Curriculum Vitae

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Education

PhD, Political Science · School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University · 2025

BA (Honours), Political Science and International Relations · Australian National University · 2018

Positions

Australian National University, Canberra · 2026 –

Visiting Fellow

School of Politics and International Relations

Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan · 2022 – 2025

Visiting Researcher and Instructor

Designed and delivered undergraduate courses in causal inference, research design, and statistical methods. Led survey-based research projects on public policy preferences. Managed a multi-institutional survey experiment evaluating behavioural interventions for childhood vaccination uptake, collaborating with researchers at the University of Oxford and the Technical University of Munich.

Australian National University, Canberra · 2019 – 2025

Doctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant

Designed and conducted original quantitative research using experimental methods and meta-analysis. Published peer-reviewed research in Royal Society Open Science, Nature, and Nature Human Behaviour. Facilitated weekly tutorial sessions in quantitative methods and research design.

Skills

Quantitative Analysis: Experimental design, causal inference, econometrics, survey methodology, policy and impact evaluation

Programming & Data Tools: R, Python, SQL, Stata, Excel, Git

Structured Problem-Solving: Evidence synthesis, meta-analysis, analytical framework development for complex policy questions

Presentation & Reporting: PowerPoint, LaTeX, Quarto, publication-quality data visualisation

Communication: Academic publishing, technical writing, teaching and facilitation, stakeholder briefings

Languages: Cebuano (second-most-spoken Philippine language)

Teaching

Nazarbayev University

Lecturer/Instructor — Introduction to Research Design and Statistical Inference. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 2024.

Lecturer/Instructor — Introductory Causal Inference (covering DiD, RDD, IV). Department of Political Science and International Relations. 2023.

Guest Lecturer — Survey and Field Experiments. Anti-corruption interventions. 2022.

KIMEP University

Lecturer — Research Design and Statistical Methods Summer School. 2-week course in R. June 2024.

Australian National University

Guest Lecturer — Co-designed syllabus for quantitative methods (POLS2044). Lectures on metascience (POLS8044, POLS2044), Hungarian illiberalism (POLS2012), and measurement validity (POLS8058). 2020–2021.

Teaching Assistant/Tutor — Quantitative methods (POLS2044), European integration (EURO2012), research design (POLS1009), international organisations (POLS2133). Nominated for 2021 CASS Award for Excellence in Tutoring. 2019–2021.