Research

Publications

Kaur, Komal Preet, and Andrew Q. Philips. “Sustainable representation through electoral quotas: evidence from India.” Politics, Groups, and Identities (2025):1-21. [Link] [Replication Files]

Kaur, Komal Preet. “Whose Upward Mobility?: Evaluating Intersectional Effects of Gender Quotas.” Representation (2024): 1-24. [Link]

Kaur, Komal Preet, Kimberlee Chang, and Krister P. Andersson. “Collective forest land rights facilitate cooperative behavior.” Conservation Letters 16, no. 4 (2023): e12950. [Link] [Replication Files] [In Media]

Kaur, Komal Preet, and Andrew Q. Philips. “A moveable benefit? Spillover effects of quotas on women’s numerical representation.” Political Research Quarterly 76, no. 2 (2023): 680-696. [Link] [Replication Files]

Book Chapters

Kaur, Komal Preet, Varnitha Kurli, and Krister P Andersson. ``The challenges of governing complex forest systems: can polycentric governance approach help?” [Forthcoming in the Elgar Handbook on Institutions and Complexity edited by Eric C Alston, Lee J. Alston, and Bernardo Mueller]

Working papers (Please email for drafts)

Transforming urban spaces: Governance strategies for cleanliness and citizen engagement [Under review]

Examining question hour of Indian legislature (with Elizabeth Cupp)

Paradox of inclusive institutions

Pandemic pictures: Analyzing COVID-19’s visual media coverage (with Alex Newhouse and Andrew Philips)

The impact of women’s political representation on collective action (with Nathan Cook and Hannah Paul Lynn)

Work in progress

Sources of insecurity determines social policy preferences (with Mallory Compton, Andrew Philips, and Annabelle Hutchinson)

Leveraging voter and commercial data as a sampling pool (with Andy Guess, Lori Bougher, and Eric Manning)

Long-run effects of affirmative action in education on political representation (with Priyadarshi Amar)