Michael G. Findley

It worked there. Will it work here?

That question decides billions a year in sanctions, aid, and post-conflict recovery, and it is usually answered by analogy. It runs both ways: what worked there may fail here, and what failed there may work here. I build evidence, and test how far each finding generalizes.

I publish in Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, AJPS, International Organization, Management Science, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Cambridge University Press. Fieldwork in Colombia, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, the Bahamas, and elsewhere.

Professor (by courtesy) at McCombs and LBJ · Co-director, IPD · Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar · EGAP member · President, Evaluasi