About me
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Entrepreneurial Society/Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. I have a PhD in Political Science from University of Pittsburgh (2020/2021), and a Master of Economics from University of Bergen, Norway (2008). My research focuses on the use of expertise in policy-making, institutional design of expert…
Research
My research is in the field of comparative politics and political economy, with a focus on legislative and policy-making institutions. I am currently working in three substantive areas. First, I study the inclusion of stakeholders and experts in the governmental policy-making process and the role of contestation in the policy process. Second, I study how…
Teaching
I have taught recitations for introductory classes in Comparative Politics, American Politics and Research Methods. I have also taught my own class in Media and Politics with a comparative and social media emphasis, including a whole section on the role of social media in authoritarian countries. My students even did content analysis on Twitter data and designed…