I am a Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods at King’s College London, specialising in political behaviour and research methods education. Before joining King’s in 2025, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE. I earned my PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

In my political science research, I study how social identities and cultural values affect political behaviour. I have experience conducting qualitative interviews with evangelical Christians in Brazil and designing survey experiments with voters from Brazil and the U.S.

My pedagogy research explores how to teach transferable skills that support both career-building and democratic engagement. I’ve developed open-access resources for quantitative methods education, validated through a published experiment showing significant learning gains.

You can find out more about me and my research at leonardofalabella.com.

Office hours

Monday: 10.30 - 11.30

Thursday: 14.00 - 16.00

Research interests

• Identity politics
• Political behaviour
• Cultural issues
• Religion and politics
• Democratic backsliding
• Right-wing populism
• Latin America
• Research methods education

Teaching

• Research Methods for Politics
• Statistics for Political Science

PhD supervision

I am interested in advising studies on political behaviour, identity politics, support for populism, and any topics related to Latin American politics.

Latest publications

Alcocer, Marco, Leonardo Falabella, Alexandra Lange, Nicholas Smith, and Maureen Feeley. 2024. “Supplemental Online Resources Improve Data Literacy Education: Evidence from a Social Science Methods Course.” PLOS ONE 19 (12): e0315318. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315318

Adida, Claire L., Christina Cottiero, Leonardo Falabella, et al. 2022. “Taking the Cloth: Social Norms and Elite Cues Increase Support for Masks among White Evangelical Americans.” Journal of Experimental Political Science, September 12, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2022.22