David Woodruff

Dr. David Woodruff is an Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He previously held positions at MIT and Harvard University. His research focuses on political economy, with a specialization in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, as well as contemporary European political economy. Woodruff's work examines institutions shaping markets, monetary systems, and the historical evolution of economic policy.

Education: Ph.D. in Political Science (not explicitly stated in texts, inferred from academic rank and prior roles). Teaching includes courses on comparative politics, Soviet politics, and the political economy of transition societies. He runs the Political Economy in Public blog, analyzing modern economic governance challenges.

Research interests span money and financial systems, corporate property rights, and the intellectual history of social sciences, particularly Karl Polanyi's theories. His book *Money Unmade* (1999) explores barter systems in post-Soviet Russia, while recent work addresses the Eurozone crisis and ordoliberalism.