Shelley Liu is an assistant professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Her primary research and teaching focuses on issues relating to conflict, development, and state-building in fragile political contexts. Her ongoing research projects examine (1) how war shapes politics and development, (2) citizen agency in state legibility projects, and (3) the determinants of polarization, politicization, and disengagement. Liu’s research has been published, or is forthcoming in, the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, and others. She received her PhD in government from Harvard in 2020.
Shelley Liu is an assistant professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Her primary research and teaching focuses on issues relating to conflict, development, and state-building in fragile political contexts. Her ongoing research projects examine (1) how war shapes politics and development, (2) citizen agency in state legibility projects, and (3) the determinants of polarization, politicization, and disengagement. Liu's research has been published, or is forthcoming in, the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, and others. She received…