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    Valentin Bolotnyy
    Kleinheinz Fellow
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    Valentin Bolotnyy is a Kleinheinz Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he is a member of the State and Local Governance Initiative and the Working Group on Civics and American Citizenship. He also serves as vice chair on the California Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors.

    Bolotnyy’s research aims to generate and inform innovative policies that improve economic and health outcomes, especially for society’s most vulnerable populations. The research is often done in partnership with state and local agencies, including departments of transportation, human services, and public safety. His objective is to build a culture of collaboration across academia and America’s laboratories of democracy so that policymakers can deliver the best possible results for their constituents.

    Bolotnyy’s ongoing work utilizes administrative data, quasi-experimental methods, and randomized controlled trials to study the effectiveness of involuntary hospitalization practices, prison education and diversion programs, and health interventions that try to improve the lives of people who cycle through hospitals, jails, and streets. Other work demonstrates how public procurement and public finance decisions can shape the quality of public services.

    Bolotnyy’s research affiliations include J-PAL North America, IZA@LISER, and the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He is a member of the Faculty Steering Committee of the Haas Center for Public Service and an advisor to the Stanford Democracy Hub.

    Bolotnyy received a BA in economics and international relations, with honors and distinction, from Stanford University and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. His work has been recognized by the Padma Desai Prize, the Upjohn Institute Early Career Research Award, and major grants from Stanford Impact Labs and Arnold Ventures.

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Valentin Bolotnyy is a Kleinheinz Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he is a member of the State and Local Governance Initiative and the Working Group on Civics and American Citizenship. He also serves as vice chair on the California Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors.

Bolotnyy’s research aims to generate and inform innovative policies that improve economic and health outcomes, especially for society’s most vulnerable populations. The research is often done in partnership with state and local agencies, including departments of transportation, human services, and public safety. His objective is to build a culture of collaboration across academia and America’s laboratories of democracy so that policymakers can deliver the best possible results for their constituents.

Bolotnyy’s ongoing work utilizes administrative data, quasi-experimental methods, and randomized controlled trials to study the effectiveness of involuntary hospitalization practices, prison education and diversion programs, and health interventions that try to improve the lives of people who cycle through hospitals, jails, and streets. Other work demonstrates how public procurement and public finance decisions can shape the quality of public services.

Working with Stanford’s Deliberative Democracy Lab, Bolotnyy also designs and analyzes randomized experiments aimed at understanding how Americans communicate about politics and public policy and what factors may lead to changes in public opinion on key issues.

Bolotnyy’s research affiliations include J-PAL North America, IZA@LISER, and the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. He is a member of the Faculty Steering Committee of the Haas Center for Public Service and an advisor to the Stanford Democracy Hub. His work has been published in top peer-reviewed journals across numerous disciplines, including  Econometrica, American Political Science Review, and Nature Human Behaviour, and has been covered by media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Reuters.

Bolotnyy received a BA in economics and international relations, with honors and distinction, from Stanford University and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. His work has been recognized by the Padma Desai Prize, the Upjohn Institute Early Career Research Award, and major grants from Stanford Impact Labs and Arnold Ventures.

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