Georgiy Syunyaev

Georgiy Syunyaev is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Previously, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Institutions and Political Inequality department) and held roles at J-PAL Global, HSE University's International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, and the Harriman Institute. His research focuses on government incentives for decentralization, state-owned media framing, and ICTs' impact on citizen-government interaction, primarily in Post-Soviet contexts.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, Columbia University

Research Interests: Combines experimental methods and Bayesian statistics to explore fiscal/political decentralization dynamics, media responsibility narratives, and ICT-mediated governance. Advocates for research transparency, contributing to R packages like CausalQueries and DeclareDesign.

Labs/Teams: Associated with Institutions and Political Inequality research unit at WZB and J-PAL Global's development initiatives.