Hello! My name is Andrés Schelp. I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University. My primary subfield is International Relations.
Hello! My name is Andrés Schelp. I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University. My primary subfield is International Relations.
My research examines how international assessments of countries’ political regimes and economic performance socially pressure states. I analyze the extent to which these global social factors and information-driven pressures exert a subtle influence on the reputations of evaluated states, shaping foreign policy decision-making and domestic governance evaluations.
My research examines how international assessments of countries’ political regimes and economic performance socially pressure states. I analyze the extent to which these global social factors and information-driven pressures exert a subtle influence on the reputations of evaluated states, shaping foreign policy decision-making and domestic governance evaluations.
My dissertation focuses on how and to what extent global democracy indices can condition states by generating social, developmental, and diplomatic costs and benefits. Using a mixed-methods approach, I analyze the influential case of the Freedom in the World report and test its implications for states' foreign policy toward positively and negatively evaluated countries.
My dissertation focuses on how and to what extent global democracy indices can condition states by generating social, developmental, and diplomatic costs and benefits. Using a mixed-methods approach, I analyze the influential case of the Freedom in the World report and test its implications for states' foreign policy toward positively and negatively evaluated countries.
How ideational influences and informational cues shape perceptions and social knowledge about the performance of countries and their leaders is a central focus of my research. I draw on diverse statistical methods, survey experiments, and qualitative inferences grounded in archival research and interviews.
How ideational influences and informational cues shape perceptions and social knowledge about the performance of countries and their leaders is a central focus of my research. I draw on diverse statistical methods, survey experiments, and qualitative inferences grounded in archival research and interviews.
Before coming to Northwestern, I worked as an academic assistant at the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI), a preeminent Latin American think tank advising on foreign policy and multilateral diplomacy. I received my B.A. from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2016) and my M.A. in International Politics and Economy from San Andrés University (Argentina, 2021).
Before coming to Northwestern, I worked as an academic assistant at the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI), a preeminent Latin American think tank advising on foreign policy and multilateral diplomacy. I received my B.A. from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2016) and my M.A. in International Politics and Economy from San Andrés University (Argentina, 2021).