Alexandra ‘Ali’ Cirone
Assistant Professor

Department and Program Affiliations:
Academic focus:
European politics, historical political economy, legislative institutions
Current research project:
One project is a book about the use of lottery-based procedures in officer selection in parliaments across 19th century Europe, during the early stages of democratization. Another project looks at multi-level governance in the European Union, and studies how multiple office holding affects preferences for supranational party development.
Previous positions:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Economy, London School of Economics, 2017-2018
- Predoctoral Fellow, London School of Economics, 2014-2018
- Research Manager, Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard Kennedy School, 2006-2009
Academic background:
- Ph.D., Political science, Columbia University, 2017
- M.A., Political science, Columbia University, 2011
- M.Phil., Political science, Columbia University, 2012
- A.B., Political science, University of Chicago, 2006
Last book read:
“Uprooted” by Naomi Novik
In your own time/when not working:
Watching British crime procedurals, playing the cello, slow cooking, cathedrals, hopping across the pond
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Post Truth Politics, because we desperately need to engage with fake news and its consequences for modern politics
What most excites you about Cornell:
Testing the caliber of the students. Leaf peeping in the fall. Raiding the farmers' market.
Twitter handle/blog url:
@AliCirone, www.acirone.com