Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2026 Conference

We are excited to share that members of the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL) will be presenting at the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2026 Conference!

• Chee Hae Chung and Bryce Jensen Dietrich present "Big Tech Sovereigns: CEO Power, Corporate Quasi-Sovereignty, and the Politics of Digital Infrastructure"
• Lisa Argyle, Ethan C Busby, and Joshua Ronald Gubler present "Productive Disagreement as a Skill: AI-Supported Training for Political Conversations"
• Eddie Yang present "Data Annotation with Large Language Models: Lessons from A Large Reanalysis Study"
• Heonuk Ha, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Ogadinma Enwereazu and Yunzhe Liu present "Municipal Leadership and AI Adoption"
• Christina P. Walker, Alena Birrer, Morgan Wack, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel S. Schiff, JP Messina present "Beyond Deception: A Functional Typology of Political Deepfakes"
• Indira Patil, Chloe Ahn, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel S. Schiff, Zachary Peskowitz, Yu Lu, Yunzhe Liu present "Addressing Challenges in AI Public Opinion Research: Introducing the AI SHARE Database"
• Indira Patil and Daniel S. Schiff present "Translating AI literacy into public participation in AI policy: Evidence from a survey experiment in the United States"
• Alexander Wilhelm, Daniel S. Schiff, Tyler Girard, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff present "The Influence of Information and Audits on the Public’s Perception of AI"
• Chee Hae Chung and Adriana Louise Watson present "Framing the Neutral: Political Norms in Apolitical Prompts to Large Language Models"
• Heonuk Ha and Daniel S. Shiff present "Mapping the Rise of Bureaucratic AI Governance: Political Ideology, Institutional Capacity, and Policy Implications in U.S. Rulemaking"
• Hanna Sistek presents "Asymmetric Accountability: Affective Polarization and Public Responses to Political Disinformation"
• Chee Hae Chung and Daniel S. Schiff present "From Ethics to Policy: Translating AI Ethical Guidelines into Governance Frameworks in Northeast Asia"
• Siwen Xiao and Yaosheng Xu present "Part of the New Panopticon? Trust and Power Delegation in the Age of AI"
• Ogadinma Enwereazu presents "Competition or Cooperation: Institutional Framings in U.S. Defense Standard"
• Chee Hae Chung, Hye In Chung, Matthew Potts present "Sustainable Development and Growth of AI (SDG-AI): A Policy-Driven Framework for National-Level AI (Data Center) Optimization Pathways"
• GRAIL Center organizes the "Politics of AI Workshop"