PETER MAIR CHAIR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
Post-Doctoral Fellows
I currently mentor one Max Weber Fellow at the EUI.
Virginia Rocha
Previous post-doctoral fellows include:
Felipe Livert
Natalia Garbiras-Diaz
Daniel Goldstein
Michele Castiglioni
Makoto Fukumoto
Takumi Shibaike
Graduate Students
I work closely with the students I supervise, using a lab-based model of interaction. My students meet with me as a group on a weekly basis. Each student reports on research progress, and students peer-mentor one another as well as receiving my feedback. Students are encouraged to collaborate with one another, to share skills and expertise, and to provide moral support to each other.
Ph.D. candidates currently working with me include:
Susanna Garside
Ivan Fomichev
Daniel Urquijo
Eleonora Minaeva
Kirill Melnikov
Victor Ellenbroek
Paloma Abril-Poncela
Students who have completed Ph.D.s under my supervision include:
Ivetta Sergeeva
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Dissertation: Three Essays on Russian Political Migration Following the 2022 Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine (2024)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University
Julian Vierlinger
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Dissertation: Recentering the Public: Three Studies on Programmatic Development in Lebanon (2024)
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Initial placement: public sector
Dylan Potts
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Dissertation: Three Essays on Behavior in Organized Political Violence (2024)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
Rens Chazottes (co-supervisor with Maarten Voors, Wageningen University)
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Dissertation: Political Participation and Accountability Mechanisms in Tropical Forest Governance (2024)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Haoyu Zhai (co-supervisor with Elias Dinas)
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Dissertation: Three Papers in Applied Political Methodology (2023)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, New York University Abu Dhabi
Sergi Martinez (co-supervisor with Elias Dinas)
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Dissertation: Three Essays on the Political Consequences of Different Types of Conflict Experiences (2022)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, Princeton University
Eugenia Nazrullaeva
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Dissertation: Essays in Political Economy and Economic History (2020)
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Initial placement: Post-doctoral fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
Luke Sonnet
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Dissertation: Essays on Dynastic Politics and Political Participation (2020)
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Initial placement: private sector
Manoel Gehrke
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Dissertation: How Politicians React to Anti-Corruption Investigations and Enforcement. Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities (2019)
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Initial placement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Bocconi University of Milan
Yuki Yanai
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Dissertation: Misperceived Inequality, Mismatched Attitudes, and Missing Support for Redistribution (2017)
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Initial placement: International University of Japan, Niigata
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Dissertation: Understanding Government Responsiveness from the Bottom Up: When Do Tanzanian Citizens Sanction Poor Performance? (2016)
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Initial placement: Tulane University
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Dissertation: Testing the Limits of Democratic Accountability: Political Connections, Discredited Candidates, and Corrupt Governments (2015)
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Initial placement: private sector
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Dissertation: Gender and Sanitation: Evidence from India (2015)
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Initial placement: Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Dissertation: Criminal Candidates and Party Politics in India (Co-chair with Kaare Strøm; 2014)
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Initial placement: private sector
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Dissertation: Political Entrepreneurs and Urban Protest (2014)
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Initial placement: Macalester College
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Dissertation: Democracy and Light: Public Service Provision in the Developing World (2010)
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Initial placement: University of Michigan
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Dissertation: Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights: The Role of Judicial Independence (2003)
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Initial placement: Cornell College
Preston S. Keat
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Dissertation: Playing Favorites: Government Aid and Industrial Restructuring in Post-Socialist Poland (2001)
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Initial placement: private sector
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Dissertation: Radical Right Parties in Context: Immigration, Institutions and Parties in Western Europe (2000)
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Initial Placement: University of Texas in Austin
Bronwyn N. Dylla Bailey
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Dissertation: Industrial Assistance in the European Union: How the Single Market Affects National Policymaking (1999)
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Initial placement: Private sector
Carolyn Wong
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Dissertation: The Politics of Immigration: An Analysis of Policy Reform in Congress, 1965-1996 (1997)
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Initial placement: Stanford University