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) and Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) programme. Currently, I am a Fellow in Residence at Oxford's Rothermere American Institute. Previously, I was based at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and I have also held visiting appointments at Stanford and the London School of Economics. I received my PhD in political science from Duke.

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. My writings are published in journals such as Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, Governance, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Foreign Policy Analysis, World Affairs, Annual Review of Political Science, World Economy, and elsewhere. I have received funding from the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of State, and the British Academy.

I frequently comment on US politics and policy for the media, and my writing has appeared in popular outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek, Independent, Huffington Post, The National Interest, War on the Rocks, The Hill, and The Conversation. I have done hundreds of television and radio interviews for leading US, UK, and international venues such as CNN, BBC, CNBC, NPR, LBC, Bloomberg, Sky News, France 24, Euronews, Times Radio, Monocle 24, and Voice of America.