Archon Fung

Professor of Public Policy
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Office Address
Taubman-356
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
Linda Miklosko-Davis (617-384-9001)
Archon Fung

Profile

Archon Fung is Professor of Public Policy. His research examines the impacts of civic participation, public deliberation, and transparency upon public and private governance. His Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy examines two participatory-democratic reform efforts in low-income Chicago neighborhoods. Current projects also examine initiatives in ecosystem management, toxics reduction, endangered species protection, local governance, and international labor standards. His recent books and edited collections include Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance; Can We Eliminate Sweatshops?; Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions; and Beyond Backyard Environmentalism. His articles on regulation, rights, and participation appear in Political Theory; Journal of Political Philosophy; Politics and Society; Governance; Environmental Management; American Behavioral Scientist; and Boston Review. Fung received two SBs and a PhD from MIT.

 

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
    • Fung, Archon. "Democratic Theory and Political Science: A Pragmatic Method of Constructive Engagement." American Political Science Review 101.3 (August 2007): 443-458.
    • Fung, Archon. "Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance." Public Administration Review 66.s1 (December 2006): 66-75.
    • 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.
  • Books
    • Fung, Archon, Mary Graham, and David Weil. Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "Listen to the Citizens: The Radical Way Forward for the European Union." Harvard International Review (November 2, 2006).
  • 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.
    • Weil, David, and Archon Fung. "Fixing the Misinformation Age." Boston Globe, April 10, 2007.
  • Reviews
    • Culpepper, Pepper D., and Archon Fung. "What Can We Learn from Social Science about Democracy in Europe?" Reaction to "What Can We Learn from the Collapse of the European Constitutional Project?" in Politische Vierteljahresschrift by Andrew Moravcsik Notre Europe: Etudes et Recherches, September 2006.