Leitner Seminar Series: Gabriel Leon-Ablan

Gabriel Leon-Ablan is a Professor in the Department of Political Economy. His research focuses on social unrest (including riots and protests), slavery and historical political economy. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Peace Research. Gabriel was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 2024-25.

Before joining King’s, Gabriel was the Bevil Mabey Fellow in Economics at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge. He studied applied mathematics at Harvard (BA) and economics at Oxford (DPhil/PhD). Before his PhD, he worked as an associate consultant in the NYC offices of Bain & Company.