Dr. Brigitte Seim is an Associate Professor of Global Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Prior to her current position, she was at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the Department of Public Policy. She obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2014. Seim is a scholar of comparative politics, focusing on the political economy of development. Her research agenda examines the relationship between citizens and political officials, with a particular emphasis on accountability in developing democracies. Seim’s research typically employs experimental approaches to study the efficacy of accountability interventions and anti-corruption policy. She is also Project Manager of Experiments for the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project and a founding Principal Investigator of the Digital Society Project.
Dr. Brigitte Seim is an Associate Professor of Global Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Prior to her current position, she was at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the Department of Public Policy. She obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2014. Seim is a scholar of comparative politics, focusing on the political economy of development. Her research agenda examines the relationship between citizens and political officials, with a particular emphasis on accountability in developing democracies. Seim's research typically employs experimental approaches to…