I’m a Research Fellow at Monash University’s SoDa Laboratories. 

I work at the intersection of political economy and development. My research examines how large, uneven shocks affect economic and political outcomes in the context of development and conflict.

I build and analyse large-scale micro and subnational datasets and use applied econometrics—event studies, instrumental variables, and continuous difference-in-differences—to answer policy-relevant questions. 

I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Göttingen and an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and I have studied economics at the Universities of Bayreuth, Bordeaux, and São Paulo

My work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science and Economic Development and Cultural Change. 

You can find my CV here.

Get in touch: lukas.wellner[at]monash.edu