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Kirk Bansak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research primarily focuses on causal inference, experimental design analysis, refugee resettlement, asylum politics, algorithmic decision-making, and public opinion. His scholarly works have been published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and the American Political Science Review. Bansak has established himself as a significant contributor to the field of political science through his innovative research methods and interdisciplinary approach. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University and ETH Zurich, as well as the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. Bansak holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he also earned a Master's degree in Statistics. Alongside his research, he is actively involved in teaching courses on quantitative analysis and political research at UC Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Teaching courses related to political science and conducting research in various areas.
Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University/ETH Zurich • Stanford, CA
Contributing to research initiatives focused on immigration policy.
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative • Berkeley, CA
Collaborating on interdisciplinary approaches to migration issues.
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