Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Ph.D.

sarah.sokhey@gmail.com

University of Colorado at Boulder

Country: United States (Colorado)

About Me:

Sarah Wilson Sokhey (Ph.D., The Ohio State University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado, a Faculty Associate at the Institute of Behavioral Science, and an Associate Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. She is also a member of the PONARS Eurasia group, a network of over 100 academic experts specializing in Russia and Eurasia.

Research Interests

Political Economy

Post-Communist Politics

Comparative Political Institutions

Development

European Politics

Public Policy

Countries of Interest

Russia

My Research:

She writes about the connection between politics and economics including economic and social policy reforms and business-state relations, especially in Russia and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Her work has been published in various journals including Party Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, and Economics & Politics, and has received support from the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). She has also written for popular press publications including the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post.