Research Expertise and Interest

political science, African politics, democracy, elections, political parties, political violence, ethnic politics, electoral coalitions, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship

Research Description

Leonardo R. Arriola is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies the challenges associated with representation and governance in multiethnic societies. His research examines inter-ethnic political cooperation, party competition under ethnic polarization, and political violence in divided societies. His award-winning research has been published in outlets such as the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Journal of Politics along with books published by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. His work has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Research Council of Norway, Carnegie Corporation of New York, U.S. Department of Defense, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, and Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP). He is an associated senior researcher of the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Norway.