# Matthew DiGiuseppe — Curriculum Vitae

Updated September 2026 (matches https://www.matthewdigiuseppe.com/CV.pdf).

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations

Institute of Political Science, Universiteit Leiden

- Email: mdigiuseppe at gmail dot com
- Website: https://www.matthewdigiuseppe.com
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uLty40oAAAAJ

## Research

- International & Comparative Political Economy
- International Sovereign Finance
- The Political Economy of Armed Conflict (Interstate & Internal)
- The Politics of AI

## Employment

- **2022–now** — Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent), Institute of Political Science, Universiteit Leiden
- **2018–2022** — Senior Assistant Professor with Tenure (Universitair Docent 1), Institute of Political Science, Universiteit Leiden
- **2012–2018** — Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Mississippi. Stopped tenure clock for one year

## Education

- **2012** — Ph.D., Political Science · Binghamton University
- **2010** — M.A., Political Science · Binghamton University
- **2006** — M.A., Government & Politics · St. John’s University
- **2004** — B.S., Communications · St. John’s University

## Grants & Fellowships

- **2026** — NWO XS Grant: Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance. €50,000
- **2020–2025** — European Research Council Starting Grant: Micro-foundations of Debt Crises project ([MIDEBT](https://www.midebt.org/)). €1.5 million
- *Seed grants for survey experiments demonstrating the constraints sovereign debt imposes on climate change initiatives:*
- **2025** — Leiden University KIEM–Una Europa Grant. With six other scholars. €10,000
- **2023** — Leiden University KIEM Grant. With four other scholars. €10,000
- **2023** — Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Seed Grant. With four other scholars. €10,000
- **2020** — Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Seed Grant. With four other scholars. €9,500
- **2013–2018** — Summer Faculty Research Grant: University of Mississippi (2013, 2014, 2017 & 2018)
- Investment Grant, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs: University of Mississippi, for a survey experiment. $2,800
- **2015** — Southeastern (Athletic) Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Grant: Awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Mississippi
- **2011–2012** — Dissertation Year Fellowship: Awarded by the Department of Political Science, Binghamton University
- **2011** — International Studies Association Travel Grant
- **2011** — The Graduate School at Binghamton University Travel Grant
- **2010** — American Political Science Association Travel Grant

## Peer-Reviewed Publications

30. Perceived Political Bias in LLMs Reduces Persuasive Abilities (with Joshua Robison). *PNAS Nexus*. Forthcoming.
29. Putting the Public in Public Debt (with Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Bastián González-Bustamante, and Alessia Aspide). *Public Choice*. Conditionally accepted.
28. Information, Party Politics, and Public Support for Central Bank Independence (with Ana Carolina Garriga and Andreas Kern). *British Journal of Political Science*. Conditionally accepted.
27. Is the IMF a Scapegoat? A Survey Experiment in Kenya & Ghana (with Kathleen Brown, Rod Abouharb, and Bernhard Reinsberg). *International Studies Quarterly*. Conditionally accepted.
26. Scaling Open-ended Survey Responses Using LLM-Paired Comparisons (with Michael E. Flynn). 2026. *Public Opinion Quarterly* 90(1).
25. The Mass Politics of Public Debt, Immigration, and Austerity (with Alessia Aspide). 2025. *Journal of European Public Policy*, online first.
24. Information, Uncertainty, and Public Support for Brinkmanship during the 2023 Debt Limit Negotiations (with Patrick Shea). 2025. *British Journal of Political Science* 55: e14.
23. How to Finance Green Investments? The Role of Public Debt (with Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Marion Collewet, and Hendrik Vrijburg). 2024. *Energy Policy* 184: 113899.
22. Farming Then Fighting: Agricultural Idle Time and Armed Conflict (with Roos van der Haer and Babak Rezaee). 2024. *Political Science Research and Methods* 12(4): 897–906.
21. Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending (with Alessia Aspide and Jordan M. Becker). 2024. *British Journal of Political Science* 54(3): 649–666.
20. Ethnic Politics and Sovereign Credit Risk (with Kathleen Brown and Patrick Shea). 2024. *Review of International Political Economy* 31(2): 589–621.
19. Age and Support for Public Debt Reduction (with Alessia Aspide, Kathleen Brown, and Alexander Slaski). 2023. *European Journal of Political Research* 62(4): 1191–1211.
18. Culture and European Attitudes on Public Debt (with Alessia Aspide, Kathleen Brown, and Alexander Slaski). 2023. *New Political Economy* 28(4): 509–525.
17. The Wedding Bells of War: The Influence of Armed Conflict on Child Marriages in West Africa (with Roos van der Haer). 2023. *Journal of Peace Research* 60(3): 474–488.
16. Do Consumers Follow the Flag? Perceptions of Hostility and Consumer Preferences (with Colin M. Barry). 2022. *International Interactions* 48(6): 1200–1215.
15. U.S. Patronage, State Capacity, and Civil Conflict (with Patrick Shea). 2022. *Journal of Politics* 84(2): 767–782.
14. Alliances, Signals of Support, and Military Effort (with Patrick Shea). 2021. *European Journal of International Relations* 27(4): 1067–1089.
13. The Devil’s Haircut: Investor–State Disputes over Debt Restructuring (with Patrick Shea). 2019. *Journal of Conflict Resolution* 63(8): 1889–1922.
12. Economics, Security, and Individual-Level Preferences for Trade Agreements (with Katja Kleinberg). 2019. *International Interactions* 45(2): 289–315.
11. Transparency, Risk, and FDI (with Colin M. Barry). 2019. *Political Research Quarterly* 72(1): 132–146.
10. International Development NGOs and Bureaucratic Capacity: Facilitator or Destroyer? (with Susanna Campbell and Amanda Murdie). 2019. *Political Research Quarterly* 72(1): 3–18.
9. Sovereign Credit and Political Survival in Democracies (with Patrick Shea). 2018. *Business and Politics* 20(3): 360–389.
8. Arms versus Democratic Allies (with Paul Poast). 2018. *British Journal of Political Science* 48(4): 981–1003.
7. The Physical Consequences of Fiscal Flexibility: Sovereign Credit and Physical Integrity Rights (with K. Chad Clay). 2017. *British Journal of Political Science* 47(4): 783–807.
6. Borrowed Time: Sovereign Finance, Regime Type, and Leader Survival (with Patrick Shea). 2016. *Economics & Politics* 28(3): 342–367.
5. Guns, Butter, and Debt: Sovereign Creditworthiness and Military Expenditure. 2015. *Journal of Peace Research* 52(5): 680–693.
4. Sovereign Credit and the Fate of Leaders: Reassessing the “Democratic Advantage” (with Patrick Shea). 2015. *International Studies Quarterly* 59(3): 557–570.
3. The Fiscal Autonomy of Deciders: Creditworthiness and Conflict Initiation. 2015. *Foreign Policy Analysis* 11(3): 317–338.
2. Tightening the Belt: Sovereign Debt and Alliance Formation (with Michael A. Allen). 2013. *International Studies Quarterly* 57(4): 647–659.
1. Good for the Money? International Finance, State Capacity and Internal Armed Conflict (with Colin M. Barry and Richard W. Frank). 2012. *Journal of Peace Research* 49(3): 391–405.

## Research in Progress

### Revise & Resubmit

- Bottom-Up Preferences for Public Debt Reduction and Repayment (with Alessandro Del Ponte)
- AI on the Battlefield? Revisiting Public Support for LAWs (with Katrin Paula and Tobias Rommel)

### Under Review

- Ad Machina: Partisanship and Support for Delegating Government Decisions to Autonomous Algorithms (with Katrin Paula and Tobias Rommel)
- The Partisan Bias in Inflation Expectations (with Ana Carolina Garriga and Andreas Kern)
- External Threats and Support for International Cooperation (with Jordan Becker, Haemin Jee, and Tongfi Kim)

## Invited Presentations

- **Sep 2026** — Agentic AI in Social Science Research: From Annotators to Autonomous Pipelines. School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.
- **May 2026** — Agentic AI in Social Science Research: From Annotators to Autonomous Pipelines. University of Glasgow.
- **Jul 2023** — Bottom-Up Sovereign Debt Preferences. Politics of Finance Conference, Technical University of Munich.
- **Feb 2022** — Military Expenditure, External Threats and Fiscal Consolidation: A Survey Experiment in Italy (with Alessia Aspide and Jordan M. Becker). NATO Strategic Concept Conference, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.
- **2020** — Banking on Conflict: Funding Military Might with Unwitting Lenders. Speaker Series of the Department of Government, University of Essex.
- **2016** — Divided Government, Sovereign Finance, and Government Survival in Democracies (with Patrick Shea). The Political Economy of Risk Conference, University of Houston.
- **2015** — Divided Government, Sovereign Finance, and Government Survival in Democracies (with Patrick Shea). Politics of Government Revenue Conference, organized by Kevin Morrison and Helen Milner, Princeton University.
- **2015** — The Politics of Debt Restructuring: Institutions, Preferences, and Creditor Losses (with Patrick Shea). University of Memphis.

## Valorization & Public Engagement

- **2022** — [“Russia faces its first default since 1918 – here’s how it could complicate Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine.”](https://theconversation.com/russia-faces-first-foreign-default-since-1918-heres-how-it-could-complicate-putins-ability-to-wage-war-in-ukraine-181139) Published in *The Conversation*.
- **2022** — Invited to present at the NATO Strategic Concept Conference at the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY).
- **2018** — Guest on the Niskanen Center’s *Science of Politics* podcast, Episode 15: [“How Debt Finance Leads to War and Defense Spending.”](https://www.niskanencenter.org/episode-15-how-debt-finance-leads-to-war-and-defense-spending/)

## Unpublished Papers & Conference Presentations

- **2017** — Power Parity & Trade (with Nathan A. Andrew). Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
- **2015–2017** — Foreign Aid and Private Goods: Finding Evidence of Capture with Trade Data. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2015; International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, 2016; Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
- **2016** — Fiscal Space and Coercive Diplomacy. American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
- **2014–2016** — Fiscal Constraints and the Pursuit of Peace. International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 2014, and Atlanta, GA, 2016.
- **2014** — “Propping up” Leaders with US Foreign Aid (with Michael E. Flynn). Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2014.
- **2014** — Commodity Shocks, Shock Absorbers and Civil Conflict (with Richard W. Frank). American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 2014.
- **2014** — Economic Competition and Labor Rights (with K. Chad Clay and Colin M. Barry). International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 2014, and International Political Economy Society, Washington, D.C., 2014.
- **2014** — Out of the Frying Pan: INGOs, Economic Crises and Human Security (with Amanda Murdie). Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 2014.
- **2012–2013** — State Opposition: Separation, Simultaneity, and Sequential Causation in Terrorism and Civil Conflict (with Michael A. Allen and Richard W. Frank). Midwest Political Science Association, 2013; scheduled for the American Political Science Association, 2012.
- **2011** — Bullets and Bonds: International Sovereign Finance and Rivalry Behavior. International Studies Association, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2011, and Peace Science Society, Los Angeles, CA, 2011.
- **2009** — A Good Friend Isn’t Hard to Buy: Economic Interdependence and Alliance Reliability. American Political Science Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.

## Service to the Discipline

- **2022–2026** — Associate Editor, *International Studies Review*
- Editorial Board Member, *International Studies Review*
- Editorial Board Member, *International Interactions*
- Reviewer for over 20 journals
- **2022, 2023** — Jury Member, Els Witte PhD Prize

## University Service

### Leiden

- **Aug 2023 – Dec 2025** — Director of Postgraduate Studies
- **Aug 2023 – Dec 2025** — Institute Board Member
- Direct supervision of 6 instructors and support staff
- **Sep 2021 – 2023** — MSc Opleidingscommissie, Chair
- **2019 – present** — MSc Opleidingscommissie, Member (Acting Chair, July–October 2020)
- **2021 – 2023** — Research Committee
- **2021 – 2022** — PhD Taskforce Member
- PhD supervision: graduated Spielberger, Aspide, Brown; currently supervising Mirelmi, Akkerman, Slupski
- Direct supervision of 1 postdoc
- **2025** — Search Committee Chair: 3 UDs in International Relations
- **2021** — Search Committee Chair: 1 UD in Development Politics
- **2020** — Search Committee Chair: 2 PhDs in IPE
- **2020** — Search Committee Chair: 1 Postdoc in IPE
- **2019** — Search Committee Member: 5 UDs
- **2019** — Search Committee Member: 1 UD in European Politics
- **ongoing** — Organizer, Politics and Policy Pre-Analysis Plan Workshop

### Mississippi

- Graduate Admissions Committee
- PhD co-supervision (2 students)
- Search Committee Member (Assistant Professor)

## Teaching

- **2022** — Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO), the Dutch University Teaching Qualification
- **Leiden** — Economics for Political Science · Introduction to International Political Economy · International Political Economy · Foreign Policy in the Trump Era (Bachelor Project & Seminar)
- **Mississippi** — Introduction to International Relations · Politics of the World Economy · International Conflict · Ethnic Conflict and International Terrorism · Global Political Economy (Graduate Seminar) · Graduate Pro-Seminar in International Relations · Political Economy of Conflict (Honors Seminar) · War in World Politics · Foreign Policy in the Trump Era (Honors Seminar)
- **Binghamton** — Political Economy of Armed Conflict · Domestic Forces in International Relations · Political Economy of International Economic Crises · Introduction to World Politics · International Political Economy

## Skills

- **Languages** — English (native speaker) · Dutch (B1)
- **Software** — R · Stata · SPSS · LaTeX