Priyadarshi Amar

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I am a Post-Doctoral researcher on the POLARCHATS project, at University Carlos III - Madrid and Institute Carlos III-Juan March. Additionally, I am a consultant at the Centre for Rapid Insights at Artha Global. I received a Ph.D. jointly in Political Science and Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

My research centers on local governance and misinformation, with a particular empirical focus on India. My dissertation examines how electoral institutions interact with social norms to shape political representation in Indian village governments, especially for marginalized groups. Beyond my dissertation, I study misinformation dynamics, focusing on how false information spreads and strategies to counter misinformation.

My work is forthcoming in American Political Science Review. I have received multiple awards for my research, including the Best Paper Award from the APSA Experimental Research section (2025) and Sage Best Paper Honorable Mention from the APSA Comparative Politics section (2025). My research projects have been funded by the Social Science Research Council's Mercury Project Award, Rapoport Family Foundation, Elections Research Center, Trice Graduate Research Award Fund, and the Political Science Graduate Award Fund.

Prior to starting my PhD, I worked as a research assistant at Indian School of Business and Delhi School of Economics' Center for Development Economics. I hold a M.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from King’s College London, and a B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Delhi.

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Institute Carlos III-Juan March
28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain

pamar[at]wisc[dot]edu

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Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India with Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard, and Florian Sichart [Conditionally Accepted, American Political Science Review]
Winner of APSA Experimental Research Section Best Paper Award (2025); Honorable Mention for the APSA Comparative Politics Section Sage Best Paper Award (2025)

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Mere Proxies or Genuine Leaders? Female Candidates in Village Council Elections in India with Apurva Bamezai and Rithika Kumar [Under Review]
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Do Electoral Quotas for Historically Marginalized Groups Improve Women's Representation? Evidence from India [Dissertation Paper]
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Do Electoral Eligibility Laws Hurt Political Candidacy of Specific Groups? Evidence from Fertility Limits on Local Politicians in India [Dissertation Paper]
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Sharing Falsehoods in an Information-poor Environment: An Experiment with Indian Teenagers with Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard, and Florian Sichart
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The Effects of Executive Selection Methods On Political Entry and Exit: Evidence from Village Elections in India [Dissertation Paper]
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Weathering the Vote: How Temperature Extremes Shape Political Participation in India with Patrick Behrer, Anwesha Bhattacharya, Shweta Bhogale, Ting Liu, Bhavya Srivastava and Tanya Vaidya
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Understanding Political Numbers using R



Game Theory for Graduate Students
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Prof. Andrew Kydd

Research Design for Undergraduates
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Prof. Jonathan Renshon

Understanding Political Numbers
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Dr. Evan Morier

Introduction to Public Policy
Reader/Grader. Instructor: Dr. Joel Clark




Introduction to Python
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Dr. Omer F. Yalcin

Mathematics for Social Scientists III
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Prof. Tim McDaniel

Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Prof. James Johnson



Managerial Economics
Teaching Assistant. Instructor: Prof. Sisir Debnath