Nicholas Kuipers is Fulbright U.S. Scholar conducts research and teaches on topics that span comparative politics, political economy, and political behavior, with a focus on Southeast Asia. He is affiliated with Universitas Islam Indonesia Internasional (UIII).

He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and previously taught at the National University of Singapore.

He received his doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College. Nicholas was a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Indonesia in 2014-2015.