Faculty

Achyuta Adhvaryu

Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics; Director, 21st Century India Center

Research Fields: development economics, organizational economics, labor economics, health economics

John Ahlquist

Associate Dean and Professor; Director, Pacific Leadership Fellows Program

Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, labor market institutions, income inequality, international trade

Benjamin J. Appel

Associate Professor

Research Fields: effectiveness of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), international law (IL)

Samuel Bazzi

Professor; Rafael and Marina Pastor Chancellor’s Endowed GPS Faculty Fellow

Research Fields: development, political economy, migration

Eli Berman

Professor, UC San Diego Department of Economics

Research Fields: environmental and resource Economics, labor economics, religion, Middle East, terrorism and insurgency, fertility, immigration, language

Tai Ming Cheung

Professor; Director, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

Research Fields: China, Chinese and East Asian defense and national security affairs, especially related to economic, industrial, technology and innovation issues

Michael Davidson

Assistant Professor

Research Fields: China, electricity markets, energy policy, climate change policy

Jesse Driscoll

Professor; Chair, Global Leadership Institute

Rafael Fernández de Castro

Professor; Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor's Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman; Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies

Research fields: U.S.-Mexico relations, foreign policy, immigration and security in Latin America

Anna Feuer

Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, International Studies Program

Research Fields: international security, insurgency and counterinsurgency, defense technology, war and the environment, military ethics

David Fortunato

Associate Professor

Research Fields: coalition politics, European politics, institutions, legislatures, political behavior, political economy, subnational politics

Caroline Freund

Dean

Research Fields: international finance, trade policy, economic growth, regional integration

Francisco Garfias

Associate Professor

Research Fields: comparative political economy, state capacity, taxation, Latin America

Teevrat Garg

Associate Professor of Economics

Research Fields: environmental and energy economics, development economics, climate change and energy transitions

Alexander Gelber

Associate Professor

Research Fields: public finance, particularly issues relating to taxation and social insurance

Joshua Graff Zivin

Professor; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations; Director, Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation

Research Fields: environmental, public health, development, innovation economics

Emilie Hafner-Burton

Professor; Research Director, Future of Democracy (IGCC); Peter Cowhey Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Global Policy; Director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation

Research Fields: international law and regulation, human rights, election violence, trade and investment, behavioral economics, political psychology, and social networks

Stephan Haggard

Research Professor; Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Director Emeritus, Korea-Pacific Program; Research Director, Global Governance (IGCC)

Research Fields: international relations, political economy, globalization, East Asia, North and South Korea

Zoltan L. Hajnal

Professor

Research Fields: racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, immigration, election administration, voting rights, American politics, political behavior

Kyle Handley

Associate Professor; Rafael and Marina Pastor Chancellor’s Endowed GPS Faculty Fellow

Research Fields: international trade, investment, uncertainty and firm employment dynamics.

Ruixue Jia

Associate Professor

Research Fields: China, development economics, economic history, political economy

Uma R. Karmarkar

Associate Professor

Research fields: decision neuroscience, neuroeconomics, psychology, consumer behavior

Gaurav Khanna

Associate Professor of Economics

Research Fields: development economics, labor economics

Jim Lambright

Professor of Practice

Research Fields: business, energy policy, global finance

Munseob Lee

Assistant Professor; Director, Korea-Pacific Program

Research Fields: macroeconomics, economic growth, development economics, Korean economy

Morgan Levy

Assistant Professor

Research Fields: hydroclimate, terrestrial water systems, and environmental and human health

Elizabeth Lyons

Associate Professor

Research Fields: innovation, entrepreneurship, personnel

Meera Mahadevan

Assistant Professor

Research Fields: environmental and energy economics, development, political economy

Gordon McCord

Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean

Research Fields: environmental economics, public health, development economics

Craig McIntosh

Professor; Co-director, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab

Research Fields: development economics, agricultural and resource economics, program evaluation, microeconomics, anti-poverty policies

David Michael

Professor of Practice

Research Fields: emerging markets; business and entrepreneurship; and mobile communications, digital devices, and medtech

Barry Naughton

So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs

Research Fields: Chinese economy, foreign trade and investment, economic reform 

Agustina S. Paglayan

Assistant Professor

Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, education systems, labor market institutions, state capacity, applied econometrics, historical research methods, politics of policymaking in Latin America and the U.S.

Lauren Prather

Associate Professor

Research Fields: foreign policy, migration, democracy promotion and democratization, Middle East

Nico Ravanilla

Associate Professor

Research Fields: comparative politics, public policy, governance, Southeast Asia

Kate Ricke

Associate Professor; Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability

Research Fields: climate change, public policy

Krislert Samphantharak

Professor

Research Fields: corporate finance, economic development, family businesses, business groups in East and Southeast Asia, financial institutions in village economies, Thailand

Ulrike Schaede

Professor of Japanese Business; Director, Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology

Research Fields: Japan, Japanese business organization, strategy, and management, financial markets 

Victor Shih

Professor of Political Science; Director, 21st Century China Center; Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations

Research Fields: China, political economy, Chinese banking policies, Chinese politics 

Jakana Thomas

Associate Professor

Research Fields: political violence, conflict, women’s participation in rebel and terrorist organizations

Mateo Vásquez-Cortés

Assistant Professor

Research Fields: applied political economy; conflict processes, identity, and migration in the context of Latin America

David Victor

Professor; Peter Cowhey Center on Global Transformation Chair in Innovation and Public Policy; Director, Deep Decarbonization Initiative

Research Fields: administrative law and regulation, international law, energy policy, political economy, climate change policy

Barbara F. Walter

Professor; Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations

Research Fields: international security, civil wars, terrorism/counter-terrorism