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4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesDepartment Chair
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Research interests
- Comparative democratization
- Political and economic 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
- Labor institutions
Core Faculty
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Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Global economic history
- Market integration in Japan and China
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Claire Brunel Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Environmental economics
- International trade
- Effects of environmental regulation
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Derrick Cogburn Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Research interests
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Global information technology and policy
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Sociotechnical infrastructure
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Computational text mining
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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
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Austin Hart Associate Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Democratic accountability
- Quantitative statistical methods
- Data analysis in IR
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Randall Henning Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Politics of economic policymaking
- International regime complexity
- Comparative political economy
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Robert Koopman Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied economic research
- Global economy and trade
- Comparative economic systems
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Research interests
- Time series econometrics
- Monetary and fiscal policies
- Analysis of economic survey data
Research interests
- Development economics
- Natural resource management issues
- Applied micro-econometric
Affiliated Faculty
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Anna Amirkhanyan Professor SPA | Public Administration
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Frank Armour Assistant Professor KSB | Information Technology & Analytics
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Olga Cordero-Brana Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Math and Statistics
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Meagan Snow Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research
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