Speaker Series on Lessons for Democracy from the Global South

About the Panelists:

Daniel de Kadt, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Research Methods at the London School of Economics

Daniel de Kadt is Assistant Professor of Quantitative Research Methods at the London School of Economics (LSE). Before joining LSE he was a Senior Data Scientist at Deliveroo, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California Merced.

He grew up in Durban, South Africa, and received his BA(Hons) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, before receiving his MPhil at Oxford University, and his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on decision making, democracy, and South Africa and has been published in the American Political Science Review, Nature, and the Journal of Politics. His work has also been featured in Foreign Affairs and The Washington Post.

Jennifer Piscopo, Professor of Gender and Politics at Royal Holloway University of London

Jennifer Piscopo is Professor of Gender and Politics at Royal Holloway University of London. Her research focuses on women’s political representation and gender and elections in Latin America, the United States, and the globe. She consults regularly for international organizations and national governments, including UN Women and United Cities and Local Government. She has received research awards from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association, and the Latin American Studies Association.

She has published in over 30 peer-reviewed journals, including The American Political Science Review, The American Journal of Political Science, Social Politics, Comparative Political Studies, The Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. Her public writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Ms. Magazine, among other outlets.

Milan Vaishnav, Director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary research focus is the political economy of India, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance, state capacity, electoral behavior, and the diaspora. He is also the host of “Grand Tamasha,” a weekly podcast on Indian politics and policy co-produced by Carnegie and the Hindustan Times.

He is the author of When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics (Yale University Press, 2017) and editor of multiple books, including Institutional Rots of India’s Security Policy (Oxford University Press, 2024). His work has been published in scholarly journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Asian Survey, Governance, India Review, the Journal of Democracy, Perspectives on Politics, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Studies in Indian Politics. He holds a PhD in political science from Columbia University.

About the Moderator:

Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Faculty Affiliate at the King Center on Global Development

Soledad Artiz Prillaman is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University and a Faculty Affiliate of the King Center on Global Development. She is the faculty director of the Inclusive Democracy and Development Lab, funded by the King Center.

Her research investigates the political consequences of development; the political behavior and representation of minorities, specifically women; inequalities in political engagement; and the translation of voter demands. In her recent, award-winning book, she evaluates women’s political behavior in rural India and how and when democracies fail to represent women. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and by Cambridge University Press.