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Dr Ryan Hübert

Dr Ryan Hübert

Associate Professor of Computational Social Science

Department of Methodology

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-4127
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English
Key Expertise
Game theory, applied causal inference, data science methods

About me

Ryan is an Associate Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology. Before joining LSE, he was an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Law and Courts, and he is president of the Formal Theory Section of the American Political Science Association.
He received a Ph.D. in political science and an M.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2016; an M.P.A. from Columbia University in 2010; and a B.A. in politics and economics from Brandeis University in 2005. Prior to his graduate training, he was a paralegal at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York, and interned at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo. He grew up in the U.S. and Norway.

Research interests:

Ryan's research uses game theory, computational tools and statistical methods to study political institutions, public policy and the behavior of government officials. His substantive interests include courts and policing, identity and discrimination, public policy analysis and corruption and special interest influence on politics. His primary expertise is in U.S. political institutions.

 

Publications
Trading Diversity? Judicial Diversity and Case Outcomes in Federal Courts. Forthcoming in the American Political Science Review. Co-authored with Ryan Copus and Paige Pellaton.

Social Segregation, Inter-Group Contact and Discriminatory Policing. Forthcoming at Political Science Research and Methods. Co-authored with Andrew T. Little.

The Public Meeting Paradox: How NIMBY-Dominated Public Meetings Can Enable New Housing (2024), Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 5(1), pp. 1-28. Co-authored with Allison K. Cuttner and B. Pablo Montagnes.

A Behavioural Theory of Discrimination in Policing. 2023. Economic Journal 133(655), pp. 2828-2843. Co-authored with Andrew T. Little.

Going Into Government: How Hiring from Special Interests Reduces Their Influence. 2023. American Journal of Political Science 67(2), pp. 485-498. Co-authored with Janna King Rezaee and Jonathan Colner.

Political Appointments and Outcomes in Federal District Courts. 2022. Journal of Politics 84(2), pp. 908-922. Co-authored with Ryan Copus.

Kompromat Can Align Incentives But Ruin Reputations. 2022. American Journal of Political Science 66(4), pp. 871-884. Co-authored with Andrew T. Little.

Biased Judgments without Biased Judges: How Legal Institutions Cause Errors. 2021. Journal of Politics 83(2), pp. 753-766.

Getting Their Way: Bias and Deference to Trial Courts. 2019. American Journal of Political Science 63(3), pp. 706-718.

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