Nicolas Wittstock

Nicolas Wittstock is a graduate student in the political science department at the University of Washington. He is also a graduate fellow of the Political Economy Forum, the Center for Environmental Politics, and the Clean Energy Institute, as well as a DIRECT Trainee. Nic is interested in Comparative Politics, European Politics, Political Economy, Public Policy, Science and Technology, Economic Development, and Innovation. He is the webmaster for the Political Economy Forum and helps run this organization.

 

Blog Posts:

Confusion about Tech Transfer to China

Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer

Digitalization, Superstar-Economics, and Major League Baseball

The Economic, Political & Cultural Follies of Kicking Foreign Students Out

A Tale of TikTok and Tariffs – US Technology Policy Towards China

 

Working Papers:

Bidenism as Trumpsim 2.0: America’s Bipartisan Embrace of Neo-mercantilism (with Victor Menaldo)

Explaining the rise of anti-immigration parties: changes in preferences and issue salience after the 2015 refugee crisis in Italy (with Beatrice Magistro)

Of TikTok and Tariffs: a historical and analytical perspective on Technology Transfer to China (with Victor Menaldo)