About IPD
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Highlighting Our Work
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Scholarly Contributions: IPD produces high quality scholarship appearing in leading scholarly outlets, including the top-ranked journals and book presses, such as American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, World Development, the Penn Law Review, Princeton University Press, and Cambridge University Press, and has been featured in The Economist, New York Times, NPR, and many other global media outlets. Our work has also been featured in numerous high-level policy forums, including at the US Senate, US State Department, National Intelligence Council, US Institute of Peace, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and several agencies within the United Nations. Wherever possible, we include students as co-authors and co-presenters. Student Success: IPD students have won prestigious fellowships, presented at professional conferences, led research teams, organized their own teams, collaborated with researchers around the world, and more. Alumni have embarked on impressive careers in academia as well as at the World Bank, UN agencies, the US State Department, USAID, global non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and the private sector. |
Curriculum Innovations: IPD has created several novel courses, including a year-long research practicum in the Government Department, an undergraduate mentorship and research training program through the Robert S. Strauss Center, and summer joint internships with leading organizations in Washington DC. IPD also sponsors professional internships in international development for students globally, including in Nepal, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, East Timor, Senegal, Mexico, Haiti, and Honduras. Students have attained critical skills for careers in development, including training in geographic information systems, statistical methods, grant proposal and analytical writing, evaluation methods, primary fieldwork, social media, and professional presentation skills. Collaborations: IPD has worked in collaboration with the World Bank, African Development Bank, UN Peacebuilding Fund, US Agency for International Development (USAID), US Department of Defense, the US Federal Reserve, and many non-governmental organizations in the US and abroad. |
Our Directors
Michael Findley, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government.
Daniel Nielson, Professor of Government.
Catherine Weaver, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Strategies.
Michael Findley, Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Government.
Daniel Nielson, Professor of Government.
Catherine Weaver, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Associate Dean for Academic Strategies.
Previous Research Teams and Student Leaders
2021-2022:
Banking Bad, led by Eoin Power
Data4Development, led by Nina Nomura
Data4Peace - Afghanistan, led by Briana Villarreal and Elaine Pauli
Data4Peace - Policing, led by Elaine Pauli
Data4Environment, led by Anthony Calacino
Gender, Ethnicity, and Elections, led by Jane Walters
Governance and Corruption, led by Mike Denly
Government Responsiveness, led by Danny Cowser
Trade War, led by Danny Cowser
IPD Communications, led by Briana Villarreal
2021-2022:
Banking Bad, led by Eoin Power
Data4Development, led by Nina Nomura
Data4Peace - Afghanistan, led by Briana Villarreal and Elaine Pauli
Data4Peace - Policing, led by Elaine Pauli
Data4Environment, led by Anthony Calacino
Gender, Ethnicity, and Elections, led by Jane Walters
Governance and Corruption, led by Mike Denly
Government Responsiveness, led by Danny Cowser
Trade War, led by Danny Cowser
IPD Communications, led by Briana Villarreal