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Join the World Values Association and the Policy Institute at King’s College London as Professor Robert Mattes, Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, delivers this year's The Ronald F. Inglehart Honorary Lecture.
A leading scholar on democratic attitudes and political behaviour, Professor Mattes will discuss how the emergence and influence of anti-democratic political parties are shaping popular attitudes towards democratic governance, including whether such parties serve primarily to attract existing authoritarian-minded voters (a “cueing effect”), or whether they actively persuade their supporters to adopt more authoritarian attitudes (a “persuasion effect”) – and what these dynamics mean for the health and resilience of democratic institutions worldwide.
About the Ronald F. Inglehart Honorary Lecture
The Ronald F. Inglehart Honorary Lecture is an annual keynote event launched in 2022 by the World Values Survey Association (WVSA). Established in memory of the late Professor Ronald F. Inglehart (1934–2021), the founding president of the WVSA and a pioneer in cross-national survey research, this lecture series commemorates his extraordinary contributions to the study of cultural change, values, and democracy around the world.
