My work looks at government policies that improve social welfare. I am especially interested in the political conditions that facilitate the expansion of public policies which reduce health disparities.
Research areas: welfare state, social policies, bureaucracy, state capacity, international organizations, global health governance, health politics and policies, maternal and child nutrition
Research areas: welfare state, social policies, bureaucracy, state capacity, international organizations, global health governance, health politics and policies, maternal and child nutrition
- Benevolent Policies: Bureaucratic Politics and the International Dimensions of Social Policy Expansion
American Political Science Review (APSR) - The Politics of Universal Healthcare Coverage (with Hina Khalid, Kim Skead, and Joseph Wong)
Revise and Resubmit, The Lancet - Why Have Governments Been Slow to Tackle Undernutrition?
Under Review - Social Polices in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes: A Unifying Framework for Analysing Social Assistance Programs in India and China (with Daniel Béland, Dragana Bodruzic, Zainab Nizar, and Shih Jiunn Shi)
Under Review