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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: zhouser@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Social Sciences and Public Policy'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Political Science'
  headshot_optional_: '26896'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'No'
  mentoring_philosophy: 'My mentoring philosophy is rooted in the idea that I should be helping my mentee’s further their own academic and future careers just as much as they help me with my research project. Therefore, I prioritize helping my mentees develop skills and experiences that will help students stand out on their graduate school and job applications. This means I am always open to helping students develop new skills, even if those skills don’t directly relate to my research project. Moreover, I think it is important to encourage my mentees to try new things and allow them the freedom to go about tasks in their own way. Finally, I strive to create a safe environment where mentees know it is entirely acceptable to fail and learn from their mistakes.  '
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
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  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: |-
    With mass economic disparities between the Global North and the Global South, prosperous nations across the globe collectively allocate over 150 billion dollars a year in financial aid to developing countries. Foreign aid allocations have developed into a crucial tool that states use to advance their interests at home and abroad. Nations give countries foreign aid to achieve domestic and international political objectives, solve global crises, and to gain international or regional status and influence. Donor nations use foreign aid to help domestic industries by requiring recipient nations to open their markets for donor nation exports and by mandating that a certain percentage of the aid they allocate be used to buy products from the donor nation. The allocation of foreign aid can be instrumental for donor nations in achieving their foreign policy goals. States use foreign aid to bring conflicts to an end, buy United Nations Security Council (UNSC) votes, attain access to natural resources, and to influence the policies of the recipient. Additionally, donor nation can turn to foreign aid to enhance their international status.  
    This project explores how an aid-for-policy deal with one donor nation impacts other donor nation’s ability to make aid-for-policy deals with the same recipient state. I argue that the effect of foreign aid on a recipient state's behavior is conditional on 1) how much aid a recipient state receives from donor nations and 2) how many donor nations give the recipient state foreign aid. Viewing foreign aid as a network, where countries are the nodes and the directed weighted edges are the amount of foreign aid donor nations allocate to recipient states, I test to see how a state's position in the network (who they get aid from and how much they receive from each node) changes when they are serving as a nonpermanent member in the United Nations Security Council. I argue that a state’s position in the network before it’s term on the Security Council effects the amount of aid that is required to “buy” its vote. 
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  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://wicked-solutions.blog/2022/03/14/research-spotlight-buying-monetary-status-chinese-foreign-aid-and-the-rise-of-the-renminbi/'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: 'Graduate Student'
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Zachary Houser'
  project_keywords: 'foreign aid, international relations, United Nations'
  relevant_student_major_s_: |-
    Political Science
    International Affairs
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  research_mentor_pronouns: ''
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |
    literature review
    data collection 
    combining datasets 
    data analysis (optional) 
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: |-
    Wednesday, September 6th from 2:00-2:30 PM (https://fsu.zoom.us/my/zacharyhouser)
    Wednesday, September 6th from 2:30-3:00 PM (https://fsu.zoom.us/my/zacharyhouser)
    Wednesday, September 6th from 3:30-4:00 PM (https://fsu.zoom.us/my/zacharyhouser)
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |
    Excel - required 
    R - recommended (not at all necessary but would be a plus!) 
  title_of_the_project: 'Buying and Selling Foreign Aid: Donor Motivations and Public Perceptions of Foreign Aid'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: 'Mr. '
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'No'
  year: '2023'