Lyle A. Scruggs

Professor

Political Science

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Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Social Policy, Environmental Politics, Research Methods

Ph.D. Duke University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lylescruggs/

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Open Science registrations and projects

Comparative Welfare Entitlements Project

Energy and Elections Lab

Professor Scruggs specialties are political economy, social welfare policy, environmental politics and quantitative research methods. Professor Scruggs is a co-Director of the Comparative Entitlements Dataset Project (CWEP) and the Energy and Elections Lab. He is also an affiliate of the Political Economy and Representation Lab, the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE), and a member of the Human Rights Institute’s Economic and Social Rights Group. Professor Scruggs has been a Visiting Scholar at the Quality of Government Institute in Gothenburg, Sweden (2017), the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City (2011-12), and the University of Edinburgh (2004).

 

Professor Scruggs is currently engaged in several research projects.

• examining local political of large renewable energy projects
• comparing impacts of COVID on attitudes about social welfare in the US
• understanding public and elite attitudes about climate change

He is always looking for undergraduate and graduate research collaborators in any disciplinary field in all of these research areas.

Selected Recent Publications

Policy Feedback and the Advanced Child Tax Credit.” Policy Studies Journal. 54 (2) 2026 https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70077

The winds of change? Attitudes toward wind projects and their electoral implications in Texas. Energy Policy 202 (July) 2025. (with T. Andrews, C. Atkinson-Palombo, O. Bayulgen, and A.Gallaher. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114608

Electrifying the Road: Navigating the Transition to Electric Vehicles in Connecticut Through Hybrid Insights and Fleet Evolution. Journal of Cleaner Production, 459 (June) 2024: (with A. Galaher, M. Graziano, & C. Atkinsom-Palombo) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142574

Blame over Blackouts: Correcting Partisan Misinformation regarding Renewable Energy in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science 113 (2024): (with Salil Benegal).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103543

The End of Welfare States as we Know Them?  Multidimensional Welfare State Change. Social Policy and Administration (2023) (with Jakub Sowula, Franziska Gehrig, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, and Gabriela Tafoya) https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12990

“Fifty years of welfare state generosity” Social Policy & Administration. 56(5) (2022): 791-807 (with Gabriela Ramalho Tafoya). https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12804

“Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota.” Energy Policy, 159 (2021) (with O Bayulgen,  C Atkinson-Palombo, & M Buchanan) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112636