Faculty in Comparative Politics

Christopher Blattman

Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

1307 East 60th Street, Room 2009

blattman@uchicago.edu

Oeindrila Dube

Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

1307 East 60th Street, Room 2015
773 702 8400

odube@uchicago.edu

Scott Gehlbach

Professor

Pick 322A

gehlbach@uchicago.edu

Major Areas of Interest:

• Political economy
• Comparative politics
• Formal theory

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Gary Herrigel

Paul Klapper Professor in the College and Division of Social Sciences

Pick Hall 516
773 702 8067

g-herrigel@uchicago.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday, 9:00am-11:00am

Major Areas of Interest:

• Comparative political economy
• Social theory
• Economic sociology
• Organizations
• Governance
• Europe, North America, Asia

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Zhaotian Luo

Assistant Professor

Pick Hall 528
773 702 2941

luozhaotian@uchicago.edu

On Leave Fall 2022/Winter 2023

 

Major Areas of Interest:

• Political economy of institutions
• Information manipulation
• Formal theory

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Monika Nalepa

Professor

Pick Hall 324A
773 702 0234

mnalepa@uchicago.edu

Major Areas of Interest:

• Post-Communist politics
• Comparative political institutions
• Positive political theory
• Transitional justice

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James Robinson

Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor and University Professor, Faculty Director of the Pearson Institute

1307 East 60th Street, Room 2017
773 702 6364

jamesrobinson@uchicago.edu

On Leave 2022-2023

Susan Stokes

Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor

Pick 320A
773 702 7664

sstokes@uchicago.edu

On Leave 2022-2023

 

Major Areas of Interest:

• Political development
• Political parties and democracy
• Comparative political behavior
• Distributive politics

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