Augustín Goenaga (PhD 2015) has been awarded a fellowship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, providing him with another 3-5 years of funding at Lund University, allowing him to devote 80 per cent of his time to his research.
Augustín is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, and a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with the STANCE research project. His research focuses on: The Social Origins of Collective Power: Organizations, Order and Development; Measurement Strategies of State Capacity; Pathways of State Capacity Diffusion.
Augustín’s recent publications include:
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Goenaga, A., & von Hagen-Jamar, A. (2016). Military Rivalries, Alliances and Taxation: The International Origins of Modern Fiscal Contracts. (STANCE Working Papers Series; Vol. 2016, No. 11). Lund.
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Brambor, T., Goenaga, A., Lindvall, J., & Teorell, J. (2016). The Lay of the Land: Information Capacity and the Modern State. (STANCE Working Paper Series; Vol. 2016, No. 2). Lund: Department of Political Science, Lund University.
Augustín’s recent Awards include:
- Best Article Award (2016) from the American Political Science Association’s Migration and Citizenship Section, for the co-authored article, “Race, Gender, Class, Disability, and the Ethics of Immigrant Selection”, by Assoicate Professor Antje Ellerman and Agustin Goenaga.
Congratulations Augustín!
Agustín Goenaga (UBC PhD 2015) is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Lund University in Sweden, and Postdoctoral Researcher, STANCE, Lund University. His main research interests are in comparative political economy, comparative political development, democratic theory, and mixed-method research designs.