Biography
Nina McMurry is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institutions and Political Inequality unit at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. She received my Ph.D. from the MIT Department of Political Science in September 2020. Nina studied accountability, representation, and state-building, with a focus on the relationship between non-state actors and formal state institutions. Her current book project examines the effects of granting collective self-determination rights to indigenous communities on identity, voting behavior, and state integration in the Philippines. Other research areas and interests include civic education, colonial legacies, effects of aid on governance and conflict, and the politics of state surveillance. In addition to the Philippines, Nina has conducted research in South Africa, Guatemala, South Sudan, and the United States.
Biography
Nina McMurry is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institutions and Political Inequality unit at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. She received my Ph.D. from the MIT Department of Political Science in September 2020. Nina studied accountability, representation, and state-building, with a focus on the relationship between non-state actors and formal state institutions. Her current book project examines the effects of granting collective self-determination rights to indigenous communities on identity, voting behavior, and state integration in the Philippines. Other research areas and interests include civic education, colonial legacies, effects of aid on governance and conflict, and the politics of state surveillance. In addition to the Philippines, Nina has conducted research in South Africa, Guatemala, South Sudan, and the United States.