Kenneth Bunker

Research Interests

• Latin American politics
• Presidential democracies
• Political institutions
• Elections and electoral systems
• Political parties and party Systems
• Strategic voting
• Public opinion

Job Market Paper

Electoral Forecasting and Public Opinion Tracking in Latin America: An Application to Chile

Publications

Bunker, Kenneth, and Patricio Navia. “Incumbency Advantage and Tenure Length in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, 1989-2009.” Revista de Ciencia Política. 2(35): 251–271, 2015.

Bunker, Kenneth. “The 2013 Presidential and Legislative Elections in Chile.” Electoral Studies. 34(2): 346–348, 2014.

Bunker, Kenneth, and Patricio Navia. “Latin American Political Outsiders, Revisited: The Case of Marco Enríquez-Ominami in Chile, 2009.” Journal of Politics in Latin America. 5(2): 3–35, 2013.

Teaching Record

London School of Economics and Political Science, London, Teaching Assistant Jan. 2014 to Apr. 2014.

• Methodology Institute, graduate level – “Introduction to Quantitative Analysis”.

London School of Economics and Political Science, London, Teaching Assistant Sept. 2012 to Dec. 2012.

• Methodology Institute, graduate level – “Introduction to Quantitative Analysis”.

Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Adjunct Professor Mar. 2012 to Aug. 2012.

• Instituto de Asuntos Públicos, graduate level – “Comparative Politics”.

Supervisors

Professor Simon Hix
Harold Laski Professor of Political Science
Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science

Professor Francisco Panizza
Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics
Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science