Ryan Sheely

Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-205
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 23
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-1748
Email: Ryan_Sheely@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Sally Makacynas (617-495-1197)
Ryan Sheely

Profile

Ryan Sheely is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy.  During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years, he will also be a Giorgio Ruffolo Post-Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science at the Center for International Development. His current research focuses on public goods provision and state capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa.  He has conducted randomized evaluations and extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in several pastoralist communities in the Laikipia Region of Kenya, He is also the co-founder of the SAFI Project, a nonprofit organization that coordinates waste management and recycling activities in northern Kenya.  His research has been supported by the International Livestock Research Institute, the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, and the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence. He holds a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University, and a PhD in Political Science, also from Yale.

 

Courses

Spring

  • DPI-401 Institutions and Development