CDDRL's class of 2018 pre- and postdoctoral fellows
CDDRL's class of 2018 pre- and postdoctoral fellows
Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is proud to announce our three incoming fellows who will be joining us in the 2017-2018 academic year to develop their research, engage with faculty and tap into our diverse scholarly community.
The pre- and postdoctoral program will provide fellows the time to focus on research and data analysis as they work to finalize and publish their dissertation research, while connecting with resident faculty and research staff at CDDRL.
Fellows will present their research during our weekly research seminar series and an array of scholarly events and conferences.
Topics of the incoming cohort include policing and sectarian conflict in Iraq and Israel, global health and safety regulations and taxation in Southeast Asia.
Learn more in the Q&A below.
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Matthew Nanes
Hometown: Dunwoody, GA
Academic Institution: University of California San Diego
Discipline & Graduation Date: Political Science, June 2017
Research Interests: Middle East Politics, sectarian conflict, policing and domestic security, comparative institutions
Dissertation Title: From the Bottom-Up: Policing and Sectarian Conflict in Divided Societies
What attracted you to the CDDRL Postdoctoral Fellowship program? I was drawn to the post-doctoral program at CDDRL by the broad range of experts at FSI and across the entire Stanford community. My research interests touch on a wide range of substantive and methodological issues, and I'm very excited to work with experts on a similarly broad range of areas. I was also attracted to CDDRL's focus on bridging the gap between academic scholarship and real-world policy applications.
What do you hope to accomplish during your nine-month residency at the CDDRL? My primary goal is to make progress in converting my dissertation, which is about policing and sectarian conflict in Iraq and Israel, into a publishable academic book. To this end, I intend to spend time honing my theoretical argument about the incentives and constraints generated by sectarian inclusiveness in the police and testing this argument using new and existing data. I also intend to continue progress on ongoing research on policing under low state legitimacy in the Philippines, and to lay the groundwork for follow-up research on the Iraqi police.
Fun fact: During college, I rode a bicycle from Providence, RI to Seattle, WA
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Rebecca Louise Perlman
Hometown: Newton, MA
Academic Institution: Stanford University
Discipline & Expected Graduation Date: Political Science, 2018
Research interests: Regulation, Trade, International institutions
Dissertation Title: For Safety or Profit? The Determinants of Global Health and Safety Regulations
What attracted you to the CDDRL Pre-doctoral Fellowship program? CDDRL brings together an amazing group of scholars, with a diverse set of research interests. I was eager for the opportunity to work with and learn from these individuals, through workshops and day-to-day interactions.
What do you hope to accomplish during your nine-month residency at the CDDRL? I'm looking forward to completing my dissertation and hopefully embarking on some collaborative projects with other CDDRL fellows and/or faculty.
Fun fact: I have a cat named Khaleesi.
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Hometown: Anchorage, AK
Academic Institution: Emory University
Discipline & Graduation Date: Political Science, August 4, 2017
Research Interests: political economy of development, decentralization, taxation, local politics, Southeast Asia
Dissertation Title: Decentralization and the Politics of Local Taxation in Southeast Asia
What attracted you to the CDDRL Postdoctoral Fellowship program? I share CDDRL's concern for the links among multiple dimensions of development, and emphasize the interplay between political and economic institutions in my own research. In addition, the members of the CDDRL community combine disciplinary approaches, technical expertise, and area knowledge to address substantively important and theoretically interesting questions. I am very excited to learn from the community.
What do you hope to accomplish during your nine-month residency at the CDDRL? I will revise and expand my dissertation as I prepare it for publication. The dissertation highlights the role of strong local business associations as key institutions for resolving the distributional and monitoring challenges posed by taxation. Yet, it does not explain the origins of those associations. I will address this question by exploring the histories of local business associations in Southeast Asia, particularly those which exhibit surprising strength or weakness despite expectations to the contrary.
Fun fact: My summer job in college was to umpire American Legion baseball.