Research Interests

Participatory budgeting, political parties and organization, comparative political institutions, policy diffusion, contentious politics, elections, Latin American politics, Brazil, Hong Kong.

Working Papers

• The Intersection of Street and Electoral Politics: How Localism Reshapes the Political Landscape in Hong Kong"
• "Party Organization Matters: The Diffusion of PB under the Workers' Party in Brazil"
• "The Tentacles of Participatory Budgeting: Cross-Party Diffusion of PB in Brazil​" 
• "The Politics of “Failed Policy” – The Decline of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil"
• "When Paper Stones are not Enough: Party System Institutionalization and Protests" (co-author with Omar Coronel)​

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Workshops and Panels

• "Hong Kong in Crisis" co-sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs, Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies, Kellogg Institute (September 11, 2019)
  
• "What's the Matter with Brazil" at the Kellogg Institute (November 30, 2016)
• "30 Years of Democracy in Brazil" at the Kellogg Institute (April 20, 2015) 
  

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Ongoing Projects

American Democracy at Risk: A Global Comparative Perspective

Democratic norms within the United States have been undermined in recent years by unsustainable pressure on judicial independence, the media, rule of law, and other pillars of democracy. Challenges to the integrity of the electoral process, threats of violence, and President Trump’s refusal to guarantee a peaceful power transfer should he lose have created uncertainty about the election and its aftermath, with worrisome implications for the long-term health of American democracy. 

This report, complementing other academic and policy-oriented efforts, sheds light on American democracy and elections in a comparative perspective.

Panel discussion sponsored by the Keough School of Global Affairs (Oct 26, 2020)

Report is available HERE.