Each year, IQSS awards research grants to a select group of graduate student affiliates to support dissertation research-related costs. In exchange for their ongoing contribution to the life and activity of the IQSS community, the selected recipients may apply this funding toward research-related costs such as survey development, technical services, and publication costs. We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's 2021 research grants and to highlight their work below.
Elena Ayala-Hurtado
Sociology (G5)
Project: "Using Situational Boundaries to Navigate the Tension between Meritocracy and the Use of Connection"
María Ballesteros
Government (G1)
Project: "Votes on Fire: Wildfires and Electoral Turnout During the 2020 Presidential Election in the US"
Soubhik Barari
Government (G3)
Project: "Understanding How Digital Media Shapes Political Attitudes: A Proposal for Funding Data Collection"
Jessie Bullock
Government (G6)
Project: "Machine [Gun] Politics: Why Politicians Cooperate with Criminal Groups"
Shelby Carvalho
Education (G4)
Project: "Political Economy of Refugee Education in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Kaitlyn Chriswell
Government (G5)
Project: "Does criminal group presence make or break citizens?: A database of collusion in Mexico"
Jorge Cuartas Ricaurte
Education (G3)
Project: "Corporal Punishment and Child Development in Low- and- Middle-income Countries"
Reva Dhingra
Government (G4)
Project: "Service Protectiveness: How Access to Public Goods Shapes Relations between Refugees and Host Communities"
José Ramón Enríquez
Government (G4)
Project: "Moral Hazard and Corruption in Driving: Evidence from Traffic Tickets in Mexico City"
Shusei Eshima
Government (G3)
Project: "A New Experimental Design for Conjoint Experiments under Partial Information"
Helen Ho
Public Policy (G5)
Project: "Worker Voice, Power, and Workplace Safety during COVID-19"
Wei-Fang Hsieh
Linguistics (G3)
Project: "Distance Effect on the Application of T4 Sandhi in Mandarin-English Code Switching"
Martin Koenen
Political Economy & Government (G2)
Project: "Breaking the Bubble: Does Exposure Reduce Prejudice?"
Max Kuhelj Bugaric
Government (G2)
Project: "Time Horizons, Signaling, and Conflict: Is Patience in the Eye of the Beholder?"
Manuel Meléndez Sánchez
Government (G4)
Project: "Criminal Electioneering: A Voter Survey and List Experiment in El Salvador"
Bo Yun Park
Sociology (G7)
Project: "Crafting the Message: The Data Science Behind Presidential Elections"
Sun Young Park
Government (G3)
Project: "Norms of Intolerance: How Partisan Animosity Spreads in Social Relations"
Yuan Pei
Public Policy (G2)
Project: "Interaction, Stereotypes and Identity: Evidence from Hong Kong"
Sascha Riaz
Government (G4)
Project: "Economic Development and International Migration—Evidence from Germany 1820–1907"
Lena Shi
Education (G4)
Project: "Whether and Where to Enroll: Factors Influencing College Transfer Choices"
Seth Soderborg
Government (G8)
Project: "Panel Study of COVID-19 Precaution-Taking"
Hillary Stein
Political Economy & Government (G5)
Project: "The Effect of Export Price Shocks on Exchange Rates"
Yuhan Zhang
Linguistics (G3)
Project: "Interpreting Information Mismatch in Belief Report"