IPD Faculty Directors
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 focuses on the culture, behavior and reform of international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Her most recent work examines transparency and accountability in international development aid, focusing on the evolution and impact of information disclosure and open data policies. Dr. Weaver has contributed to the development of systems to track and dynamically geomap international development aid, climate change adaptation and food security assistance using GIS technology and fieldwork in Africa, Asia and Central America. Dr. Weaver writes broadly on the shifting power, players and paradigms in global economic governance, including the rise of new international development institutions. She is the author of numerous books, articles and policy reports, including Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform (Princeton University Press).
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
Rachel Wellhausen is an Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, with courtesy appointments at the McCombs School of Business and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Her research in international relations and international political economy focuses on the impact that multinational corporations, financial markets, international institutions, and political risk have on development. She also works on development issues within the United States, particularly regarding American Indian tribes and US territories. Rachel has published in the American Political Science Review, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, MIT Press, and other outlets. In her book, The Shield of Nationality: When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms (Cambridge University Press 2015), Rachel uses firm nationality to explain conflicts between host governments and multinational corporations.
See Rachel's faculty page here.
Email: rwellhausen@utexas.edu
See Rachel's faculty page here.
Email: rwellhausen@utexas.edu