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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
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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
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Daniel Bernhofen Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Research interests
- Applied microeconomics
- Global economic history
- Market integration inÌýJapan 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 informationÌýtechnology and policyÌýÌý
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Sociotechnical infrastructure
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Computational text miningÌý
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Keith Darden Associate Professor 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 systemsÌý
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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
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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