Short Bio

I am currently a 6th-year PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago. My committee members are Scott Gehlbach (chair), Wioletta Dzuida, Monika Nalepa, Joel Mokyr, James Robinson, and Kenneth Pomeranz. My research focuses on using formal models to explore political economy questions related to Chinese and European history. I am currently working on a dissertation project that examines the political economy of the divergence between China and Europe over the millennia.

Research Interest

• Political Economy
• Historical Political Economy
• Formal Models
• China and Europe

Education

• Ph.D. in Political Science, 2021 - present, University of Chicago
• M.A. in Social Sciences, 2019 - 2021, University of Chicago

Presentations

• [2026.10], Institutions in HPE Conference, UChicago, IL.
• [2026.09], EITM in HPE panel at APSA, Boston, MA.
• [2026.06], UB-Yale HPE Workshop, Barcelona, Spain.
• [2026.05], Asian HPE Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
• [2026.04], MPSA HPE Mini-conference, Chicago, IL.
• [2026.04], EITM in HPE panel at MPSA, Chicago, IL.
• [2026.03], Virtual Workshop in HPE (online).
• [2025.06], LSE Hayek Conference, London, UK.
• [2025.09], China Mini-conference at APSA, Vancouver, Canada.
• [2025.08], EITM, Ann Arbor, MI.
• [2025.06], CEIBS, Shanghai, China.
• [2025.04], Formal Theory Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
• [2025.02], Econ History Lunch, Northwestern University, IL.
• [2025.02], Political Economy Lunch, University of Chicago, IL.
• [2024.06], SIOE, Chicago, IL.
• [2024.09], APSA, Philadelphia, PA.
• [2024.04], MPSA, Chicago, IL.
• [2024.02], Econ History Lunch, Northwestern University, IL.
• [2024.02], Political Economy Lunch, UChicago, IL.
• [2023.04], MPSA, Chicago, IL.

Organizer

• [2026.10] Institutions in HPE Conference, UChicago, IL.
  • With Tom Ginsburg, Scott Gehlbach, Monika Nalepa, and Zhaotian Luo
• [2026.09] EITM in HPE panel at APSA, Boston, MA.
  • With Monika Nalepa
• [2026.06] UChicago-Beijing HPE Conference, Beijing, China.
  • With Scott Gehlbach, Zhaotian Luo
• [2026.04] MPSA HPE Mini-conference, Chicago, IL.
  • With Adee Weller, Daniel Lowery, Daniel Baquero-Mendez
• [2026.04] EITM in HPE panel at MPSA, Chicago, IL.
  • With Monika Nalepa