Dr. Benjamin Broman

Biography

Benjamin Broman is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He received his PhD from Duke University before joining King's College as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. He has also been a faculty member in the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts Program. His work has been recognized with the Elinor Ostrom Prize for an article published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics and has received the Elinor Ostrom Prize from the Public Choice Society. Broman's research interests lie in historical political economy, focusing on the origins and evolution of political economic institutions, as well as the nature of authority and legitimacy at the intersection of religion and politics. He employs game theory and quantitative analysis, utilizing original historical datasets with an empirical focus on the institutional evolution in the British Isles. Methodologically, he has a particular interest in interpretive problems within historical social science research.

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