"We assume that radical (Knightian) uncertainty, radical dissonance and power asymmetry are inescapable properties of politics and in the marketplace. But we also argue that effective competition (even when highly imperfect or limited) among elites can help secure good enough outcomes.. "

"The Lincoln school abides by a kind of symmetry principle: don’t assume that economic and political agents are different from each other. But... we think actually existing markets and politics, especially in first past the post systems, look rather alike in their imperfections"

"The Political Economy of Autocratization:the Case of Belarus" (2025, Communist and Post Communist Studies)

"Building an Authoritarian Regime" (2022, British Journal of Politics and International Relations)

"Is Contestability an Integral Part of the Definition of Democracy?" (2015 ,Politics)

"Clientelism and the Classification of Dominant Party Systems" (2013, Democratization)

So happy to hear in this video what my students are already saying, how much they enjoy and learn from our Politics and International Relations programmes!