Oda is a quantitative political economist whose research explores the behaviour of political elites, with a particular interest in how parties and electoral institutions shape patterns of representation. Methodologically, she uses natural language processing (text-as-data), often in combination with methods for causal inference (e.g., Difference-in-Differences, Regression Discontinuity). She also has projects on climate politics and historical political economy.

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Research interests

• Political economy
• Elite behaviour
• Text-as-data
• Climate change

PhD supervision

Oda is happy to supervise students interested in elite behaviour, the political economy of climate change, or political economy in general.

Latest publications

Group Identities and Parliamentary Debates (2025) with Jon Fiva and Henning Øien, Forthcoming, Journal of Politics.

Norwegian Parliamentary Debates Dataset 1945–2024 with Jon Fiva and Henning Øien, Nature Scientific Data (2025). 

Legislative party groups and party cohesion (book chapter) with Martin Søyland, Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics (2025).

How Does Party Discipline Affect Legislative Behavior? Evidence from Within-Term Variation in Lame-Duck Status  with Jon Fiva, Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2024).