Visiting Scholars
benjamin abrams

Benjamin Abrams holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at University College London, where he is the Principal Investigator for the Leverhulme Trust funded Resistance to Populism (RESPOP) project. This comparative project explores how modern societies respond to and resist the rise of populist administrations. Benjamin's broader research examines the dynamics of mass mobilization, revolution, and resistance. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal: Contention.
For more information see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/dr-benjamin-abrams
For more information see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/dr-benjamin-abrams
LORIEN JASNY

Lorien Jasny's research centers on two related themes – the structure and dynamics of inter-organizational networks, and the structure and dynamics of belief networks. Substantively, she is interested in how people try to bring about societal change in response to environmental concerns. Methodologically, the need to grapple with these often complex phenomena requires the use and development of techniques for handling dynamic and relational data. Her training in network analysis, simulation and statistical modeling techniques, is a key tool for responding to the challenge of studying complex social systems. She is a lecturer in the department of politics at the University of Exeter.