My current research focuses on the political economy of expert advice in multiple institutional contexts: legislative, judicial and crisis policy-making. My other research interests include ranked-choice voting and campaign finance, bundled elections, public inquiries, and Scandinavian politics. I use various research methods including game theory, statistical models, comparative case studies, and laboratory and survey experiments. My research has been published in Social Choice and Welfare, Journal of Experimental Political Science,  Public Choice, Scandinavian Political Studies, and other venues. With my coauthors, I received the 2025 Public Choice Duncan Black award for the best paper by a senior scholar for our paper on Covid-19 scientific advisory committees.

I blog irregularly on Scandinavian politics and other topics on Australian Outlook, the national online showcase of Australian Institute of International Affairs for high-quality analysis and commentary on international affairs.

You can find my Google Scholar page and CV below.

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Pronin Kira CV Feb 2026