Archon Fung

Professor of Public Policy
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Co-Director,
Transparency Policy Project
Office Address
Taubman-320
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9846
Fax: 617-496-1722
Email: Archon_Fung@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Andra Hibbert (617-495-3919)
Archon Fung

Profile

Archon Fung is Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research examines the impacts of civic participation, public deliberation, and transparency upon public and private governance. Recent books include Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency (Cambridge University Press, with Mary Graham and David Weil) and Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy (Princeton University Press). Current projects examine democratic reform initiatives in electoral reform, urban planning, public services, ecosystem management, and transnational governance. He has authored five books, three edited collections, and over fifty articles appearing in journals including American Political Science Review, Public Administration Review, Political Theory, Journal of Policy and Management, Environmental Management, American Behavioral Scientist, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and Boston Review.

 

Courses

Fall

  • PAL-218 Innovations in Democratic Governance: Solving Public Problems
  • API-601 The Responsibilities of Public Action

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. “Do all Bridges Collapse? Possibilities for Democracy in the European Union.” Politische Vierteljahresschrift 48.4 (December 2007): 730-739.
    • Fung, Archon. "Democratic Theory and Political Science: A Pragmatic Method of Constructive Engagement." American Political Science Review 101.3 (August 2007): 443-458.
    • Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "Listen to the Citizens: The Radical Way Forward for the European Union." Harvard International Review (November 2, 2006).
  • Book Chapters
    • Fung, Archon. "Citizen Participation in Government Innovations." Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication. Ed. Sandford F. Borins. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
  • Op-Eds
    • Fung, Archon. "A Citizen Congress." Boston Globe, October 16, 2007.
    • Culpepper, Pepper D., Archon Fung, and Taeku Lee. "Public Deliberation and Legitimate Governance." openDemocracy.net, October 15, 2007.