Irfan Nooruddin

Associate Professor
Political Science
2084 Derby Hall
614.292.7830
nooruddin.3@osu.edu

Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Political Science (2003)
M.A., University of Michigan, Political Science (2001)
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, Economics and International Studies (1996)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Nooruddin has research and teaching interests in comparative politics, political economy of development, and political parties, with a focus on South Asia.

Selected Publications
"The Democratic Utility of Trust: A Cross-National Analysis," with Amaney Jamal (Journal of Politics, forthcoming)
 
"Openness, Uncertainty, and Social Spending: Implications for the Globalization-Welfare State Debate," with Joel. W. Simmons (International Studies Quarterly, forthcoming)
 
"Financing the Peace: Evaluating World Bank Post-Conflict Assistance Programs," with Thomas E. Flores (Review of International Organizations, 2009)
 
"Democracy Under the Gun: Understanding Post-Conflict Recovery," with Thomas E. Flores (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2009)
 
"The Political Economy of National Debt Burdens, 1970-2000" (International Interactions, 2008)
 
"Unstable Politics: Electoral Volatility in the Indian States," with Pradeep Chhibber (Comparative Political Studies, 2008)

"The Politics of Hard Choices: IMF Programs and Government Spending," with Joel W. Simmons (International Organization, 2006)

Drilling Into Debt, with Stephen Kretzmann (OilChange International, Institute for Public Policy Research, Jubilee USA, 2005)

"Do Party Systems Matter? The Number of Parties and Government Performance in the Indian States," with Pradeep Chhibber (Comparative Political Studies, 2004)

"Modeling Selection Bias in Studies of Sanctions Efficacy," (International Interactions, special issue on Selection Effects and World Politics Research, 2002)

"Party Competition and Fragmentation in Indian National Elections: 1957-1998," with Pradeep Chhibber, in Indian Politics and the 1998 Elections: Regionalism, Hindutva, and State Politics, ed. by Paul Wallace and Ramashrai Ray (Sage Publications, 2000)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award, The Ohio State University (2007)

Co-Chair, Political Economy Section, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2007)

Local Coordinator, North American Meeting of Peace Science Society (International) (2006)

Mershon Projects
Voting for Peace: Do Post-Conflict Elections Help or Hinder Recovery? (2009-10)
People in Motion: Politics of Migration Policy
Peace Science Society (International) North American Meeting)

Irfan Nooruddin
Associate Professor of Political Science
The Ohio State University