جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Democratic Theory
• Political Philosophy
• Citizen Participation
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Antonin Lacelle-Webster is a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, focusing on democratic theory, political philosophy, and citizen participation. His research explores collective agency, hope in political contexts, and innovative democratic processes such as citizens' assemblies. He can be reached at antonin.lacelle-webster@yale.edu. His research interests span democratic theory, political philosophy, and the role of hope in collective agency. He examines how citizens engage in democratic processes, particularly through participatory mechanisms like citizens' assemblies, and investigates the application of democratic innovations during crises such as the pandemic. His work also addresses institutional perceptions of citizen roles, LGBTQ+ rights, and end-of-life care debates in Quebec. Lacelle-Webster’s recent articles analyze the political work of hope, democratic resilience in uncertain times, and problem-based approaches to citizens' assemblies. He has explored pandemic responses through citizen voices and studied Quebec’s political dynamics, including debates on medical aid in dying. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with real-world applications, emphasizing participatory democracy and institutional analysis. No scientific awards or grants information is available. No advising or grant information is available.

Yphtach Lelkesمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Political Communication
• Public Opinion
• Political Psychology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Yphtach Lelkes is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication with a secondary appointment in Political Science. He serves as Co-Director of the Polarization Research Lab and Center for Information Networks and Democracy, and is affiliated with the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics. Previously faculty at the Amsterdam School of Communication, he holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (2012), M.A. from Temple University (2008), and B.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005). His research examines political attitudes through the intersection of public opinion, political psychology, and communication. Primary interests include affective polarization, information environment impacts, and political belief systems. His problem-driven approach employs diverse methodologies including surveys, lab/field experiments, quasi-experiments, geospatial analysis, and computational text analysis. Research publications demonstrate consistent focus on polarization dynamics, media effects, and political cognition. Recent work examines algorithmic impacts on social networks, media bias measurement, and crisis responses in polarized environments. Articles appear in premier journals including PNAS, Nature Human Behavior, American Political Science Review, and Journal of Communication. Awards: Andrew Carnegie Fellowship (2025) Lelkes leads significant research initiatives through the Polarization Research Lab studying affective polarization and political violence, and the Center for Information Networks and Democracy examining democratic impacts of information networks. His work has influenced academic and public discourse on political polarization.

• Big Data Analytics
• Computational Social Science
• Political Economy
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Nicholas Seltzer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stony Brook University (2014), an M.A. in National Security Policy from George Washington University (2007), and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from University of California, Davis (2003). Prior to academia, Seltzer worked in the defense industry on projects including early warning systems for political instability. Seltzer's research employs computational approaches to social science, including multiagent simulation, geographic information systems, and big data analytics. Key research areas include the evolution of cooperation and conflict, collective action problems, emergence of social complexity, social media networks, and biopolitics. His work examines climate change responses, tribal conflict dynamics, and political attitude formation through interdisciplinary frameworks combining political science, economics, and evolutionary biology. Seltzer's publications demonstrate consistent focus on social dynamics in environmental and political contexts. Recent work examines climate justice, cooperation in social networks, and pastoralist conflicts in East Africa. Methodologies include behavioral experiments, computational modeling, and cross-cultural comparisons. At UNR, Seltzer teaches courses on world politics and mass media in American politics. His research bridges political theory with computational methods, analyzing complex social systems through agent-based modeling and network analysis.

Nicholas Eubankمشاهده پروفایل

عضو هیئت علمی

• Political Accountability
• Gerrymandering
• Social Networks
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Nicholas Eubank is an Assistant Research Professor in Political Science at Duke University, affiliated with the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and the Rhodes Information Initiative. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (2016). His research focuses on political accountability mechanisms, including gerrymandering, social networks, election administration, and the interplay between race and incarceration. Eubank's work has been published in top journals like the American Political Science Review and Quarterly Journal of Political Science. He has received awards including the Dudley Seers Prize (2012) and the Political Ties Award (2021). Teaching responsibilities include courses in the Duke Masters in Interdisciplinary Data Science program (MIDS), such as Practical Data Science (IDS 720) and Solving Real Problems with Data (IDS 701). He also co-developed the Coursera Specialization 'Programming for Python Data Science: Principles to Practice' and is authoring a textbook on data science problem-solving. His current roles include Associate Director of the Rhodes Information Initiative and Adjunct Professor in SSRI. Key research contributions include analyzing the post-1965 Voting Rights Act's impact on carceral policies, developing the 'Partisan Dislocation' gerrymandering metric, and studying social network effects on political participation. His work combines empirical rigor with applied policy relevance, addressing issues like polling place changes' electoral consequences and spatial inefficiencies in partisan representation.

Moumita Debمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Behavioral Economics
• Experimental Economics
• Information Economics
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Dr. Moumita Deb is a Research Fellow at the Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, University of Heidelberg, specializing in behavioral and experimental economics. Her research examines how individuals acquire information and make decisions in strategic settings, particularly in voting contexts and public goods scenarios. Deb's work integrates theoretical modeling with laboratory experiments to explore information free-riding and collective decision-making. Her current projects investigate committee voting transparency, threshold public goods games, and media consumption shifts. Deb's publications focus on microeconomic behavior in informationally complex environments. Her research consistently addresses how strategic interactions evolve under different information structures and institutional designs.

• Contract Theory
• Law and Economics
• Sovereign Debt
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Professor Rohan Pitchford serves as a faculty member at the Research School of Economics, Australian National University, holding the academic rank of Professor with active research and teaching responsibilities. Education: Honours degree in Economics from Australian National University PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pitchford's research centers on contract theory applications in law and economics, sovereign debt mechanisms, and microfoundations of macroeconomics/finance. His work bridges theoretical game theory with real-world policy challenges, particularly in debt restructuring environments with weak contractual enforcement. Key themes include strategic creditor interactions, property rights frameworks, and incentive design under information asymmetry. Analysis of his 2012-2024 publications reveals consistent focus on sovereign debt restructuring dynamics, employing game-theoretic models to address collective action problems and holdout behaviors. His research demonstrates increasing policy relevance, evolving from theoretical foundations toward practical applications in international finance. ARC Professorial Fellow Pitchford secured two major ARC-funded projects: 'Balancing risk of harm with productivity in the mercurial firm' (2007-2016) examining economic theory applications to Australian workplace policy, and 'General Market Equilibrium Analysis of Securitisable Assets' (2013-2017) addressing incomplete contracts in financial markets. While no formal advisees are documented, his sustained collaboration with M.L.J. Wright produced seminal sovereign debt research. His work operates within theoretical economics frameworks without dedicated laboratory infrastructure, relying on standard academic collaboration models within the Research School of Economics.

David Gordonمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Evolution and Human Behaviour
• Cooperation and Pro-Social Behaviour
• Fairness and Inequality
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. David Gordon is a Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, within the Health, Education, Policing and Sciences school. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter (2014), specializing in the evolution of costly punishment. Prior roles include postdoctoral research at the University of Exeter and University of Jyväskylä (Finland), followed by a lectureship at the University of Chester before joining Staffordshire in 2022. His research focuses on evolutionary perspectives of human behavior, particularly costly punishment, status dynamics, cooperation mechanisms, and decision-making under existential risks like climate change. He has expanded into studying conspiracy theory beliefs and their psychological underpinnings. Professional memberships include the British Psychological Society and Human Behaviour and Evolution Society. Teaching expertise spans research methods, biological psychology, and social psychology. He holds a PGCert in Higher Education Teaching from the University of Chester. Recent work includes grants from the British Academy (SRG2324\241087) investigating spitefulness and conspiracy ideation. Research interests also encompass costly signaling, moral evolution, and life-history theory applications. His work bridges evolutionary theory with modern societal challenges, emphasizing experimental methodologies in behavioral economics and social psychology.

Rik Chakrabortiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Environmental Economics
• Behavioral Economics
• International Trade
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Rik Chakraborti is an Associate Professor of Economics at Christopher Newport University (CNU), where he contributes to the Honors Program. His research focuses on Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, and International Trade, with a particular emphasis on policy-relevant applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming, an MS from the University of Oregon, and degrees from Jadavpur University and the University of Burdwan in India. His teaching spans Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, and Econometrics, with notable success in fostering critical thinking among students. Awards include the 2024 Gordon Tullock Prize (Public Choice Society) and the 2023 CNU Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. Key research projects include analyses of price-gouging regulations during crises, NCAA reclassification impacts, and cultural influences on pandemic outcomes. He has presented at venues like the Western Economic Association and Elizabeth City State University. Collaborative grants include work with the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University. Teaching philosophy emphasizes real-world applications, with student praise for his engagement and ability to make complex concepts accessible. His work bridges academic rigor and societal relevance, reflecting a lifelong commitment to economic problem-solving driven by early experiences in India.

Seth Benzellمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Digital Economy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Macroeconomics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Seth Benzell is an Assistant Professor at the Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University, with affiliations at Stanford's Human-Centered AI Digital Economy Lab and MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy. His work bridges economics and information systems, focusing on digital transformation, platform economies, and AI's macroeconomic impacts. Education: BA/BS in Economics from Tulane University, PhD from Boston University His research investigates how digital technologies like APIs reshape firm boundaries and economic growth. Key contributions include empirical studies on API-driven firm inversion, policy analysis of AI productivity paradoxes, and modeling platform monopolies. His work reveals that public APIs increase firm market value by 38.7% over 16 years while creating data breach risks. Articles show trends in: Quantifying network effects in digital ecosystems Simulating transformative AI's global economic consequences Analyzing productivity shifts in the 21st century Historical kinship networks' impact on European conflicts Grants include support from Mulesoft and Apigee Corporation for API research. He contributes to debates on antitrust regulation of tech platforms and pandemic risk management strategies.

Shi Qiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Empirical Industrial Organization
• Industry Policy and Regulation
• Organizational Behavior
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Shi Qi is a Professor of Economics at the College of William & Mary, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on Empirical Industrial Organization, Industry Policy and Regulation, and Organizational Behavior. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Key research areas include tax policy impacts on firm behavior, legal form optimization, movie industry dynamics, and coordination mechanisms in economic decision-making. His recent work examines advertising's role in industry innovation, globalization's influence on Hollywood film genres, and the Kansas tax experiment's implications for corporate structures. Publications span structural econometric models, behavioral game theory, and applied policy analysis. He teaches Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on regulatory frameworks and market dynamics.

• Social Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Group Dynamics
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Luiz Silva Souza is a Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Kingston University. He is affiliated with the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences within the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences. His academic background includes a PhD in Psychology from the Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil, with a research internship at Aix-Marseille University, France. His research focuses on social movements, political action, and attitudes toward animal research. Key areas include social representations of health issues (e.g., alcoholism, Hanseniasis), psychosocial interventions in primary healthcare, and the social psychology of human-animal relations. He has conducted studies on UK Covid-19 mutual aid groups, middle-class South Asian health perceptions, and the impact of argument framing on animal-derived product consumption. His work emphasizes applying social psychology to real-world problems, particularly in marginalized communities. He has collaborated with primary healthcare centers to implement health promotion groups and has explored the intersection of ideology and common sense in Brazilian societal contexts. His teaching integrates critical social psychology to analyze ideology in everyday life. Publications span over two decades, with recent emphasis on pandemic-related social dynamics and animal rights advocacy. His methodologies include participatory observation, discourse analysis, and action research.

Joachim Thönnessenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Sociology
• Social Work
• Social Policy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Joachim Thönnessen is a retired professor at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. He holds a Dr. biol. hom. and has extensive experience in medical sociology, gerontology, and social policy. His career includes roles at institutions such as the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and the Katholische Fachhochschule Norddeutschland. Education: He studied Sociology and Philosophy at Bielefeld University and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, followed by postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. His doctoral work focused on medical sociology, specifically the impact of family work division on healthcare decisions post-surgery. Research Interests: His work spans societal critique, qualitative and quantitative research methods, alternative lifestyles (e.g., yoga and sustainability), and social policies related to drugs and addiction. He has led projects like the 'Sozialraumanalyse Lengerich' and contributed to the analysis of drug aid organizations in Osnabrück. Publications: Over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book reviews, emphasizing societal critique and educational policy. Notable works include analyses of online education's role in student mobility and professionalization in drug aid sectors. Engagement: He serves as the honorary chair of the Catholic Adult Education (KEB) Lingen and has presented at international conferences on social policies and welfare systems.

Moritz Schulzمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Political Theory
• Theories of Justice (Distributive Justice, Global Justice, Relational Egalitarianism)
• Practical Ethics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Moritz Schulz is a Researcher and PhD candidate affiliated with the University of Bamberg's Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration, and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He holds dual roles as a Research Associate at the Chair of Political Theory since 2019 and a researcher in the DFG-funded 'Political Epistemology' project led by Dr. Simon Scheller. His work bridges political philosophy and ethics, focusing on justice theories and collective duties. Education includes an MSc in Human Rights (LSE, 2019) and a BA in Political Science (University of Bamberg, 2018). His PhD examines duties toward uncontacted indigenous peoples. Research Interests: Distributive justice, global justice, metaethics, collective agency, and political epistemology Publications explore collective duties in distributive justice and political epistemology. He teaches advanced seminars on applied ethics, justice theories, and human rights. No scientific awards listed. Active in grants via DFG projects. Collaborates with the Political Theory research group at Bamberg.

Roland Pfisterمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Cognitive Psychology
• Action Control
• Rule Violations
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Roland Pfister is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Trier, specializing in cognitive psychology and action control. His research focuses on rule violations, perception-action integration, and decision-making processes. He leads the General Psychology team and has contributed extensively to understanding mechanisms underlying dishonesty, social interaction dynamics, and methodological advancements in psychological research. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical studies, emphasizing experimental rigor and statistical innovation. Key research interests include deliberate rule-breaking, action-effect anticipation, and the cognitive burdens of dishonest behavior. Pfister has published widely in journals like Cognition , Psychological Review , and Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics , often exploring topics such as temporal binding, sensory attenuation, and the neural correlates of action control. He collaborates internationally and has developed influential methodologies, including tools for mouse-tracking analyses and Bayesian statistical approaches. His research also extends to historical perspectives in psychology, challenging traditional timelines of the discipline. Pfister’s contributions to teaching and mentoring are reflected in his involvement with student-led projects and his role in shaping experimental psychology curricula. His work has implications for fields ranging from legal decision-making to virtual reality applications in embodied cognition.

Demis Glasfordمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Collective Action
• Political Solidarity
• Intergroup Relations
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Demis Glasford is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York. Their research focuses on collective action, resistance, and political solidarity, particularly exploring how intergroup contact influences minority group members' perceptions of injustice and support for social change. They also investigate interdisciplinary approaches to public policy, integrating social psychology, political science, and media studies to address societal challenges. Glasford collaborates with law enforcement agencies to foster mutual respect and beneficial partnerships with minority communities. Education: PhD, University of Connecticut (2007) MA, University of Connecticut (2005) BA, University of Colorado at Boulder (2001) Research Interests: Glasford’s work bridges theoretical and applied domains, emphasizing solutions to real-world problems. Key areas include intergroup dynamics, minority group agency, and the intersection of psychology with policy. They are actively engaged in teaching, workshops, and consulting on diversity and intergroup conflict resolution.