The liberal, democratic order — both in the U.S. and abroad — is at its most fragile state in living memory. Faculty members at GPS are committed to using political science and other fields to study the ways in which democratic institutions can succeed and flourish.
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)
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
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
Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, International Studies Program
Research Fields: international security, insurgency and counterinsurgency, defense technology, war and the environment, military ethics
Associate Professor
Research Fields: comparative political economy, state capacity, taxation, social conflict, Latin American politics, Mexican politics, econometrics
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
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
Professor
Research Fields: racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, immigration, election administration, voting rights, American politics, political behavior
Associate Professor
Research Fields: China, development economics, economic history, political economy
Associate Professor
Research Fields: development economics, labor economics, applied econometrics
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
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
Associate Professor
Research Fields: political violence, conflict, women’s participation in rebel and terrorist organizations
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
