Archon Fung

Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Co-Director
Transparency Policy Project
Office Address
124 Mt. Auburn - Suite 200N-238
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 74
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9846
Fax: 617-495-4948
Email: Archon_Fung@harvard.edu
Assistant
Juanne Zhao (617-495-2430)
Archon Fung

Profile

Archon Fung is Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship. 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 Labors 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

  • DPI-312 Sparking Social Change
  • DPI-562 Public Problems: Advice, Strategy and Analysis

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
    • Fung, Archon. "Infotopia: Unleashing the Democratic Power of Transparency." Politics & Society 41.2 (June 2013): 183-212.
    • Fung, Archon, Hollie Russon Gilman, and Jennifer Shkabatur. "Six Models for the Internet + Politics." International Studies Review 15.1 (March 2013): 30-47.
    • Fung, Archon. "Continuous Institutional Innovation and the Pragmatic Conception of Democracy." Polity 44.4 (October 2012).
    • Fung, Archon, and Mark E. Warren. "The Participedia Project: An Introduction." International Public Management Journal 14.3 (October 2011): 341-362.
  • Book Chapters
    • Fung, Archon, Jane Mansbridge, and Dennis F. Thompson. "A Systemic Approach to Deliberative Democracy." Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale. Ed. Parkinson, John, and Jane Mansbridge. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
    • Fung, Archon. "Calling Publics into Existence: The Political Arts of Public Management." Ports in a Storm: Public Management in a Turbulent World. Ed. John D. Donahue and Mark H. Moore. Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Khagram, Sanjeev, Archon Fung, and Paolo de Renzio, eds. Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability. Brookings Institution Press, 2013.
  • Reviews
    • Fung, Archon. "Reinventing Democracy in Latin America." Review of Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil, by Leonardo Avritzer; Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil, by Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. Silva; Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America, Edited by Andrew Selee and Enrique Peruzzotti; and Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability, by Brian Wampler, Perspective on Politics, 9.4, December 2011: 857-871.