Svet Derderyan

I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015). I am currently an Associate Teaching Professor at  the University of Colorado in Boulder and at the University of Denver teaching classes on European and Comparative Politics, Corruption, and Comparative Political Economy. My research interests lay in the fields of international organizations (IOs), corruption, democratization, Europeanization, political economy, and post-communist studies. Much of my work focuses  on the interplay between supranational and international pressures on nations to curb corruption, civil society empowerment and NGOs' role in anti-corruption politics, and whether and when corruption matters for FDI. I also study IOs and research how the amount of authority states decide to cede to IOs affects these states' domestic political and economic outcomes.

I enjoy teaching classes in International Relations, Comparative Politics, European Politics, Democratization, Corruption, and State-building. 

I received my BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY double-majoring in Economics and International Relations. 

Svet Derderyan, Ph. D.

Department of Political Science

University of Colorado Boulder

Ketchum 219

Boulder, CO

sderderyan@gmail.com