Research
I study how the international community coordinates and collaborates to support the most fragile states in the international system. Within this work, I am most interested in the dynamics between international, national, and local actors. Empirically, I employ mixed methods including field work, formal theory, statistics, and machine learning. I also develop new models and datasets to help address the challenges of localized inference with administrative or remote sensing micro-data.
You can find my paper "A Multi-Task Gaussian Process Model for Inferring Time-Varying Treatment Effects in Panel Data" from AIStats (with Yehu Chen, Jacob Montgomery, and Roman Garnett). We have a working paper version for the social sciences.
Here are my other working papers:
Building State Capacity Locally:International Interventions, Delegation, andLocal Governance in Fragile States (Job Market paper)
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Beyond Peacekeepers: The United Nations Development Programme and Non-Militarized Violence Mitigation (Awarded Best Poster from APSA at the 2023 conference; Under review)
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A Gaussian Process Framework for Structured, Flexible, and Interpretable Machine-Learning Models (with Yehu Chen, Jacob Montgomery, and Roman Garnett)
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Border Fortifications and Trust in Government (with David Carter, Beth Simmons, and Michael Kenwick)
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