Overview

I am Professor (Personal Chair) of Politics and Quantitative Methods at the University of Exeter and Adjunct Professor of Political Economy at New York University - London. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of economics and political science, focusing on Latin American Politics, Political Behavior, Political Economy and Research Methods. My work has been published in leading economics and political science journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the Economic Journal, the European Economic Review, and the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, among others.

I earned my Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). I also hold an MSc. from Caltech and a Licenciatura in Economics from the Universidad de la Republica, in Uruguay.

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Research

My research uses advanced quantitative methods - mainly Bayesian statistics, but also causal inference and experimental techniques - to address substantive questions in comparative politics, political behaviour and political economy.

My work has been published in leading economics and political science journals, such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the Economic Journal, the European Economic Review, and the Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, among other outlets, and has been featured in policy reports by the United States Agency for International Development and Justice and Care UK.

Research Projects:

• Tech Coalition Safe Online Research Fund: "Understanding the Determinants of OSEC in the Philippines", 2022-2023  (co-PI)
• European Research Council: "CIVILSPACE, The Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Europe", 2022-2027 (Senior Collaborator)
• Uruguayan National Research and Development Agency: "Political Economy of Development", 2019 (PI)
• British Academy: “Using Machine Learning Methods to Correct for Survey Misreports in Cross-National Surveys”, 2016-2017 (PI).
• ESRC: “Measuring Information Exposure in Dynamic and Dependent Networks (ExpoNet)”, 2015-2018 (Co-I).
• ESRC: “Media in Context and The 2015 General Election: How Traditional and Social Media Shape Elections and Governing”, 2015-2017 (Co-I).
• British Academy: “Public Service Corporations: estimating the link between public scrutiny and share prices”, 2015-2016 (Co-PI).
• Humanities and Social Sciences Project Development Fund, University of Exeter: “The promise of non-probability samples: improving measurement and inference in cross-national survey research”, 2014-2015 (PI).
• Marie Curie Training Network, European Commission: "VOTEADVICE", 2014-2018 (Co-I).

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Projects

• Using machine learning methods to correct for survey misreports in cross-national surveys - funded by: British Academy
• Measuring Information Exposure in Dynamic and Dependent Networks (ExpoNet) - funded by: ESRC
• Public Service Corporations: estimating the link between public scrutiny and share - funded by: Sponsor British Academy/Leverhulme
• Media in Context and The 2015 General Election: How Traditional and Social Media Shape Elections and Governing - funded by: ESRC
• Media in Context and The 2015 General Election: How Traditional and Social Media Shape Elections - funded by: ESRC
• Industry and Doctoral Training in Vote Advice Applications (VOTEADVICE) - funded by: European Commission

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Supervision

 I would be happy to supervise students working on Latin American Politics, Political Behaviour, Political Economy and Political Methodology. Students I have previously supervised have gone on to have successful academic careers in the UK and Europe.

Previous PhD Students (at University of Exeter):

• Dr Adrian Millican, currently Associate Professor in Comparative Quantitative Politics, University of Durham, UK.
• Dr Claudia Zucca, currently Assistant Professor, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Current PhD Students: 

• Nicholas Bradley. "Civil War terrorism".

• Mariam Cook (ESRC-funded): "How can advanced quantitative methods support democratic innovation and decision-making?"

·     Cristina Montero (ESRC-funded): "Impacts of corporate agri-business on Bolivia’s Indigenous Peoples: a case study of soya bean value chains in the region of Santa Cruz".

        ·    Natalia Lopez Hornickel (ESRC-funded)

         ·    Jan Abril (ESRC-funded)

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Publications

_{Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.}

| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |

2023

• Katz Wisel G. (2023) Understanding OSAEC Trafficking in the Philippines: Analysis and recommendations for better detection, deterrence and prevention. Research Report for Justice and Care UK, 2023.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) "Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: Characteristics and drivers in the Philippine", Research Report for Justice and Care UK, 2023.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) "Improving children's food choices: Experimental evidence from the field" (with G. Charness, R. Cobo-Reyes, E. Eyster, A. Sánchez, and M. Sutter), European Economic Review, volume 159, article no. 104562, DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104562.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) Forced scamming: an emerging form of modern slavery. Research Report for Justice and Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G, Gouglas A, Jungblut J, Brans M, Timmermans A. (2023) Out of the ivory tower: An explanation of the policy advisory roles of political scientists in Europe. Forthcoming,, European Political Science, DOI:10.1057/s41304-023-00440-x.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) Labour migration and modern slavery victimisation: Bangladesh as a case study. Research Report for Justice and Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) Climate- and conflict-induced migration and modern slavery: challenges and opportunities for action. Report for Justice and Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G. (2023) Addressing vulnerability to modern slavery in a growing tide of migration. Research Report for Justice & Care UK.
• Bolleyer N, Correa P, Katz Wisel G. (2023) Genetic Imprints, Party Life Cycles and Organizational Mortality: An Application of State-Space Duration Models, Journal of Politics, volume 85, no. 1, pages 266-279, DOI:10.1086/722351.

2022

• Katz Wisel G. (2022) Modern Slavery and Forced Marriages: Examining the relationship. Research report for Justice & Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G. (2022) Drivers of Violent Extremism in Cameroon. Report for the United States Agency for International Development.
• Katz Wisel G. (2022) "Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: The state of evidence for key government and private approaches." Research Report for Justice & Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G. (2022) Digital Intelligence: New Opportunities to be harnessed in the fight against human trafficking. Issue Brief for Justice & Care UK, published by Policing Insight.
• Cobo-Reyes R, Katz Wisel G, Markussen T, Meraglia S. (2022) Voting on sanctioning institutions in open and closed communities: experimental evidence, Social Choice and Welfare, volume 58, pages 619-677, DOI:10.1007/s00355-021-01363-6.

2021

• Katz Wisel G. (2021) Awareness Raising: Examining the popular prevention approach. Issue Brief for Justice & Care UK.
• Katz Wisel G. (2021) Mixed Method Study: Gender Differentiated Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Sahel. Report for the United States Agency for International Development.
• Gouglas A, Katz Wisel G, Maddens B, Brans M. (2021) Transformational party events and legislative turnover in West European democracies, 1945-2015, Party Politics, volume 27, no. 6, pages 1211-1222, DOI:10.1177/1354068820944703. [PDF]
• Katz Wisel G. (2021) "Conventional and Unconventional Participation in Latin America: A Hierarchical Latent Class Approach" (with R.M. Alvarez, I. Levin and L. Nunez), Political Science Research and Methods, volume 9, no. 4, pages 878-888, DOI:10.1017/psrm.2020.35. [PDF]

2020

• Katz Wisel G. (2020) Gender Differentiated Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Sahel -Quantitative Study, Report for the United States Agency for International Development.
• Katz Wisel G. (2020) Mandates Matter: How Decisive Victories Enhance Expectations about Government Performance (with E. Kolpinskaya, S. Banducci, D. Stevens, and T. Coan). Online First, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, volume 30, no. 4, pages 504-523, DOI:10.1080/17457289.2019.1599004.
• Banducci S, Katz Wisel G, Stevens D, Coan T. (2020) A little justification goes a long way: audience costs and the EU referendum, Acta Politica, volume 55, no. 2, pages 305-326, DOI:10.1057/s41269-018-0117-x.

2019

• James C, Banducci S, Cioroianu I, Coan T, Katz G, Stevens DP. (2019) Flows of Information in Election Campaigns: Who Influences Whom?, DOI:10.2139/ssrn.3722044.
• Cobo-Reyes R, Katz G, Markussen T, Meraglia S. (2019) Voting on Sanctioning Institutions in Open and Closed Communities: Experimental Evidence, DOI:10.2139/ssrn.3392859.
• Zucca C. (2019) Public Opinion in the New Media Environment.
• Cobo-Reyes R, Katz Wisel G, Meraglia S. (2019) Endogenous Sanctioning Institutions and Migration Patterns: Experimental Evidence, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, volume 158, pages 575-606, DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2018.12.029.
• Katz Wisel G. (2019) Do All Parties Die “The Same”? Using Hierarchical Competing Risks Models for Cross-National Research on Party Mortality, SAGE Research Methods Cases, SAGE. [PDF]
• Katz Wisel G. (2019) Age-Period-Cohort Models for Electoral Survey Data: An Application to British General Elections, 1964–2010, SAGE Research Methods Cases, SAGE. [PDF]
• Bolleyer N, Correa Vila P, Katz G. (2019) Political Party Mortality in Established Party Systems: A Hierarchical Competing Risks Approach, Comparative Political Studies, volume 52, no. 1, pages 36-68, DOI:10.1177/0010414018758764.

2018

• Katz Wisel G. (2018) Determinants of Female Radicalization In Tunisia: A Quantitative Analysis, Report for the United States Agency for International Development.
• Katz Wisel G. (2018) Policy-based abstention: An application to Brazil’s 2002 presidential election, Review of European Studies, volume 10, no. 3, pages 28-40, DOI:10.5539/res.v10n3p28.
• Katz Wisel G. (2018) A General Model of Abstention under Compulsory Voting (with I. Levin), Political Science Research and Methods, volume 6, no. 3, pages 489-508, DOI:10.1017/psrm.2016.49.
• Katz Wisel G. (2018) Varieties of Political Support in Emerging Democracies: A Cross-National Analysis (with I. Levin), Social Science Research, volume 70, pages 55-70, DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.11.002.

2016

• Katz Wisel G. (2016) What Does it Take for Congress to Enact Good Policies? An Analysis of Roll Call Voting in the US Congress (with M. Iaryczower), Economics & Politics, volume 28, no. 1, pages 79-104, DOI:10.1111/ecpo.12072. [PDF]
• Katz Wisel G. (2016) The Dynamics of Political Support in Emerging Democracies: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Peru (with I. Levin), International Journal of Public Opinion Research, volume 28, no. 2, pages 173-195, DOI:10.1093/ijpor/edv010.

2015

• Katz Wisel G. (2015) Electoral Competitiveness and Turnout in British Elections, 1964-2010 (with D. Stevens and J. Vowles), Political Science Research and Methods, volume 5, no. 4, pages 775-794, DOI:10.1017/psrm.2015.67. [PDF]
• Katz Wisel G. (2015) More than Politics: Ability and Ideology in the British Appellate Committee (with M. Iaryczower), Journal of Law Economics and Organization, volume 32, no. 1, pages 61-93, DOI:10.1093/jleo/ewv009. [PDF]

2014

• Katz Wisel G. (2014) "Cuáles son las calidades de la democracia en América Latina?" (with L. Morlino), Memoria del I Congreso Peruano de Estudios Electorales, Escuela Electoral y de Gobernabilidad, 117-158.
• Katz Wisel G. (2014) State Capacity and Long-Run Economic Performance (with M. Dincecco), Economic Journal, volume 126, no. 590, pages 189-218, DOI:10.1111/ecoj.12161. [PDF]

2013

• Katz G. (2013) Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality (with M. Iaryczower and S. Saiegh), Journal of Law Economics and Organization, volume 29, no. 5, pages 957-991, DOI:10.1093/jleo/ews022.

2012

• Katz Wisel G. (2012) Evaluando tecnologías electorales nuevas en América Latina (with R.M. Alvarez and J. Pomares), Democracia en la era digital, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 97-117. [PDF]

2011

• Katz Wisel G. (2011) Modeling Electoral Coordination: Voters, Parties and Legislative Lists in Uruguay (with I. Levin), Journal of Politics in Latin America, volume 3, no. 2, pages 3-41.
• Katz Wisel G. (2011) The Impact of New Technologies on Voter Confidence in Latin America: Evidence from E-voting Experiments in Argentina and Colombia (with R.M. Alvarez and J. Pomares), Journal of Information Technology and Politics, volume 8, no. 2, pages 199-217, DOI:10.1080/19331681.2011.559739.
• Katz Wisel G. (2011) Assessing the Impact of Alternative Voting Technologies on Multi-Party Elections: Design Features, Heuristic Processing and Voter Choice (with R.M. Alvarez, E. Calvo, M. Escolar and J. Pomares), Political Behavior, volume 33, no. 2, pages 247-270, DOI:10.1007/s11109-010-9132-y.

2010

• Katz Wisel G. (2010) Correcting for survey misreports using auxiliary information with an application to estimating turnout (with J. Katz), American Journal of Political Science, volume 54, no. 3, pages 815-835, DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00462.x.

2009

• Katz Wisel G. (2009) Assessing voters’ attitudes towards electronic voting in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia’s 2007 e-voting pilot (with R.M. Alvarez, R. Llamosa and H. Martinez), E-Voting and Identity - Proceedings of the Second International Conference VOTE-ID 2009, Springer, 75-91, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-04135-8_5.
• Katz Wisel G. (2009) Structural cleavages, electoral competition and partisan divide: A Bayesian multinomial probit analysis of Chile s 2005 election (with R.M. Alvarez), Electoral Studies, volume 28, no. 2, pages 177-189, DOI:10.1016/j.electstud.2008.08.001.

2008

• Katz Wisel G. (2008) Assessing the Impact of E-Voting Technologies on Electoral Outcomes: an Analysis of Buenos Aires’ 2005 Congressional Election (with R.M. Alvarez, C. Calvo, M. Escolar and J. Pomares), Electronic Voting 2008, Gesellschaft fur Informatik, 47-62.

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Teaching

Modules taught

• POL2046 - The Economics of Politics
• POL3180 - Latin American Parties, Politics and Elections

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Biography

CV

ResearchGate. 

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More information

Resarch Associate, Justice & Care UK

Statistical Advisor, fhi 360

Senior Fellow, National Center for Research Methods, UK

External Examiner, University of Warwick, UK

Project Evaluator, Uruguayan National Reserch and Innovation Agency (Fondo Clemente Estable)

Associate Staff Member, Q-Step Centre, Exeter.

Research Affiliate, Finance and Economics Experimental Laboratory at Exeter (FEELE), Business School, University of Exeter.

Research Associate, Research Methods Centre, Business School, University of Exeter

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