Effective Fall 2024: Applications for the IER program will no longer be accepted, as the curriculum is integrated into aÌýreimagined degree beginning in Fall 2025. These changes will not affectÌýcurrentÌýstudentsÌýwho will complete the program as expected.
Department Chair
Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political and economicÌýinstitutions
- 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
- Labor institutions
Core Faculty
Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Global economic history
- Market integration inÌýJapan and China
Claire Brunel Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Environmental economics
- International trade
- Effects of environmental regulation
Keith Darden Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of Eurasia
- National loyalties and state-building
- Insurgency
Austin Davis Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Developing-country labor markets
- Migration and agricultureÌý
- Environmental economicsÌý
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 systemsÌý
Stefanie Onder Assistant Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Economic development and sustainability
- Economics of conflict and forced displacement
Stephen Silvia Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Comparative labor market policy
- Labor employment relations
- Focus on Germany and the US
David Simpson Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Research interests
- Industrial policy
- Economics of biodiversityÌý
- Protection strategies for ecosystems
Affiliated Faculty
Ken Conca Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Boris Gershman Associate Professor CAS | Economics
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace Provost Associate Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Angela Pashayan Professorial Lecturer SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Chris Rudolph Associate Professor SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
Tazreena Sajjad Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Judith Shapiro Director - Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development SIS | Instructional Revenue Centers (IRCs)
