San Diego is a leading innovation center for industries including biotech, computer chip manufacturing, and defense and energy technologies. As part of this ecosystem, GPS professors are researching how economic and political forces can encourage more innovation, as well as the ways governments can implement technology to better society.
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
Associate Professor
Research Fields: China, electricity markets, energy policy, climate change policy
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
Associate Professor
Research Fields: technology and innovation strategy, international management, organizational economics
Professor; Co-director, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab; Institute of the Americas Professorship for Inter-American Affairs
Research Fields: development economics, agricultural and resource economics, program evaluation, microeconomics, anti-poverty policies
Professor of Japanese Business; Director, Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology
Research Fields: Japan, Japanese business organization, strategy, and management, financial markets
