Department Chair
Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political and economic听institutions
- Authoritarianism in Africa
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Poole Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Global integration on local labor markets
- Information transfer in trade听
- Labor institutions
Core Faculty
Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Global economic history
- Market integration in听Japan and China
Claire Brunel Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Environmental economics
- International trade
- Effects of environmental regulation
Derrick Cogburn Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Research interests
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Global information听technology and policy听听
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Sociotechnical infrastructure
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Computational text mining听
Keith Darden Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of Eurasia
- National loyalties and state-building
- Insurgency
Austin Hart Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Democratic accountability
- Quantitative statistical methods
- Data analysis in IR
Randall Henning Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of economic policymaking
- International regime complexity
- Comparative political economy
Robert Koopman Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied economic research
- Global economy and trade
- Comparative economic systems听
Research interests
- Time series econometrics
- Monetary and fiscal听policies
- Analysis of economic survey data
Research interests
- Development economics
- Natural resource management issues
- Applied micro-econometric