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Cecilia Ahsan Jansson

Postdoctoral Student at the University of Gothenburg

Cecilia Ahsan Jansson is a final-year PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Gothenburg. Her research lies at the intersection of political economy, behavioral economics, and applied microeconomics. She studies how people respond to information and how social and political conditions shape beliefs, decision-making and interactions with institutions, combining survey and field experiments with administrative data. She is currently focusing on whether politically salient information shocks influence people's interactions with the state, and whether these effects spill over across public institutions.

GLD-Related Publications

Ahsan Jansson, C., Lust, E., and Oguso, A. (2026). "Community Donations, Public Goods Provision, and Taxpayer Attitudes: Lessons from a Survey Experiment in Kenya," Political Science Research and Methods [Online First]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2026.10098.

Ferree, K.E.; Dulani, B.; Harris, A.S.; Kao, K.; Lust, E.; Ahsan Jansson, C.; and Metheney, E.A. (2023). "Symptoms and Stereotypes: Perceptions and Responses to Covid-19 in Malawi and Zambia," Comparative Political Studies, 56(12), pp. 1795-1823. Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140231152753.

Dulani, B; Harris, A.S.; Lust, E.; Ferree, K.E.; Kao, K.; Ahsan Jansson, C; and Metheney, E.A. (2021). "Elections in the Time of Covid-19: The Triple Crises around Malawi's 2020 Presidential Elections," Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(S1), pp. 56-68. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.1924745.

Ferree, K.E.; Kao, K.; Dulani, B.; Harris, A.S.; Lust, E.; Ahsan Jansson, C.; and Metheney, E.A. (2021). "Disease Threat, Stereotypes, and Covid–19: An Early View from Malawi and Zambia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, no. 36. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3769121.