Justin Melnick

Hi. I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University. I am also an inaugural NYU Climate Doctoral Fellow with NYU’s Climate Initiative. I am on the 2025-2026 academic job market.

I write on international politics and political economy, with a methodological emphasis on game-theoretic and causal inference tools. My current research focuses on the political economy of climate change.

My work has been published or is forthcoming in International Organization, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy. My research has been supported by grants from EGAP.

I hold a B.A. in International Relations and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Please feel free to contact me at: melnickj [at] nyu [dot] edu