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David Buckley is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Paul Weber Endowed Chair in Politics, Science & Religion at the University of Louisville. He directs the Center for Asian Democracy. His work examines religion’s role in democracy, populism, and foreign policy, with a focus on the Philippines, Ireland, Senegal, and the U.S. He has authored two books, including Faithful to Secularism (2017), which won the ISA’s Religion and International Relations Book Award. He served as a Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Religion in Global Affairs (2016-17) through a Council on Foreign Relations fellowship.
Education: PhD (Georgetown University, 2013), MA (Queen’s University Belfast, 2005), BA (University of Virginia, 2004). Teaching areas include comparative politics, religion and international politics, and research design.
Research explores religion’s influence on democracy, populism’s engagement with religious institutions, and religious responses to state violence. Recent projects analyze the Philippine drug war’s impact on vulnerable communities and the role of religious actors in mitigating violence. His work appears in American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and media outlets like the New York Times.
Awards include the 2018 ISA Book Award, APSA grants for drug war research, and the CFR International Affairs Fellowship. He chairs the APSA Religion and Politics Section and co-edits volumes on religion and climate politics, digital media, and populist violence.
Grants funded by SSRC, APSA Centennial Center, Notre Dame’s Global Religion Initiative, and the University of Gothenburg. Collaborations include work with Steven Brooke on Philippine drug war dynamics and Miles Armaly on Christian nationalism and political violence.
Labs/Teams: Co-leads the Philippine Drug War Research Project with Steven Brooke; affiliated with Georgetown’s Berkley Center and UofL’s Center for Asian Democracy.
