Dr. Leonardo Falabella

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Biography

Lecturer in Politics Research Methods at King’s College London, specializing in political behavior research methods education. He will join King’s in 2025 after serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics. He earned his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on how social identities and cultural values affect political behavior, with experience in conducting qualitative interviews with evangelical Christians in Brazil and designing survey experiments for voters in Brazil and the U.S. His pedagogy research explores the teaching of transferable skills to support career-building and democratic engagement. He has developed open-access resources for quantitative methods education and has validated published experiments demonstrating significant learning gains. His research interests include Identity Politics, Political Behavior, Cultural Issues, Religion in Politics, Democratic Backsliding, Right-Wing Populism, and Research Methods Education. He is also interested in PhD supervision on topics related to political behavior, identity politics, support for populism, and Latin American politics.

Research Interests

Experience

Lecturer

— Present

King's College London • London

Lecturer in Politics Research Methods focusing on political behavior and research methods education.

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

London School of Economics • London

Engaged in research related to political behavior and methods.

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
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  • Personal Statement
  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.