Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology

Gabriel Katz Wisel

Gabriel Katz Wisel

Professor
Politics

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.

Besides my academic work, I am a Senior Data Scientist at Virgin Money. Other roles I have held outside of academia include: research associate for Justice & Care, an NGO working on human trafficking in the UK and the developing world; statistical consultant for fhi360, an international non-profit human development organization; senior data analyst for YouGov/Polimetrix; economist for Willis Towers Watson; and economic advisor for the Uruguayan government.
In the Summer Term 2023/2024 I will be a Visiting Professor of Political Economy at the Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay.

Biography:

CV

ResearchGate.


Other 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


Research 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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