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I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. I study conflict, development, and international economics, with an empirical focus on Chinese development aid. My dissertation explores how domestic politics shape the distribution of Chinese aid in both China and recipient countries. I hold an MA in international policy from Stanford University and a BA in political science from the University of Southern California. Prior to doctoral studies, I was a Research Specialist at the Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) project at Princeton University.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Purdue University. My research agenda focuses on international political economy, inclusive development, and technology in international organizations. My dissertation explores how gendered economic ideas are created and changed among international institutions in the fields of development finance, public health, and digital inclusion. Additionally, I am also interested in the use of AI by international actors in global economic governance and elite decision-making. I use a variety of methodological tools in my research, including interviews, computational text analysis, and survey experiments.

My name is Yujin Zhang 张宇津. I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. I am interested in how individuals' political attitudes and behaviors are shaped by personal experiences, particularly their economic backgrounds. My research focuses on the political consequences of changing economic conditions, particularly those related to international trade, immigration, and economic crises.

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia (UVa), expecting to defend my dissertation in May 2026. My research interests are motivated by my passion for economic development and human rights. I study international political economy and comparative politics, focusing on how emerging technologies enhance inclusion and opportunity while reshaping citizen-state relationships, especially in emerging economies. My doctoral research, which has informed the development and teaching of a specialized course on the political economy of fintech, reveals that politics influences financial technology adoption, ultimately impacting development and inclusion. Beyond the political roots of financial behavior, my research explores how states govern emerging technologies. Why do countries differ in their regulation of innovation? I also aim to extend my fintech frameworks to other emerging technologies. I am fluent in English, French, Arabic and have full proficiency in Spanish.

Tommaso is a PhD Candidate in International Relations and Political Science at the Graduate Institute. Originally from Milan, Italy, he has an academic background spanning political science, economics, and international relations, with studies at Pompeu Fabra (Research Master in Political Science), the University of Milan (MSc in Economics and Political Science, BA in International Relations), and Sciences Po (Environmental Policy). His PhD investigates the shifts of state-business power relations caused by geoeconomics and climate change. Previously, Tommaso has worked at Bocconi University’s Social Inclusion Lab (Dondena) and at Centro Studi Luca D’Agliano. He is also an elected member of Milan’s City District Council, leading the Social Policy and Mobility Committee. These roles inspire his research on urban politics, with work in progress on how pedestrianization policies reduce radical right support in cities.

Yue Lin is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a Designated Emphasis in Political Economy. She is a Data Science and AI Fellow at Berkeley’s D-Lab, a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at Notre Dame’s International Security Center, and an AI Academic Upskilling Fellow at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative.

Yue is broadly interested in geopolitics, economic statecraft, multinational corporations, cross-border investment, and industrial policy. Her dissertation, Championing Economic National Security in a De-Globalized Era, asks why governments increasingly invoke national security to restrict foreign investment, and how multinational corporations adjust their political and social strategies in response. She combines an original legislative dataset with computational text analysis, experiments, and interviews to answer these questions. Her work has been published in Law & Geoeconomics and by Routledge.

Prior to Berkeley, Yue worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Enterprise Institute. She holds an M.A. in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a B.Soc.Sci. in Government and International Relations from Hong Kong Baptist University, where she was awarded a national scholarship (top 0.05%) and graduated top of her cohort.

I am a PhD candidate in Strategy and Business Economics at the UBC Sauder School of Business. I study international trade, political economy, and economic history, with a focus on geoeconomics. My dissertation examines how geopolitical alignment shapes trade and how governments use foreign aid and sanctions to pursue political objectives. I hold master’s degrees in economics from the Universities of Tübingen and Pavia and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Münster. Before my doctoral studies, I was a pre-doctoral research associate at the University of Chicago.

I am a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. My primary research stands at the intersection of trade policy and digital governance, where I study the characteristics that shape the inclusion of digital provisions in PTAs, the actors best positioned to diffuse their preferred rules, and the conditions under which international commitments lead to domestic implementation. My work also focuses on two complementary lines of research: the first studies how governments pursue cooperation and signal international alignment through trade negotiations and expressions of interest in organizations like the BRICS; the second has been developed as part of UTD’s Pinckney Research Lab, where we examine how organized groups behave when domestic political arrangements come under strain, from challenges to democratic transitions to support for authoritarian coalitions.