Sebastian Lucek

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2021 - 2022 Academic Year

Social Re-Engineering: Political Coalitions and Social Change in India

When new political coalitions emerge, what are the implications for groups included or excluded from the new ruling coalition? While the strategies used to form new political coalitions in India have been extensively studied, the implications of such changes remain unclear. This project studies how changes in political coalition structures influence the salience of identity and the distribution of development resources.

Sebastian Lucek, Department of Political Science

Sebastian Lucek is a PhD student in political science. He is interested in comparative politics and political methodology, with a geographic focus on South Asia. Prior to joining Stanford, Lucek worked as a senior associate at IDinsight, a global advisory and research organization specializing in development policy. He has conducted field research in India and Nigeria on topics including rural sanitation policy, infant and child health, vaccine access and uptake, and bureaucratic reform. Lucek holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University.

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