I am a Ph.D. Candidate jointly in Political Science and Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 

A comparativist and political economist, my research focuses on authoritarian politics, democratic backsliding, political preferences, and research methods.

Previously, I was a visiting scholar in political science at Columbia University in 2023-24. I received my MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and my BA  in Economics and Finance from the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

You can reach me via email: mingcong.pan@wisc.edu.