PEOPLE | 2006-2007 Fellows

Dissertation Fellows

Rosalind Dixon
S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

Research Interests: Constitutional Design and Comparative Constitutional Law, focusing on "Designing Constitutional Dialogue" between courts and legislatures in Commonwealth countries.

Quoc-Anh Do
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: Governance and economic development, in particular relating corruption, inequality, population, business environment to economic performance at country, sub-country regions or firm levels.

Patricio Fernandez
Ph.D. Candidate, Economics Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: The intertwining between economics and moral and political philosophy, with a focus on the economic approach to normative questions. Law and economics; the theory of action and practical reasoning; consequentialism and deontology.

David Grewal
Ph.D. Candidate, Government Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: Tracing the history of the idea of interpersonal comparison in nineteenth and twentieth century economics and philosophy.

Bert Huang
J.D./Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School and Economics Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: Empirical analysis of legal interpretation, legal procedure, and judicial discretion; regulation of discrimination in labor markets.

Helene Landemore
Ph.D. Candidate, Government Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: The status and plausibility of the argument from the "wisdom of the crowds" as a key element in the justification of democracy.

Alison Post
Ph.D. Candidate, Government Department, Harvard University

Research interests: The politics of public goods provision, particularly infrastructure and public utilities; sub-national politics in contemporary Latin American and 19th century U.S.; U.S. federal tax policy; research methodology.

Rahul Sagar
Ph.D. Candidate, Government Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: The consequences of state secrecy for democratic and republican theory. Also ancient, modern and contemporary political philosophy, democratic and republican political theory, and international relations theory, especially the foreign policy of India.

Patrick Sharkey
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: The stratification of America's neighborhoods; intergenerational mobility across neighborhood environments; the relationship between residential stratification, wealth, and economic stratification; the consequences of residential stratification for adolescent development; urban crime and violence; social policy.

Research Fellows

Angus Burgin
Ph.D. Candidate, History Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: The reconstruction of American economic and political thought following the Second World War.

Magnus Feldmann
Ph.D. Candidate, Government Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: Post-communist transition, examining comparative and international political economy; language politics; and institutional reform and inequality.

Elisabeth Jacobs
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Department, Harvard University

Research Interests: Economic volatility; the relationship between economic security and opportunity; personal economic risk management; citizen expectations for public and private institutions

Complete list of all current fellows' research.