Matthew Bunn

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Littauer-339C
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 53
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9916
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: matthew_bunn@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Laura Dismore (617-496-2454)
Matthew Bunn

Profile

Matthew Bunn

Matthew Bunn is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His research interests include nuclear theft and terrorism; nuclear proliferation and measures to control it; the future of nuclear energy and its fuel cycle; and policies to promote innovation in energy technologies. Before coming to Harvard, Bunn served as an adviser to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as a study director at the National Academy of Sciences, and as editor of Arms Control Today. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books or major technical reports, and over a hundred articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a recipient of the American Physical Society's Joseph A. Burton Forum Award for "outstanding contributions in helping to formulate policies to decrease the risks of theft of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials"; and the recipient of the Hans A. Bethe Award from the Federation of American Scientists for "science in service to a more secure world."

Courses

Fall

  • IGA-232 Controlling Weapons Proliferation

Year

  • IGA-150Y Seminar: International and Global Affairs

Media Expertise

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Research

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

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Diaz Anadon, Laura, Valentina Bosetti, Matthew Bunn, Michela Catenacci, and Audrey Lee. "Expert Judgments about RD&D and the Future of Nuclear Energy." Environmental Science & Technology 46.21 (November 2012): 11497-11504.
  • Book Chapters
    • von Hippel, Frank (convening lead author), Matthew Bunn, Anatoli Diakov, Ming Ding, Robert Goldston, Tadahiro Katsuta, M.V. Ramana, Tatsujiro Suzuki, Suyuan Yu (lead authors), and Charles McCombie (contributing author). "Nuclear Energy." Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future. Ed. Johansson, Thomas B., Anand Patwardhan, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and Luis Gomez-Echeverri. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  • Commentary
    • Bunn, Matthew, and Abbas Maleki. "How to Avoid a War With Iran." Foreign Policy, May 21, 2012.
  • Public Testimony
    • Bunn, Matthew. "Testimony to the Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism." Canadian Senate, June 11, 2012.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Bunn, Matthew, Eben Harrell, and Martin B. Malin. "Progress on Securing Nuclear Weapons and Materials: The Four-Year Effort and Beyond." Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, March 2012.
    • Bunn, Matthew, and Eben Harrell. "Consolidation: Thwarting Nuclear Theft." Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, March 2012.