Ryan Jablonski

I am a political scientist at the LSE. I study the political economy of service delivery in low-income democracies. I am particularly interested in the ways in which politicians and voters learn about politics, service delivery and foreign aid. A lot of my work also focuses on the ways in which politicians and voters interact with foreign donors. I also study corruption, election fraud and criminal behavior.

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 USAID cuts on politics and service delivery in aid-dependent democracies.

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.

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