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Daniel W. Gingerich is Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, specializing in comparative politics. He directs UVa’s Quantitative Collaborative and co-directed the CLEAR Lab (Corruption Laboratory for Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law) from 2018–2022. His research examines democratic failures, focusing on corruption, clientelism, and institutional design across Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
Education:
- PhD in Government, Harvard University (2007)
Research Interests include:
- Corruption and electoral integrity
- Historical origins of democratic institutions
- Public goods provision in democracies
- Pandemics’ impact on political development
- Vote secrecy and electoral coercion
- Police-citizen trust and crime reporting
Recent Publications analyze topics like ballot reform, pandemic legacies in Germany, and anti-crime policy preferences in Chile/Panama, appearing in journals such as American Political Science Review and Comparative Political Studies. His book Political Institutions and Party-Directed Corruption in South America (Cambridge University Press) examines systemic corruption networks.
Awards
- 2021 Luebbert Award (Best Article in Comparative Politics)
- 2021 Kellogg/Notre Dame Award (Best Conference Paper in Comparative Politics)
Current Projects explore vote secrecy origins, pandemic political legacies, and citizen attitudes toward policing. He previously held fellowships at Princeton’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and served as a Visiting Scholar at the Inter-American Development Bank (2012–2013).
