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Raphael Cunha is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London, affiliated with the Quantitative Political Economy Research Group and King’s Brazil Institute. He holds a PhD from The Ohio State University and previously served as Assistant Professor at Florida State University and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s Niehaus Center. His research focuses on international and comparative political economy, particularly the politics of financial globalization and state-market relations in developing countries. He uses quantitative methods to study economic globalization, including topics like electoral impacts on financial markets and sovereign risk dynamics.
Education: PhD in Political Science from Ohio State University. Prior roles include Assistant Professor at Florida State University and Postdoctoral positions at Princeton. He supervises PhD students using quantitative methods in economic globalization studies.
Research groups include the Quantitative Political Economy Group (bridging economics and political science via formal modeling), the Global South Research Group (non-European perspectives), and the Comparative Politics Group (institutions and representation). He also contributes to the Centre for British Democracy.
Teaching includes undergraduate and MA courses on global finance, corporate lobbying, and business-politics intersections. Active in Brazil-related research and events like Brazil Week 2024.
No scientific awards listed explicitly, but his work engages with high-impact topics like financial market volatility and electoral politics in emerging economies. Grants and advising details are not specified, though he openly invites PhD inquiries.
Lab/Team Affiliations: Active in multiple interdisciplinary groups at King’s, emphasizing quantitative methods and global political economy analysis.
