Thomas Gift | UCL
Thomas Gift
I am Associate Professor of Political Science at University College London (UCL), where I am founding Director of the Centre on US Politics (CUSP).
My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics and political economy, with a focus on US politics, public policy, and applications of survey and experimental methods.
Previously, I was based at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and I have also held visiting fellowships and appointments at Stanford, Oxford, and LSE.
I received my PhD in political science from Duke.
Contact
Centre on US Politics
Department of Political Science
UCL School of Public Policy
Email: t.gift@ucl.ac.uk
Twitter: @TGiftiv
Courses Taught
Public Policy Economics & Analysis
A fundamental look at the role of economics and its application to policy, with an emphasis on topics like market failures, trade-offs, taxation, and rationality in consumer and firm behavior.
Globalisation
An examination of 21st-century globalization through the lens of key political, economic, and social outcomes related to issues such as trade, migration, democratization, and labor markets.
PPE Capstone
Interdisciplinary final-year course for students concentrating in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) that synthesizes key methodological and theoretical approaches to the different subjects.