“Public policy” is a small phrase, but it encompasses the enormous number of ways that governments address problems. Given the unique location and expertise of GPS, faculty members research across a variety of disciplines to determine which goals policy should seek to accomplish — and the best ways to do so.
Professor; Director, Pacific Leadership Fellows Program
Research Fields: political economy, comparative politics, labor market institutions, income inequality, international trade
Associate Professor
Research Fields: effectiveness of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), international law (IL)
Assistant Professor
Research Fields: China, electricity markets, energy policy, climate change policy
Professor; Chair, Global Leadership Institute
Research Fields: comparative politics, international relations, civil war, voting, Central Asia
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
Associate Professor
Research Fields: comparative political economy, state capacity, taxation, social conflict, Latin American politics, Mexican politics, econometrics
Associate Professor
Research Fields: environmental economics, development economics, decarbonization, South and Southeast Asia
Associate Professor
Research Fields: public finance, particularly issues relating to taxation and social insurance
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
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
Professor
Research Fields: racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, immigration, election administration, voting rights, American politics, political behavior
Professor
Research Fields: political economy, economic history, education, labor economics, China
Assistant Professor; Director, Korea-Pacific Program
Research Fields: macroeconomics, economic growth, development economics, Korean economy
Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean
Research Fields: development economics, public health, environment
Professor; Co-director, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab
Research Fields: development economics, agricultural and resource economics, program evaluation, microeconomics, anti-poverty policies
So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs
Research Fields: Chinese economy, foreign trade and investment, economic reform
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.
Associate Professor
Research Fields: foreign policy, migration, democracy
Associate Professor
Research Fields: comparative politics, public policy, governance, Southeast Asia
Associate Professor; Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability
Research Fields: climate change, public policy
Professor
Research Fields: corporate finance, economic development, family businesses, business groups in East and Southeast Asia, financial institutions in village economies, Thailand
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
Professor; Peter Cowhey Center on Global Transformation Chair in Innovation and Public Policy; Director, Deep Decarbonization Initiative
Research Fields: human rights, international law, energy policy, climate change policy
Professor; Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations
Research Fields: international security, civil wars, terrorism/counter-terrorism
