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Rachel Sigman is an Associate Professor of Democratic Governance at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. She is also a project manager for the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research focuses on government performance in Africa, particularly the interplay between political institutions, state capacity, and democratic backsliding.
Research Interests: Sigman explores how ruling parties extract resources from the state, impact public policy effectiveness, and shape democratic institutions. Her work spans topics like civil-military relations, oil revenue effects on bureaucracies, and the dynamics of autocratization in low-income democracies. She has conducted survey experiments on bureaucratic ethics and analyzed political job distribution networks.
Scientific Awards:
- Hamming Award for Teaching (2020)
- Finalist for Schieffelin Award for Teaching Excellence (2019, 2020)
- Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams Outstanding Professor Award (2019)
Publications Trends: Her recent work includes analyses of state capacity, democratic quality, and corruption mechanisms across Africa and Asia. She contributes to datasets like the V-Dem Dataset v11 and has published in journals such as Governance, Journal of Development Studies, and Political Science Research and Methods. Policy-focused outputs address Ghana's democratic challenges and global autocratization patterns.
