Cleo O'Brien-Udry

Cleo O'Brien-Udry

Research

Publications

  1. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, and Tyler Pratt. "Innovation and Interdependence: The Case of Gene-Editing Technology." International Studies Quarterly, 2025. Ungated
  2. Ferry, Lauren Lee and Cleo O'Brien-Udry. "The Possibilities and Limits of International Status: Evidence from Foreign Aid and Public Opinion." Review of International Organizations, 2024. Ungated
  3. Cheeseman, Nic, Haley Swedlund, and Cleo O'Brien-Udry. "Foreign Aid Withdrawals and Suspensions: Why, When and Are They Effective? Introduction to Special Issue on Foreign Aid Withdrawals and Suspensions." World Development, 2024. Ungated

Under Review

  1. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "Greening Aid, Shifting Votes: The Domestic Politics of International Climate Finance." American Journal of Political Science (R&R).
  2. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, Jon Pevehouse, and Ed Mansfield. "Giving a Green Light to the Global South: How International Chaos Puts Developing Countries at the Forefront of Climate Initiatives."
  3. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, and Sam S. Rowan. "Phasing Out Coal-Fired Power in Indonesia." Global Environmental Politics (R&R).

Working Papers

  1. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "Aid, Blame, and Backlash."
  2. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "The Political Geography of the Energy Transition in the Global South."
  3. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "A Domestic Political Economy of Targeted Aid."

In Progress

  1. Dolan, Lindsay and Cleo O'Brien-Udry. "Superstar Bureaucrats from the Global South."
  2. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, and Christopher Udry. "Communal Property Rights and Expropriation: Evidence from Gold Mining."
  3. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "The Power Dilemma: How the Green Energy Transition Reshapes Democracy in the Global South."
  4. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, and Gino Pauselli. "Greening Repression."
  5. Matush, Kelly, Cleo O'Brien-Udry, Manon Fortemps, and Jennifer Tobin. "Strategic Rhetoric under Asymmetric Interdependence: Evidence from the 2025 USAID Withdrawal."
  6. Buntaine, Mark, Paasha Mahdavi, Daniel Nielson, and Cleo O'Brien-Udry. "The Political Economy of Carbon Offsets Scandals."
  7. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "Observing Aid Withdrawal."

Other Work

  1. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "My Turn | How USAID Funding Cuts Hurt Illinois." The News-Gazette, 25 Feb. 2025, news-gazette.com.
  2. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo. "How Will the End of Federal Funding to USAID Impact Institutions in Illinois?" The 21st Show, Illinois Public Media, 18 Feb. 2025, will.illinois.edu.
  3. O'Brien-Udry, Cleo, Alexander Kirss, and Paul Ko. "Less Stress, More Confidence: Supporting Junior Scholars Online at the Graduate Student International Political Economy Workshop." PS: Political Science & Politics, 2021.