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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
  • Insurgency

Department Director of Graduate Studies

Research interests

  • International trade
  • Labor economics
  • Development economics

Core Faculty

Research interests

  • International trade
  • Global economic history
  • Market integration in pre-modern Japan and China

Research interests

  • Environmental economics
  • International trade
  • Empirical microeconomics

Research interests

  • Development economics
  • Labor markets and migration
  • Agriculture
  • Environmental economics

Research interests

  • Politics of economic policymaking

Research interests

  • Global governance
  • Globalization
  • International political economy
  • Regional governance in Asia-Pacific

Research interests

  • Global trade
  • International economics

Research interests

  • Environmental economics
  • Conservation policy

Research interests

  • Comparative labor market policy

Affiliated Faculty