Lisa Garbe, Ph.D.

Lisa Garbe is a research fellow in the Institutions and Political Inequality. She has earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and was a visiting researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute (2019/2020) and the Centre for Digital Governance at the Hertie School (2020/2021).

Most of her current research projects explore how digitalization affects core democratic institutions such as elections and shape government-citizen relationships. I am interested in both the intended consequences of government efforts to control internet access, such as censorship or shutdowns, and the unintended repercussions of government digitalization initiatives, including biometric identification systems.

Her work has been published in Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Peace Research, Review of International Organizations, and PLOS ONE, among others.

More information can be found on her personal website