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Erik Wibbels, Professor of Political Science and Sanford School of Public Policy  

Office Location: 204J Gross Hall, 140 Science Drive, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 660-4300
Duke Box: 90204
Email Address: e.wibbels@duke.edu
Web Page: http://sites.duke.edu/wibbels/

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2000
    M.A., University of New Mexico, 1996
    B.A., University of Virginia, 1993

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Timoneda, JC; Wibbels, E. "Spikes and Variance: Using Google Trends to Detect and Forecast Protests." Political Analysis 30.1 (January, 2022): 1-18. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Rains, E; Wibbels, E. "Informal Work, Risk, and Clientelism: Evidence from 223 Slums across India." British Journal of Political Science (January, 2022). [doi]  [abs]
    3. Bland, G; Brinkerhoff, D; Romero, D; Wetterberg, A; Wibbels, E. "Public Services, Geography, and Citizen Perceptions of Government in Latin America." Political Behavior (January, 2021). [doi]  [abs]
    4. Krishna, A; Rains, E; Wibbels, E. "Negotiating Informality– Ambiguity, Intermediation, and a Patchwork of Outcomes in Slums of Bengaluru." The Journal of Development Studies 56.11 (November, 2020): 1983-1999. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Mosley, L; Paniagua, V; Wibbels, E. "Moving markets? Government bond investors and microeconomic policy changes." Economics & Politics 32.2 (July, 2020): 197-249. [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:
    A Professor of Political Science, Wibbels' research focuses on development, decentralized governance, and other areas of political economy. He is the co-general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the International Growth Centre and AidData, and he has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, World Politics, International Organization, Comparative Political Studies and elsewhere. Current major projects include the combination of surveys and satellite images to identify slums in India and understand the conditions under which residents achieve formal recognition and successfully attract public services; an impact evaluation of a large, district-level USAID program in Ghana; and work on how the geographic emergence and spread of state authority impact long-term economic development. He also works with bilateral and multilaterial donors to improve the design and evaluation of governance programming. Wibbels previously taught at the University of Washington and the Juan March Institute and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

    Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

    • Guadalupe Rojo  
    • Thomas Gift  
    • Dan Krcmaric  
    • Weschle Simon  
    • Melina Altamirano Hernandez  
    • Florian M. Hollenbach  
    • Anna E. Schultz  
    • Nimah Mazaheri  
    • Benjamin Barber  
    • Jan Pierskalla  
    • Francesc Amat  
    • Greg Schober  
    • David S. Siroky  
    • Yi-ting Wang  
    • Damon B. Palmer  
    • Matthew C. Falvey  
    • Kent E Freeze  
    • Bruno D. Borges  

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