Faculty & Research
Our faculty pair rigorous research with real-world policymaking to solve public problems.
Scholars and doers
Our faculty pair rigorous research with real-world policymaking and problem solving. Leading scholars and experienced practitioners work across disciplines to solve complex problems, testing ideas against evidence, challenging assumptions, and delivering results that matter.
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Levon Barseghyan
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Nathaniel Baum-Snow
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Nicholas Caputo
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Michael Clemens
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Lindsey Currier
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Stefanie DeLuca
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Christian Fong
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Gillian K. Hadfield
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Angela Hawken
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Zoë Hitzig
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William G. Howell
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Rebekah Jones
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Megan Kang
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Seth Lazar
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Alex Mechanick
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Francesca Molinari
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Bhaven N. Sampat
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Steven Teles
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From observation to action
Our research combines analytical and empirical rigor with practical application, scrutinizing systems to underpin and build the structural integrity required for 21st-century governance.
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A Presidency Transformed, A Democracy in Danger
In this article, we want to provide a summary of our book’s core argument and draw out its implications for Trump’s second term as well as for the years after Trump leaves center stage.
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Identification and Inference for Algorithmic Frontiers with Selective Labels
We obtain point identification and propose a debiased machine learning estimator, derive its asymptotic distribution, and show how this can be used to carry out inference for the FA-frontier.
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Anticipating the Consequences of Filibuster Reforms
Added insights from models more precisely illustrate just what kind of balance between minority rights and majority rule the reform would strike, but in others, they show that the reform could backfire on members of the majority or on the reformers who want the Senate to spend less time wrangling with obstruction.
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Open Data Index for Schools (ODIS)
A first-of-its-kind national research resource that links nearly 23,000 U.S. public high schools to the economic, educational, health, housing, and crime conditions of the communities they serve.
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Social cognition and interpersonal violence
Social cognitions could play an important role in violence and may be modifiable through intervention.
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Lost in Transition: How Trade Adjustment Assistance came up short (and where it succeeded)
By prioritizing robust reforms to our existing unemployment and workforce systems that benefit all workers — not just those who can prove that their jobs were eliminated due to AI — Congress can help the U.S. workforce retool without repeating the mistakes of TAA.
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