Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in Political Economy, a joint program of the Department of Political Science and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. My research focuses on modeling cooperation and conflict in weakly institutionalized environments. I use dynamic games to develop applied formal models in international relations and comparative politics.
I will be on the 2026-2027 job market. One line of my research examines how countries sustain economic cooperation with a potential geopolitical rival that may use the resulting economic gains against their interests. I study the conditions under which self-enforcing agreements can sustain trade while limiting political conflict.
A second line of research examines domestic political conflict, focusing on strategic competition between incumbents and opposition groups through political rallies. I ask which side initiates mobilization and under what conditions the other side responds with a competing rally.
I earned an M.Sc. in Political Science and Political Economy (PSPE) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a B.A. in International Relations from Zhejiang University.