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Dr. Macartan Humphreys
Honorary Professor, Economics
Honorary Professor, Political Science

Biography

EDUCATION:

BA History and Political Science, TCD, 1994

AM Government Harvard University, 1998

MPhil, Economics, Oxford University, 2000

PhD, Government, Harvard University, 2003

APPOINTMENTS:

WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Director, 2017 -

Trinity College Dublin, Honorary Professor, Economics and Political Science, 2022 -

Humboldt University Berlin, Honorary Professor, Social Sciences, 2017 -

Columbia University, 2003-2023, Professor (Full 2012-2023)

Research Expertise

Description

Political economy of development, political violence, inequality, causal inference