Brigitte Aimee Seim

Seim is a scholar of comparative politics; focusing on the political economy of development. Her research agenda examines the relationship between citizens and political officials; with a particular emphasis on accountability breakdowns in consolidating democracies and developing countries in Africa. Overarching themes in her work are petty corruption dynamics; anti-corruption policy; aid politicization; taxation-accountability links; and survey research methods and ethics. She partners with government institutions; international organizations; and policymakers; as well as other scholars.

Seim obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of California; San Diego in 2014.For the 2014-2015 academic year; she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Varieties of Democracy Project. In 2015; she joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Studies; and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science.