Alexandra ‘Ali’ Cirone

Department and Program Affiliations:

Government

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