IPD Leadership
Michael (Mike) Findley is Associate Professor of Government and Co-Director of IPD. His research addresses civil wars, terrorism, international relations and development and he publishes widely in all of these areas. He uses field experiments, statistical and computational models, and qualitative research. He conducts ongoing fieldwork and impact evaluations in several countries. His work on geocoding foreign aid has been adopted by the World Bank, USAID, African Development Bank, International Aid Transparency initiative and many aid recipient countries. Mike is also a Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Law & Security and a researcher with the Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program and Team Leader for the Conflict and Development Team in the AidData Research Consortium.
See Mike's webpage here and CV here.
Email: mikefindley@austin.utexas.edu
See Mike's webpage here and CV here.
Email: mikefindley@austin.utexas.edu
Catherine (Kate) Weaver is Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Co-Director of IPD. Her research is focuses on international development and global governance. Kate conducts extensive qualitative fieldwork all over the world and publishes widely on the political economy of aid and the reform of international development institutions. She is a lead researcher in Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program, in which she oversees the development of innovative methods to track and geomap international climate change and food security assistance for developing countries. She also studies the diffusion and evaluates the impact of open aid policies and practices. Kate is also a Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Law.
See Kate's faculty page here and CV here.
Email: ceweaver@austin.utexas.edu
See Kate's faculty page here and CV here.
Email: ceweaver@austin.utexas.edu
