Vicky Fouka

Vicky Fouka

Vicky Fouka, PhD

  • Bing Professor of Human Biology
  • Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Faculty Research Fellow at NBER
  • Affiliated faculty at The Europe Center
  • CDDRL Affiliated Faculty
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Biography

Vicky Fouka is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER, and a Research Affiliate at CEPR. She is a political economist with interests in group identity and intergroup relations, culture, and historical social dynamics. Her articles are published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Politics, the Economic Journal, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Nature Human Behaviour. Her work has received the Joseph L. Bernd award for best paper published in the Journal of Politics, the Economic Journal Austin Robinson prize, and the best article award of the APSA Migration and Citizenship section. She holds a PhD in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University.

Fouka's research was featured in The Europe Center April 2018 Newsletter.

In The News

Vicky Fouka received the Bodossaki Distinguished Young Scientist Award in Social Sciences in Athens, Greece, on June 17, 2025.
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Vicky Fouka Honored with Bodossaki Distinguished Young Scientist Award

Recognized for her groundbreaking research on migration, identity, and intergroup relations, Fouka joins an elite group of Greek scientists shaping global scholarship.
Vicky Fouka Honored with Bodossaki Distinguished Young Scientist Award
Vicky Fouka
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National Stigmas and Past Atrocities in Germany

Stanford Associate Professor of Political Science Vicky Fouka shares her research on how public recognition of collective culpability has affected German national identity.
National Stigmas and Past Atrocities in Germany