Ze Han

Welcome! I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where I am affiliated with the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (NCGG). My research centers on international political economy, with a particular focus on the political consequences of China’s rise.

I am on the 2024-25 academic job market.

My dissertation, advised by Professors Helen V. Milner (chair), Rory Truex, and James Raymond Vreeland, examines how China’s expanding global economic engagement - especially through FDI and trade - shapes regulatory responses, voting behavior, and public opinion in advanced democracies.

Prior to my time at Princeton, I earned a B.A. in International Politics from the University of International Relations in China and a double M.A. in Diplomacy and Public Policy from Peking University in China and the University of Tokyo in Japan, both with the highest honors.

You can download my CV here.

Publications

1. Han, Ze, Rory Truex, and Naijia Liu. Measuring Political Attitudes with Word Association (Forthcoming, Public Opinion Quarterly).

Working Papers

1. Han, Ze, Helen V. Milner, and Kris James Mitchener. The Deep Roots of American Populism (under review).
2. Han, Ze, and Helen V. Milner. The First Wave of Globalization and the Electoral Populism in the United States (under review).
3. Han, Ze. How State Legislators Respond to Chinese Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Land (under review).