| Naazneen Barma naaz@berkeley.edu
Naazneen Barma is a doctoral student in the Political Science Department at UC Berkeley. Her research interests lie in exploring how different types of political and institutional governance mechanisms affect political stability and economic development outcomes in poor countries. Her dissertation work is focused on reconstructing state capacity in post-conflict countries. Prior to graduate school, Naazneen worked at the World Bank on public sector reform and institutional development in poor countries. She has worked in the field on civil service and governance reform projects in Afghanistan , Cambodia , and East Timor , among other countries.
Naazneen is also a research associate at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, working on a project that explores the parameters of what innovative technologies can achieve in terms of developmental outcomes. Her recent research has examined the reach and potential impact of open source and free software (OSFS) applications in the developing world, in particular, the development implications and possible policy directions surrounding OSFS for developing country governments and their public institutions, civil societies, and businesses. She has also conducted research on the broader opportunities that information technology presents for developing countries, and has recently organized two BRIE workshops on issues in development and technology. Related publications include: Weber, Steven and Naazneen Barma (2003). “Open Source and Free Software: Development and Policy Implications.” Chapter in UNCTAD E-commerce and Development Report 2003 and Naazneen Barma (2003) “The Prospects and Pitfalls of Information Technology-Driven Development Strategies and Assistance.” Unpublished manuscript, presented at American Political Science Association annual meeting, August 2003; and at BCIS seminar, October 2003. Supported by the Berkeley Center on the Information Society (BCIS) summer grant program.
Betsy Carter betsy@uclink.berkeley.edu
Betsy Carter is a doctoral student in Political Science at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include the impact of supranational organizations and regional integration on state governance and corruption. She is further interested in comparative European political economy, both contemporary labor market reforms and new areas of economic growth in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the U.K. In addition to her studies, Betsy consults the World Bank on governance and corruption reform. Prior to arriving at UC Berkeley, Betsy worked for an NGO in Lusaka, Zambia and taught at both Yunnan University in Kunming, China and l’Academie de Paris in Paris, France. Most recently, Betsy has been studying North American Political Economy at the Sorbonne, Trans-Atlantic Studies at the University of Bath, and Comparative US-EU Federalism at the Sciences-Po. Betsy attended Whitman College, where she majored in both economics and philosophy, and minored in French literature. She received both her M.P.A. and her M.A. in international studies from the University of Washington.
Crystal Chang crystalchang@berkeley.edu
Crystal Chang is a PhD student in the department of political science at the University of California , Berkeley . Her primary research interests include the political economy of Asia and global technology trends. She is currently interested in the evolving regulatory environment in countries like India and China with respect to the communications and biotech industries. Prior to attending UC Berkeley, Crystal spent two years managing business development for computer and server manufacturer, Tyan Computer, in their Shanghai office. She also worked for two years as an investment manager at Harbinger Venture Management, a Taiwanese-invested venture capital firm with offices in Taiwan , China , and California . She holds a Master’s of Pacific International Affairs from UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and a Bachelor’s in International Relations with a Minor in Chinese Language from Stanford University .
Alberto Diminin adiminin@berkeley.edu
Alberto is a Ph.D. student in City and Regional Planning at U.C. Berkeley. His current research deals with R&D and technology management, with implications for both corporate strategy and innovation policy for regional economic development. He worked on research projects dealing with industrial policy evaluation and technology transfer. He received a BA in Economics from the Sant’Anna School in Pisa , Italy and an MS in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta .
Kenji Kushida kkushida@berkeley.edu
Kenji grew up in Tokyo and attended an international school until college. He received Bachelors degrees in Economics and East Asian Studies, and a Masters in East Asian Studies at Stanford University while working as a research assistant at the Stanford Asia/Pacific Research Center and US/Asia Technology Management Center. He entered UC Berkeley Political Science PhD program in 2003, and is a Graduate Student Researcher at the Berkeley Roundtable for the International Economy. Kenji is currently working on research examining the role of next-generation telecommunications networks in Asia on innovation and global competition. For his dissertation, he is examining the role of Foreign Direct Investment on Japan’s political economy.
Jordan Gans-Moore g_morse@berkeley.edu
Jordan Gans-Morse is a doctoral student in the political science department at University of California , Berkeley . His fields of specialization include comparative politics, political economy, and the politics of post-communism. His current research focuses on how privatization affects political outcomes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union . Prior to coming to Berkeley he worked as a Junior Fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Russia-Eurasia Program in Washington, DC and studied in Moscow as the recipient of an International Exchanges and Research Board (IREX) Russian-American Young Leadership Fellowship.
Toby Schulze-Cleven tobysc@socrates.berkeley.edu
Tobias Schulze-Cleven, a PhD Student in Political Science, received his Bachelors degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford University . He is interested in the continued evolution of the European Social Model, including both strategies for growth as well as those for social inclusion. On the nation-state level, his work has concentrated on different approaches to welfare state reform, as strongly conditioned by the interaction of social policy arrangements with systems of production. He has paid particular attention to the evolution of pension provision as a key nexus of private financial markets and public systems of social protection. With continued European integration we can witness a rebundling of authority above and below the nationstate level. His research on the relationship between post-EMU European financial market integration and corporate pension arrangements has reflected this trend. Recently, Tobias has been looking at the impact of EU enlargement on the prospects for employer-union coordination in West European economies and has paid particular attention to how enlargement changes the choice set for employers’ supply-chain management (see e.g. outsourcing). His publications include: “Gradualism and Systemic Breaks in German Pension Policy”, forthcoming in R. Kent Weaver (ed.), Lessons in Pension Reform from Abroad, The Brookings Institution Press (with Martin Hering and R. Kent Weaver).
Bart Watson bwatson@berkeley.edu
Bart Watson is pursuing a PhD in the department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley as well as being a graduate student researcher at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy. His primary research interests include the political economy of advanced industrial democracies, the ongoing global services transformation, and European redistributive politics. He is currently interested in the new opportunities unlocked by the increased productivity in services and their application to slow growth problems in continental Europe. He hopes to uncover new tradeoffs and potential in balancing equality, growth, and budgetary restraint. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from UC-Berkeley and a Bachelor’s in Political Science with a Minor in Economics from Leland Stanford Junior University. |
