Ryan Jablonski

I am a political scientist at the LSE. I study the political economy of service delivery in low-income democracies. I particularly focus on the the ways in which politicians, bureaucrats and voters learn about and make decisions related to public spending, foreign aid and corruption. I also study electoral integrity, and work on issues of on electoral administration, fraud and violence.

I have a forthcoming Cambridge University Press book, Dependency Politics: How Foreign Aid Shapes Electoral Behavior, which examines how democracy works in aid-dependent countries.

Some major ongoing research programs include a study the causes and consequences of corruption in health supply chains, how politicians learn about constituency needs and the impacts of aid cuts on politics and service delivery in aid-dependent democracies.

I teach courses on public policy, international development, comparative politics and research methods.