Published
Chraibi, G. The Political Economy of Financial Disintermediation: Understanding Fintech Adoption and Inclusion Through Cash and Bitcoin Usage. Studies in Comparative International Development (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-026-09517-2
Invited to Revise & Resubmit
Chraibi, Ghita. "To Play or Not to Play: Regulatory Sandboxes Around the World." Regulation & Governance.
Articles Under Review
Chraibi, Ghita and David Leblang. "The Political Economy of Cryptocurrencies: Theory and Global Evidence."
Working Papers
Chraibi, Ghita and David Leblang. "Language Heterogeneity and Financial Disintermediation: State Responses to the Challenge of Taxation and Control." - Draft in progress.
Chraibi, Ghita and Zachary Houser. "Negotiating Side-Deals: An In-Class Simulation for Teaching Human Rights Mandates in International Organizations." [Pedagogical research] - Draft in progress.
Works in Progress
Scholten, Melle, Alexander Yarkin, and Ghita Chraibi. "Remittances and Development in the Digital Age." - Analysis in progress.
Chraibi, Ghita. "Money Talks. Democracy and Disintermediation: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Peru, Mexico, and Colombia." - Data collection in progress.
Chraibi, Ghita. "Is Bitcoin Defending Democracy? An In-depth Look into Human Rights Activists' Experiences." - Project in development.
Research support for Cruz, Marcio, Florian Moelders, Edgar Salgado, and Ariane Volk. 2025. "Estimating the Number of Firms in Africa." Policy Research Working Paper 11032, World Bank. https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42661
Midwest Political Science Association Conference - April 2026
Chicago, IL
International Studies Association Conference - March 2026
Columbus, OH
Academic Roundtable "Global Perspectives on FinTech Regulation" - January 2026
FIRSA | Marie Skłodowska-Curie EU-funded project, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania (Virtual)
Research Seminar - November 2025
University of Twente, Netherlands (Virtual)
Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE) Workshop - September 2025
Virtual
Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) at APSA 2025 - September 2025
Vancouver, Canada
Bitcoin Policy Summit - June 2025
Washington, DC
Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE) Workshop - April 2025
Virtual
Rising Stars Workshop - February 2025
HSE University, Russia (Virtual)
American Political Science Association Conference - September 2024
Philadelphia, PA
American Political Science Association Conference - September 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Mercatus Center Markets & Society Conference - October 2023
Washington, DC
Guest Lecture - June 2023
Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Rabat, Morocco
Liberty Fund Seminars: From Vienna to Chicago: Economics, Institutions, and Neoliberalism - April 2022
Cancun, Mexico
CEPR-PEDL Young Scholars Matchmaking Workshop - March 2022
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL), Abu Dhabi, UAE
John L. Nau III Graduate Fellowship ($5,000) - 2026-2027
University of Virginia's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
University of Virginia's Department of Politics Fellowship award ($29,660) - 2026-2027
Bankard Fund Pre-Doctoral Fellowship ($18,900) - 2025-2026
Bankard Fund for Political Economy
Bitcoin Policy Institute - Invited Participant to the Bitcoin Policy Summit ($500) - 2024-2025
Louise and Alfred Fernbach Award for Research International Relations Fund ($1,000) - 2024-2025
University of Virginia
Quantitative Collaborative (QC) Fellows Grants ($1,000) - 2024-2025
University of Virginia
Grant from the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) ($1,250) - 2024-2025
George Mason University
Adam Smith Fellowship ($5,000) - 2023-2024
Mercatus Center
Applied Adam Smith Fellowship ($5,000) - 2022-2023
Mercatus Center
The Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Fellowships ($4,000) - Summer 2023
University of Virginia
CEPR-PEDL Exploratory Research Grant (£5,000) - Summer 2022
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries