Aaron Kaufman

Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA University of California, Berkeley; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University

Research Areas: Computational Social Science; Data Science; American Politics


Aaron Kaufman received his PhD in Political Methodology and American Politics from Harvard University in April 2019. His research interests leverage cutting-edge methods in computer science and causal inference to answer substantive questions about public opinion, voting patterns, and elite behavior. Additionally, he produces open-source tools to help survey researchers conduct more efficient and unbiased research. He is committed to research transparency and open science.

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