Faculty
Simon Chauchard is Associate Professor of Political Science and Distinguished Researcher (Investigador Distinguido) at the University Carlos III (Madrid), a member of the Instituto Juan Linz (IJL), and the PI of the POLARCHATS ERC project. He also coordinates the activities of the PIMlab, the hub for political behavior research on Polarization, Identity and Misinformation within the IJL and within the department of social sciences at UC3M. He previously held positions at Dartmouth College, Columbia University (SIPA) and Leiden University.
His works have appeared in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Political Opinion Quarterly, World Development, Science Advances and Asian Survey, among other research outlets. His book, titled Why Representation Matters: The Meaning of Ethnic Quotas in Rural India (Cambridge University Press, 2017), combines qualitative work and a series of innovative surveys to explore the impact of caste-based reservation policies on everyday intergroup relations in India’s villages.
His website https://www.simonchauchard.com