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Michael G. Findley

Title: Professor, Government and Public Affairs

Company: University of Texas

Location: Austin, TX

Educational Background

PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Utah State University, 2002
B.A., Utah State University, 2000

Huntsman School Interactions:

Focused Fridays - February 8, 2019

Biography

Michael G. Findley is Professor of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Findley conducts research on political violence, international development, and international law, with extensive fieldwork in:

Colombia
Kenya
DRC
Sudan
South Sudan
South Africa
Uganda

His publications appear in leading presses, journals, and law reviews including:

Cambridge University Press
Strategic Management Journal
Journal of International Business Studies
Public Choice
World Development
American Journal of Political Science
Journal of Politics
Comparative Political Studies
International Organization
British Journal of Political Science
Annual Review of Political Science
Penn Law Review
Minnesota Law Review
The American Statistician
Transactions in GIS, and Complexity

He also works extensively in collaboration with various policy organizations including the World Bank, USAID, African Development Bank, UNICEF, UN Peacebuilding Fund, UN Development Program, International Aid Transparency Initiative, and many developing country governments to promote evidence-based policymaking. Such work has resulted in numerous impact evaluations (and reports), policy publications, official policy working papers, and policy reviews.