Sven Steinmo

Steinmo also researched how political and economic institutions grew and currently operate within various developed democracies, such as Sweden and Japan, while utilizing the perspectives found in evolutionary theory.

His book with Kathleen Thelen, Structuring Politics: Historical Institutionalism and Comparative Analysis (1992), is academically notable, and is a significant contribution within that domain of research.

[1] Steinmo held a position as "Research Professor" at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.

The goal of the project was to better understand, through experiment, why heterogeneity exists among different democratic welfare states regarding citizens' willingness to pay government taxes.

His most recent project, Leap of Faith (2018), explores the relationship between citizens and their government regarding general trust and tax compliance.