Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. I study comparative political economy and political behavior. I am particularly interested in the political consequences of structural economic changes and economic shocks in advanced democracies, including deindustrialization, green transitions, and recessions.
During economic transitions, voters sometimes shift to the left and demand compensation from the state, while at other times they move to the right and support candidates who offer exclusionary, protectionist policies. My dissertation asks why these divergent reactions occur and highlights the importance of political parties and policy in explaining the variation in voters’ responses.
You can find my CV here.
Publications
Fairness and Support for Populist Parties (2023), Comparative Political Studies, with Peter Hall
Political Change and Electoral Coalitions in Western Democracie (2023), New York: Cambridge University Press, with Peter Hall and Georgina Evans
Working Papers
- Left Behind by the Left? Deindustrialization and Voting in the UK, 1974-2019 (Job Market Paper; Draft available upon request)
- Coal Phase-out and Backlash Against Green Transitions in EP Elections (Under Review)
- Transitory Shocks, Permanent Shocks, and Voting Behavior (Draft available upon request)
Work in Progress
- Voting in the World’s Rust Belts Over the Past 50 Years
- Electoral Costs of Policy Discontinuity in Green Transitions: Evidence from EV Subsidy Cuts in Germany (with Doeun Kim)