Explore cutting-edge research by CID faculty affiliates on every topic in development.
CID’s Faculty and PhD Affiliates are invited to participate in events throughout the year, explore opportunities for research and teaching collaborations, and have their work amplified through various forums.
CID Faculty Affiliates have access to Community Core Services, which focus on promoting and amplifying faculty research and welcoming their research teams to CID student and researcher programming.
CID PhD Affiliates have access to several opportunities through their affiliation with the Center. CID PhD Affiliates are Harvard PhD students with a focus on development and who are advised by at least one of CID’s Faculty Affiliates. If you qualify, please nominate yourself as a CID PhD affiliate by completing this brief survey.
Opportunities for Faculty and PhD Affiliates:
Research Scholars Program
All CID Faculty and PhD Affiliates: CID will help match an undergraduate or master’s student with the skills required to support your research through our Research Scholars program. This program is open to all CID Faculty Affiliates and PhD Affiliates. There is a limited amount of need-based funding available, with preference given to PhD students and Junior Faculty. Apply now.
Research Dissemination
All CID Faculty Affiliates: to amplify your work through CID's website and social media, please reach out to Valerie Krempus. The CID team is equipped to support (or connect you to specialists) for writing projects such as policy briefs, webpage redesign, or Op-Eds.
All CID PhD Affiliates: Starting in AY24-25, CID intends to amplify PhD Affiliate Job Market Papers through CID Voices. Please reach out to Eve Margolis to let us know you’re interested in sharing your JMP.
Research Administration
All CID Faculty Affiliates: As of Spring 2024, we are pleased to offer sponsored research administration to all HKS affiliated faculty. We intend to expand these services across more Harvard schools in 2025. Please let us know if you are interested in such an offering.
Annual CID PhD Development Retreat
All CID Faculty and PhD Affiliates: Led by CID Faculty Affiliate Eliana La Ferrara, CID hosts an annual PhD Development Retreat in the beginning of the spring semester. The goal is to bring together DEV PhD students and faculty in an informal setting, to create an opportunity to present ongoing work and interact. In 2024, the PhD Development Retreat was cohosted with the Yale Economic Growth Center.
PhD Development Economics Lunches
All CID Faculty and PhD Affiliates: PhD Affiliates are invited to attend the PhD Development lunch, an opportunity for students to present their research and receive feedback from faculty and peers. You join the listserv here. For any questions, please email us.
Harvard/MIT Development Seminars
All CID Faculty and PhD Affiliates: Harvard and MIT cohost a weekly seminar in Economic Development that rotates between Harvard and MIT each semester. Learn more here.
Lunch on International Economic Policy (LIEP)
All CID Faculty Affiliates: An informal Monday faculty lunch seminar at Harvard Kennedy School, LIEP brings together CID Faculty Affiliates and invited guests to discuss ongoing research projects and the latest work in international development. Topics are meant to be highly policy oriented, and presentations need not take the form of a finished paper intended for an academic journal. For any questions about LIEP, email us.
Spring 2025 Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Seminar Guest | Title |
| February 3 | Rema Hanna (HKS) and Sudarno Sumarto (CID) | "Community Targeting at Scale" |
| February 10 | Wolfram Schlenker (HKS) | “Climate Regulation and the Price of Fossil Fuels” |
| February 24 | Livia Alfonsi (HBS) | "Bridging Labor Market Gaps and Building a Resilient Youth Workforce with Skills and Mentorship: Evidence from Uganda" |
| March 3 | Marlous van Waijenburg (HBS) | "Is Africa the next awakening manufacturing giant? Reflections from African economic history" |
| March 10 | Ricardo Hausmann (HKS) | "Overcoming Remoteness" |
| March 24 | Jaya Wen (HBS) | "How China Uses Economic Policies to Govern" |
| March 31 | Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard Econ) | “Attitudes toward Trade or Inflation” |
| April 7 | Alexis Tsipras (Member of the Hellenic Parliament; PM of Greece, 2015-19) | "Retrospective on the Greek crisis and recovery: Q and A" |
| April 14 | Dustin Tingley (Gov. Dept. & HKS) | TBA |
| April 21 | Wenxin Du (HBS) | TBA |