CID’s faculty affiliates embody the breadth and depth of international development research at Harvard. Faculty affiliates hail from across the University and work in every region of the world, on every topic in development.

Livia Alfonsi
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Labor; Behavioral Economics; Development Economics
Desmond Ang
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Race; Political Economy; Economic History
Dara Kay Cohen
Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Political Violence; Civil War; Gender
Rema Hanna
Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Public Economics; Tax; Social Insurance; Transfers; Environment
Rembrand Koning
Mary V. and Mark A. Stevens Associate Professor Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Strategy; Opportunity; Advice; Management
Eliana La Ferrara
Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Social Norms; Gender and Family; Economics of the Media
Ana Langer
Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Emerita
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Areas: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Maternal Health; Abortion; Vulnerable Populations
Dan Levy
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Education; Teaching and Learning; Education Technology; Program Evaluation; Impact Evaluation; RCTs; AI
Mashail Malik
Assistant Professor of Government
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Ethnic and Racial Politics; Migration and Immigration; Political Psychology
Zoe Marks
Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Political Behavior; Conflict; Violence; Gender; Inequality
Vesall Nourani
Assistant Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Areas: Education; Learning; Community Development; Social Learning; Rural Development
Pia Raffler
Assistant Professor of Government
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Political Economy of Development; Accountability and Representation; Local Governance; African Politics; Experiments
Natalia Rigol
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Microenterprises; Microfinance; Financial Inclusion; Health; Gender; Social Norms; Political Corruption; Agriculture
Fatema Sumar
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy;
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Development Diplomacy; Governance, Political Economy, and Public Management; Sustainability; Gender and Inclusion