Priyadarshi Amar
Position title: Ph.D. Candidate: Comparative Politics | Political Methodology
Email: pamar@wisc.edu
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Research Interests
Political Participation, Local Governance, Inequality and Representation, Electoral Systems and Institutions, Political Economy of Development, and Population Control Policies.
Biography
Priyadarshi Amar is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and Applied Economics at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is also a Student Affiliate at the Elections Research Center and the Center for South Asia.
His research interest lies at the intersection of political economy and development economics, with a focus on South Asia. For his dissertation, he examines how ballot access laws and electoral systems affect political candidacy in local governments, with particular focus on the participation of minorities and historically disenfranchised groups.
Prior to starting his Ph.D., Priyadarshi worked as a research associate for Rikhil Bhavnani on multiple projects examining the role of local institutions on economic development in India. He also worked as a research assistant to Sisir Debnath (Indian School of Business) and Rohini Somanathan (Delhi School of Economics). Priyadarshi holds an M.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from King’s College London, and a B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Delhi.
Awards and Honors
Faculty-Student Collaborative Summer Research Fellowship, Election Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2022
Political Science Summer Initiative funding, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2022
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2022
Political Science Summer Initiative funding, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2021
Political Science Summer Initiative funding, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2020
Research Travel Grant, Institute of Regional and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2020
Fieldwork Support, IDFC Institute – 2019
Political Science Summer Initiative funding, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2019
Research Travel Grant, Institute of Regional and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2019
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2018-2019