Name: Mathew Soberg Shugart
Professor, IR/PS
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1988
M.A., University of California, Irvine, 1985

Field of Expertise: Shugart specializes in constitutional design, electoral systems, and political reform.

Region of Interest: Shugart studies democracies around the world, but has worked specifically on Colombia, other Latin American countries, and Eastern Europe.

Media Interview Topics: Constitutional crises, electoral reforms, impact of electoral systems on election outcomes.

Selected Publications:
Royce Carroll and Matthew Soberg Shugart, "Neo-Madisonian Theories of Latin American Institutions," in Regimes and Democracy in Latin America, Volume 1: Theories and Agendas, ed. by Gerardo Munck. New York: Oxford University Press. 2007.

Matthew Soberg Shugart, Erika Moreno and Luis E. Fajardo, "Deepening Democracy through Renovating Political Practices: The Struggle for Electoral Reform in Colombia," in Christopher Welna and Gustavo Gallon, eds., Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Colombia. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 2007.