CID’s Faculty and PhD Affiliates join a vibrant global development research community at Harvard—connecting through exclusive events, interdisciplinary research collaborations, teaching opportunities, and platforms that amplify their expertise and impact across education, economic development, global health, governance, and more.
CID Faculty Affiliates
Enjoy access to CID's 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
Enjoy 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. Students at every year of their PhD program are eligible to join the CID community as PhD 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: The CID Research Scholars Program connects Harvard undergraduate and master's students with research opportunities that support the work of CID Faculty Affiliates and PhD Affiliates.
Faculty Affiliates and PhD Affiliates can submit a Research Assistant job descriptions here. CID will advertise the opportunity to the CID student community, collect applications for your review, and assist with the hiring process once you have selected a candidate.
The program is open to all CID Faculty Affiliates and PhD Affiliates. A limited amount of need-based funding is available, with preference given to PhD students and Junior Faculty. Faculty with their own funding are also encouraged to participate.
Please note: this program has been updated from our previous matching model. Rather than matching students with faculty and PhD students, CID now advertises individual Research Assistant opportunities, connects interested students with Faculty and PhD Affiliates, and supports the hiring process.
Submit your Research Assistant job description here.
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: CID amplifies PhD Affiliate Job Market Papers (JMP) 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: We are pleased to offer sponsored research administration to all HKS affiliated faculty. We intend to expand these services across more Harvard schools in the future. 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.
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 2026 Schedule (subject to change)
| Date | Seminar Guest | Title |
| February 2 | Gomez Agou (IMF & CID Senior Fellow) | "Why Debt Relief Didn’t Stick: A Duration Analysis of Post-HIPC Debt Distress” |
| February 9 | Vincent Pons (Harvard Business School) | “(How much) do national elections matter for policy and the economy?” |
| February 23 | Ken Rogoff (Econ Dept.) | “A Tale of Two Countries – The Real Estate Crises in 1990s Japan and Contemporary China” |
| March 2 | Melissa Dell (FAS) | |
| March 9 | Pol Antras (Econ Dept.) | "Global Trade and the Geopolitical Landscape" |
| March 23 | Nidhiya Menon (HKS/Brandeis) | |
| March 30 | Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) | * |
| April 6 | David Weinstein (Columbia) | |
| April 13 | Reza Baqir (HKS) | "Preferred creditor status in sovereign debt restructuring" |
| April 20 | George Borjas (HKS) | "The US H-1B visa program" |
| April 27 | TBA |
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Research from CID Faculty
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