I am a political economist with a particular interest in combining modern econometrics with historical case studies to understand contemporary political action, including voting behaviour, protest and political organisation. I am enthusiastic about causal inference, mixed methods research and, more generally, the application of mathematics in the social sciences. Substantively, I am most interested in two areas: historical persistence/historical political economy and political violence.
I previously obtained a Master in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and I am currently completing my PhD in Political Science at the Central European University in Vienna. From 2025 I will be a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
My research has been published in the European Journal of Political Research and the European Political Science Review.
More about my research: https://vladsurdea.com/
