Joshua Tucker

Senior Geopolitical Risk Advisor

AT A GLANCE

Joshua Tucker is a Senior Geopolitical Risk Advisor at Kroll. He leverages more than 30 years of experience in researching comparative politics with a focus on mass politics, including elections and voting, development of partisan attachment, public opinion formation and political protest and a regional specialization in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Over the past decade, Joshua has increasingly focused on the intersection of the digital information environment including social media, digital media and generative AI— and politics globally.

Joshua is a Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver and Enid Silver Winslow Professor, Professor of Politics, an affiliated Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies and an affiliated Professor of Data Science at New York University. He is the Director of NYU’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia. He is one of the co-founders and co-directors of the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics. He also served for over a decade as a co-author and co-editor of “The Monkey Cage,” a politics and policy blog formerly at The Washington Post.

Joshua’s current research on digital information environment and politics covers a range of topics, including studies of partisan echo chambers and polarization, the effects of exposure to social media on political knowledge, online networks and protest, how authoritarian regimes respond to online opposition, foreign influence campaigns and a more recent line of research around Generative AI, chatbots and politics.

In 2024, he was included in Clarivate’s 1% Top Cited List for the top cited researchers globally by field.

Joshua holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. He also holds a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Birmingham.

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During the webinar, special guest speaker Joshua Tucker, Senior Geopolitical Risk Advisor at Kroll, discussed geopolitical market risk both in the U.S. and globally. Managing directors Jenetta Mason, Peter Salvatori, Lea Carty, Robert Maxim, Adam Schwartz, and David Larsen, shared valuable insights on key market and regulatory considerations that are expected to impact September 30 valuations.

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Webinar Replay – ALTLOOK: Valuation Quarterly Update—June 2024

The Debt Ceiling—This Time is Different

With “X-Date” fast approaching, there are significant concerns around the impact if the debt ceiling binds. Kroll experts examine a number of possible scenarios along with the implications for the U.S. and global economies.