I am a political scientist who studies the nature, causes, and consequences of political institutions, especially political parties and democracy....

I study the interaction between economic geography and partisan politics in the advanced democracies. My dissertation project argues that increasing...

I am excited to advise theses on wide range of topics that are related to my own research, including:

• Economic, social and racial...

I am a 9th year graduate student studying comparative and American politics. I graduated from Harvard in 2011; as an undergraduate, I concentrated in...

I am a political economist broadly interested in political accountability and voter behavior in the developing world. In broad terms, my research seeks to...

Steven Levitsky is Professor of Government at Harvard University.  His research interests include political parties, authoritarianism and...

My dissertation focuses on political parties in advanced democracies and how they’ve used “identity politics” to appeal to voters from the early 20th...

I work on political participation, parties, governance institutions and welfare regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. My Ph.D. dissertation project...

Professor Daniel M. Smith studies comparative politics, with a focus on political parties, elections, and other aspects of democratic representation and...

I am a scholar of public opinion and elections in developing democracies. In addition to my research, I work as a pollster and political consultant in...

My experience with the thesis program started with writing my own as a Gov concentrator years ago. Since then, I have advised two theses, served as a TF...

Julie Anne Weaver is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a Lecturer on Social Studies and Government at Harvard...

Daniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University where he has been director (interim) of the ...