Maria Puolakkainen

@MariaLingon

Political Science PhD @Politics_Oxford @NuffieldCollege. Political economy of trade, industrial policy, informal labour.

Ciudad de México, MX politics.ox.ac.uk/person/maria-p… Joined March 2013

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Maria Puolakkainen @MariaLingon Jun 6

Welcome! I will share my experiences of doctoral fieldwork in Brazil and reflect on the value of qualitative fieldwork to probe at mechanisms theorised within causal quantitative work + to generate new research ideas. Ongoing fieldwork generously funded by @LeverhulmeTrust.

Maria Puolakkainen @MariaLingon 21h

breaking down generalities by focusing on subnational concentrations, brilliant!

Alice Xu @alice_z_xu 2d

🚨New paper out @PSRMJournal: doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2…
How does globalization shape the welfare state in developing democracies? I show subnational geography conditions trade’s welfare effects: concentrated political interests facilitate collective action and greater compensation.

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Maria Puolakkainen @MariaLingon 3d

Exciting new work nuancing commonly held ideas on increases in global trade interdependence

American Political Science Review @apsrjournal 4d

From our FirstView: "Trade Interdependence in the Modern Global Economy" by Michael-David Mangini @MD_Mangini and Stephen Chaudoin @StephenChaudoin.
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Maria Puolakkainen @MariaLingon Oct 7

Great piece from @NesrineMalik:

Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call

theguardian.com/news/2026/sep/…

www.theguardian.com Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call For those employed in arduous solitary work such as cab driving, a marathon phone call is the perfect place to navigate the dislocations of immigrant life

Maria Puolakkainen @MariaLingon Apr 10, 2025

Finland: where attempts at vote buying in come wrapped in blue foil. Stokes was right — but forgot to model the chocolate elasticity of voter compliance.