Assistant Professor About Alexander Fouirnaies Alexander Fouirnaies is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His work concentrates on the political economy of elections. Most of his research focuses on how money and the media shape elections and affect representation and accountability. Methodologically, Fouirnaies has an interest in causal inference and applied econometrics. Most of his projects use natural experiments to uncover causal relations between political and economic variables. Prior to joining Harris, Fouirnaies was a Prize-Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford University. He earned his PhD at the London School of Economics. Contact Information Room 3013 fouirnaies@uchicago.edu Curriculum Vitae Personal Website Recent News Assistant Professor Gregory Lane and Colleagues Discuss their Research on Providing Public Information and Kenya's Informal Public Transit Sector Tue., February 07, 2023 Student Profile: Celine Bookin, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., February 07, 2023 More news Upcoming Events Data and Policy Summer Scholar Program Information Session Wed., February 08, 2023 | 12:00 PM Maximize Your Credential Program Experience for Graduate School Readiness (Conducted in Chinese) Thu., February 09, 2023 | 7:30 AM More events