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Meet the Faculty

Meet the faculty tackling issues in today’s complex economic environment.

Department Chair

Keith Darden Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Governance & Economics SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Research interests

  • Politics of Eurasia
  • National loyalties and state-building
  • Insurgency

Department Director of Graduate Studies

Research interests

  • Global integration on local labor markets
  • Information transfer in trade
  • Labor institutions

Core Faculty

Research interests

  • Applied microeconomics
  • Global economic history
  • Market integration in Japan and China

Research interests

  • Environmental economics
  • International trade
  • Effects of environmental regulation

Research interests

  • Developing-country labor markets
  • Migration and agriculture 
  • Environmental economics 

Research interests

  • Politics of economic policymaking
  • International regime complexity
  • Comparative political economy

Research interests

  • Applied economic research
  • Global economy and trade
  • Comparative economic systems 

Research interests

  • Economic development and sustainability
  • Economics of conflict and forced displacement

Research interests

  • Industrial policy
  • Economics of biodiversity 
  • Protection strategies for ecosystems

Research interests

  • Comparative labor market policy
  • Labor employment relations
  • Focus on Germany and the US

Affiliated Faculty