Kristin Makszin
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. K.M. Makszin
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9923
- k.m.makszin@luc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3595-5515
Kristin Makszin is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy. Her research relates to the field of political economy and public policy in Europe, with a focus on social and monetary policy. The core of her research delves into the complex interaction of policy relevant actors to understand how they shape policy outcomes.
Profile
Biography
Kristin Makszin is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy. She completed her PhD in Political Science at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Her research relates to the field of political economy and public policy in Europe, with a focus on social and monetary policy. The core of her research delves into the complex interaction of policy relevant actors – public and private, international and domestic, political and bureaucratic – to understand how they shape policy outcomes. She applies both quantitative and qualitative methods, especially how to use quantitative methods in social science for researching topics with limited available data or limited number of cases. Prior to joining LUC, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and taught at Central European University and McDaniel College Budapest.
Academic expertise
- Comparative Political Economy
- Policy Change
- Welfare States
- Quantitative Text Analysis
Courses
- Comparative Agenda Setting
- Foundations of Research Design
Assistant Professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Leiden University College
Work address
Anna van BuerenpleinAnna van Buerenplein 301
2595 DG The Hague
Room number 4.35
Contact
- Kemmerling A. & Makszin K.M. (2023), Repackaging in South–North policy learning: the Chilean Model of Pension Reform as a Lopsided Exportschlager, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 25(5): .
- Sebők M., Makszin K.M. & Simons J. (2021), Mission adapted: the hidden role of governors in shaping central bank operating missions in Hungary, East European Politics : .
- Makszin K.M. (2021), Promoting course coherence by teaching with an invisible pet and other case studies. In: Bernstein Jeffrey L. (Ed.), Teaching Research Methods in Political Science: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Barta Z. & Makszin K.M. (2020), The politics of creditworthiness: political and policy commentary in sovereign credit rating reports, Journal of Public Policy : 1-24.
- Makszin K.M. (2020), The East–West divide: obstacles to European integration. In: Greer S. & Laible J. (Eds.), The European Union after Brexit. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Makszin K.M., Bohle D. & Medve-Balint G. (2020), North and South, East and West: Is It Possible to Bridge the Gap?. In: Coman R., Crespy A. & Schmidt V. (Eds.), Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Makszin K.M. & Bohle D. (2020), Housing as a Fertility Trap: The Inability of States, Markets, or Families to Provide Adequate Housing in East Central Europe, East European Politics and Societies : .
- Kemmerling A. & Makszin K.M. (2018), When does policy diffusion affect policy instability? Cases of excessive policy volatility in welfare policies in East Central Europe. In: Batory A., Cartwright A. & Stone D. (Eds.), Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations: Beyond Accession in Central and Eastern Europe: Edward Elgar Publishing. 26–44.
- Schneider C.Q. & Makszin K.M. (2014), Forms of welfare capitalism and education-based participatory inequality, Socio-Economic Review 12(2): 437-462.
- Makszin K.M. (6 December 2013), Reforming East Central European Welfare States: Governments, Technocrats, and the Patterns of Quiet Retrenchment (Dissertatie, Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations, Central European University). Supervisor(s): Greskovits Bela.