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Lyle A. Scruggs serves as a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. He co-directs the Comparative Entitlements Dataset Project (CWEP) and the Energy and Elections Lab, an affiliate of the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE), and is a member of the Human Rights Institute’s Economic and Social Rights Group. His academic journey includes visiting scholar positions at Sweden's Quality of Government Institute (2017), the Russell Sage Foundation (2011-12), and the University of Edinburgh (2004).
Professor Scruggs holds a Ph.D. from Duke University. His research spans comparative politics, political economy, social policy, environmental politics, and quantitative methods. Current projects examine welfare benefits' health impacts globally, climate change attitudes across social inequalities, renewable energy's electoral consequences, and automation's societal effects. He actively seeks undergraduate and graduate research collaborators across these domains.
His recent publications reveal a strong interdisciplinary trajectory bridging political science with public health, environmental studies, and human rights. Articles consistently analyze macro-level social phenomena through rigorous quantitative frameworks, with recurring themes of welfare state evolution, climate policy polarization, and cross-national human rights attitudes. This body of work demonstrates methodological sophistication while addressing urgent global challenges in social and environmental governance.
Professor Scruggs maintains active research leadership through the Comparative Welfare Entitlements Project and Energy and Elections Lab, fostering collaborative work on social policy metrics and energy politics. His office (Herbst Hall 405) operates Monday/Wednesday 1:00-2:00 PM with appointments available, and he engages scholarly communities via Twitter (@condorcetsd), Google Scholar, and ResearchGate profiles.
