Alexander Kuo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and tutorial fellow in politics at Christ Church, at the University of Oxford.

His research interests are in comparative and international political economy, labour and business history, and political behaviour. He received his PhD in political science from Stanford University.

I joined DPIR as an Associate Professor in April 2018. Prior to this, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, from October 2015.

Maya Tudors research investigates the origins of stable, democratic and effective states across the developing world, with a particular emphasis upon South Asia. Her recently published book, the Promise of Power (Cambridge University Press, 2013), was based upon her 2010 dissertation, which won the American Political Science Associations Gabriel Almond Prize for the Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics.