Daniel Ziblatt is Professor of Government at Harvard University. His research and teaching interests include democratization, state-building, comparative politics, and historical political economy, with a particular interest in European political development.... Read more about Daniel Ziblatt
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PhD student, London School of Economics Harvard University
Laura is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics’ Department of Government. She visited the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University in Spring 2015 and the Department of Politics at NYU in Fall 2015. Previously, she was at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, for an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) and St Hilda’s College in Oxford for a BA in History and Politics.
Volha Charnysh is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. Her research interests include historical political economy, comparative political behavior, and ethnic politics. Her current projects investigate the enduring effects of post-WWII displacement on economic development in Europe and the social and political impact of the Nazi death camps in the Polish countryside.
PhD student Department of Government Harvard University
Brendan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Government, specializing in political economy of development. His research and teaching interests include economic history, state-building, state capacity, and the history of representative institutions, with a regional focus on Russia and Eurasia.... Read more about Brendan McElroy
Aytug Sasmaz is a PhD student in the Department of Government at Harvard University. He mainly works on the issues of comparative political economy of development, state-building, local governance regimes, social policy, and education policy. His regional interests lie in the Middle East and Europe.... Read more about Muharrem Aytug Sasmaz
