Effective Fall 2024: Applications for the IERQMÌýprogram will no longer be accepted, as the curriculum is integrated into aÌýreimagined degree beginning in Fall 2025. These changes will not affect current students who 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 tradeÌý
- 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
Derrick Cogburn Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Research interests
-
Global informationÌýtechnology and policyÌýÌý
-
Sociotechnical infrastructure
-
Computational text miningÌý
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 systemsÌý
Research interests
- Time series econometrics
- Monetary and fiscalÌýpolicies
- Analysis of economic survey data
Mahmud Yesuf Associate Professor CAS | Economics
Research interests
- Development economics
- Natural resource management issues
- Applied micro-econometric