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Amel Ahmed is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in democratic studies with a focus on elections, voting systems, legislative politics, party development, and voting rights. Her research combines historical and comparative perspectives across Europe and the United States.
- Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. from Dartmouth College
Her seminal work, Democracy and the Politics of Electoral System Choice: Engineering Electoral Dominance (Cambridge University Press, 2013), won the Best Book Award from the European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association. She is currently completing a new book titled Conflict and Cooperation: Institutional Sequencing, Legislative Politics and Democratic Stability, analyzing the long-term impact of institutional sequencing on political development.
Her research spans comparative politics, democratization, and research methodology, with publications in journals like Comparative Political Studies, Perspectives on Politics, and Democratization. She teaches courses in Comparative Politics, West European Politics, American Political Development, and Research Methods.
- Best Book Award (European Politics and Society Section, APSA)
A prominent advocate for mixed-method research designs, she has contributed to debates on methodological pluralism and the role of historical analysis in the social sciences. Her work connects comparative area studies with institutional analysis, emphasizing cross-regional insights between Europe and the United States.
