Samuel Brazys
Associate Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin
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Samuel Brazys is Associate Professor and Director of the Masters in Public Administration - Development Practice (MPA-DP) and International Political Economy MA/MSc programmes in the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) at University College Dublin. He completed his PhD at Indiana University (IN, USA). Prior to coming to UCD he worked as an Economic Adviser to the Federated States of Micronesia and most recently taught at the College of William & Mary (VA, USA). Brazys' research focuses broadly on development with a more narrow focus on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Recent and current research projects include examinations of donor heterogeneity in Aid for Trade, the consequences of aid dependency, non-linear effects of aid on governance, vote-buying in the United Nations General Assembly, the universality deficit in international institutions,