Factual Polarization and the Politics of Identity

June 5, 2026
Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Room 349, Third Floor, Senate House
London WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom

Sponsor(s):

  • University of Nottingham
  • British Academy

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University of Manchester
Nottingham University
Institut Jean Nicod
Cambridge University

Organisers:

Nottingham University

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1:00 – 2:00 pm
Factual Polarization: Can We Pay Partisans to Agree?
Michael Hannon
University of Nottingham

2:00 – 3:00 pm
How Identities Distort the Pseudo-Environment
Daniel Williams
University of Sussex

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3:30 – 4:30 pm
Impossible Conversations: Dispute Without Shared Facts
Gloria Origgi
Institut Jean Nicod

4:30 – 5:30 pm
Factual Polarization and the Construction of Political Identity
Jonathan Benson
University of Manchester

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