Fellows

The Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (NCGG), directed by Helen V. Milner, is pleased to welcome the 2023-2024 fellows for the Center’s fellowship programs.

The 19th cohort of NCGG fellows chosen from a large pool of applicants from all over the globe will be in residence in September 2023 through June 2024, pursuing their own research projects and contributing to the intellectual life of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the School of Public and International Affairs.

2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellows

Sabrina Arias

Sabrina Arias received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2023, specializing in International Relations. Beginning in Fall 2024, She will be an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University. Her research focuses on international organizations, diplomacy, and climate…

Lotem Bassan-Nygate

Lotem Bassan-Nygate received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2023. She was previously a predoctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative. Her research lies at the intersection of international relations, political psychology, and experimental methods,…

Soohyun Cho

Soohyun Cho received her Ph.D. in Political Science with a graduate minor in Applied Statistics from Ohio State University. Her research interests are at the intersection of international political economy, gender politics, and political methodology. Specifically, she explores the relationships between economic…

Thomas Flaherty

Thomas M. Flaherty received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California San Diego. Beginning in Fall 2024, he will be an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. His research explores the electoral politics of globalization from the perspective of local labor markets…

Zoe Ge

Zoe Ge is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics at New York University. She studies international political economy and international organizations (IOs), using formal models and a range of quantitative methods. The first strand of her research examines the institutional design of global health governance with an…

Zuhad Hai

Zuhad Hai is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Stanford University and an incoming Assistant Professor of Politics at New York University. He studies how societies manage -- or fail to manage -- industrial and technological change in a globalized world. One stream of his research agenda looks at how political…

Gino Pauselli

Gino Pauselli has a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Master's in Statistics from the University of Pennsylvania. His research examines how multiple actors contribute to human rights progress and backlash around the world. In his book project, he studies how criticism from states leads to the expansion and contraction of…

Monica Widmann

Monica Widmann is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research explores economic reform, sovereign debt politics, and the politics of global economic governance. Her book project analyzes the role of US courts in settling disputes between creditors and…

2023-2024 Visiting Fellows

Simone Dietrich

Simone Dietrich is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Professor Dietrich studies foreign aid and the role of international organizations in world politics. Her book, States, Markets, and Foreign Aid, appeared with Cambridge…

Soo Yeon Kim

Soo Yeon Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Singapore.  She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University and a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Yonsei University. Professor Kim's research and teaching areas are…