbo5YdhYZMzoNwQ3OJNEifDyDnR.1

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UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2024

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