Asya Magazinnik

Asya Magazinnik is a Professor of Social Data Science at the Hertie School in Berlin. Prior to joining the Hertie School, she held an Assistant Professor position in Political Science at MIT and served as a Visiting Scholar at the Hertie School from July 2022 to June 2023.

• Education:
  • PhD in Political Science from Princeton University (2020)
  • MPP from the University of Chicago Harris School
• Research Focus:
  • Political institutions, with special emphasis on electoral geography, federalism, local politics, and law enforcement
  • Political methodology at the intersection of causal inference and formal theory
• Publications:
  • Contributions in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy