Marco Widodo

Marco Widodo

Marco Widodo

  • CDDRL Undergraduate Communications Assistant, 2024-25

Biography

Marco is an undergraduate student at Stanford studying Political Science and Economics. His background lies in historical studies of nationalism, racism, and state-building in Southeast Asia. His current research interests lie at the intersection between international political economy and comparative democratic resilience across the Global South. He concurrently serves as a Research Assistant for the Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab (SNAPL) at APARC. In his spare time, he enjoys jazz, listening to podcasts, and learning to bake.

In The News

Gillian Slee presented her research in a CDDRL seminar on November 7, 2024.
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Home But Not Free: Rule-Breaking and Withdrawal in Reentry

Previous works paint three broad challenges with the parole system: material hardship, negative social networks, and carceral governance. Gillian Slee, Gerhard Casper Postdoctoral Fellow in Rule of Law at CDDRL, proposes a crucial fourth explanation for why re-entry fails: socioemotional dynamics.
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Klaus Desmet presented his research in a CDDRL seminar on October 24, 2024.
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Polarization in the United States Reconsidered

While many have argued that America has witnessed a shift from disagreements on redistribution to disagreements on culture, Klaus Desmet’s findings indicate otherwise.
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Mike Tomz, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Justin Grimmer, Larry Diamond answer questions in the second "America Votes 2024" panel.
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America Votes 2024, Part 2: Limits of Forecasting, Declining Trust, and Combating Polarization

Moderated by Michael Tomz, the William Bennett Munro Professor in Political Science and Chair of Stanford’s Department of Political Science, the second panel in our series featured Stanford scholars Brandice Canes-Wrone, Justin Grimmer, and Larry Diamond, each drawing on their research to address the complexities shaping the 2024 election.
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