Bann Seng Tan
I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Ashoka University
My research revolves around the causes and effects of democratization. My latest book, International Aid and Democracy Promotion: Liberalization at the Margins, studies state to state bargaining in order to advance democracy with foreign aid. My current focus on the impact of democratization in context of rivalry as the way to test for the effects of the democratic peace. Other tertiary research interests include the politics of aid, the political economy of natural disasters, aid in decentralization and resurgent authoritarianism.
I received my PhD in Political Science from City University New York (CUNY), Graduate Centre. Before Ashoka, I was a tenure track assistant professor at Bogazici University (Turkey). I also held visiting positions at William and Mary and at New York University. I have also taught at Hunter and Queens college, CUNY before.
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Interview
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Give an interview on the Liberal International Order in the Indo-Pacific with Ritwij Raj from the Prode.
Watch it here.
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Our department is hiring!
The Political Science department at Ashoka University is hiring! We seek both junior and senior colleagues to join us by either 1 January or 1 August, 2025. The deadline for submitting a complete application is: 20th October, 2024.
For tenure track Assistant Professors, go here: https://apply.interfolio.com/147240
For tenured Associate Professors and above, go here: https://apply.interfolio.com/147241
APSA job adverts will follow in July.
Invited workshop
I will give a book talk at National Taiwan University (NTU) on May 22 and on May 26 at the National Chengchi University (NCCU). The later is part of the Fourth Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy, held this year at Taipei, Taiwan.
New Article
My article applying the Democratic Peace to the War in Ukraine is finally out in International Political Science Review. Happy to send a copy, subject to copyright, to colleagues; just ask!
Editorship
I start my role as an Associate Editor for the Asia Europe Journal: Studies on Common Policy Challenges!
Book Review
My book was reviewed by Suyash Rai at Carnegie India! Read about it here .
Another review of my book can be found in the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, Issue 36. Read it here!