Matthew Gabel, PhD

I study a variety of topics related to democratic politics, particularly in advanced industrialized societies. My dissertation and early work was on mass public opinion toward international economic liberalization and on the link between mass and elite opinion in that context. The specific substantive subject was public support for European integration.  My recent work has focused on how legislative and executive policy-making shape and are shaped by judicial review. This has involved the collection and analysis of judicial decisions by the European Court of Justice and national high courts I am also involved in a large-scale study of legislative institutions governing parliamentary voting.   Finally, I am interested in the study of Alzheimer disease (AD).  That research spans topics from the diagnosis of AD to the disclosure of diagnostic information to study subjects.

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I have benefited tremendously from the financial support of the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Simon Guggenheim Foundation in conducting these research projects.  

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I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in research design and in comparative politics. My regional focus is on European politics, both at the national and supranational level.