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Kira Pronin – Ph.D. in Political Science

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About me

I have recently (defended November 24th, 2020) completed a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I am a big fan of Elinor Ostrom, and, along with the Swedish economist Knut Wicksell, her work inspires my research. In my previous life I was a network and voice/data integration engineer, and I also have…

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Research

My thesis is titled “A Voice without a Veto: Consensus-building through Inclusion of Stakeholders” (available on SSRN: Voice without a Veto) and uses the EITM (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models) methodology. I study whether including a broad group of stakeholders in policy advisory commissions helps build consensus. It may seem that including interested parties with…

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Teaching

I have taught recitations for introductory classes in Comparative Politics, American Politics and Research Methods. I have also taught my own class in Media and Politics with a comparative and social media emphasis, including a whole section on the role of social media in authoritarian countries. My students even did content analysis on Twitter data and designed…

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