Welcome! I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Politics at the University of Liverpool.

My research is located at the intersection of public policy, public administration, and comparative politics. Broadly, it explores how political institutions and actors shape policymaking processes and outcomes, particularly in non-democratic contexts. In addition, I also research the reverse mechanism of how policies and governance characteristics affect political dynamics. I study these questions with a regional focus on China and Southeast Asia as well as cross-nationally. My research employs multiple methods, including causal inference, panel regressions, text-as-data, and elite surveys. 

This research has been published or is forthcoming in academic journals including British Journal of Political Science, China Quarterly, Democratization, Public Management Review, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Development Studies, Policy & Politics, and Journal of East Asian Studies. 

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg and continue to be affiliated with V-Dem as a Research Associate. I received my PhD in Government and Public Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022.

I am also a Co-Founder/Organiser of the Authoritarian Political Systems Group (APSG) and a Co-Convenor of the Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Autocracies and Regime Change.  

You can contact me at felix.wiebrecht@liverpool.ac.uk.