Weatherhead Scholars Program

Damir Kapidžić

Damir Kapidžić

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo.

Research interests: Democracy and authoritarianism; Eastern Europe; Southeast Asia; institutional politics; ethnic conflict; power sharing; democratic innovations; deliberative processes; and citizens' assemblies.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Noam Lupu

Noam Lupu

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University.

Research interests: Comparative political behavior; class and inequality; democratic representation; political violence; parties and partisanship; democratic erosion; elections; and Latin America.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Angélica Márquez-Osuna

Angélica Márquez-Osuna

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History of Science, Harvard University.

Research interests: Latin America; transnational history; agrarian studies; modernity and innovation in the tropics; environment; history of biology; animal studies; and beekeeping.
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61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Eve M. McCloud

Eve M. McCloud

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Colonel, United States Air Force.

Research interests: Geostrategic forecasting and net assessment; modern Middle East and North Africa; threats; geopolitics; geoeconomics; technology; cooperation; and social change.
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61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Diego F.  Osorio

Diego F. Osorio

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Senior Advisor, Government of Canada; PhD Candidate, Utrecht University; Adjunct Professor, Adler University.

Research interests: Climate change, peace, and security; fragility and conflict prevention, dialogue, mediation, and negotiation; use of complexity science and climate related conflicts; and geopolitics and political economy of climate security.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Young Sun Park

Young Sun Park

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Former Minister, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Republic of Korea.

Research interests: Digital democracy and future industry.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
William Phelan

William Phelan

Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin.

Research interests: European court of justice; history of the EU and European law; postwar French politics; politics and courts; courts and international relations; and international collective action problems.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Engy Said

Engy Said

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2023). Diplomat, Foreign Service, Egypt; PhD Candidate, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University.

Research interests: Political economy; peace studies; and conflict resolution; postconflict peace building; Middle East and North Africa; and identity and conflict.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Maha Shehade Switat

Maha Shehade Switat

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa.

Research interests: Law and society; ethnic, racial, and gender inequality; labor markets; and labor and employment law.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Esha Sraboni

Esha Sraboni

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.
PhD, Department of Sociology, Brown University.

Research interests: Transnational feminism and critical development studies; sociology of knowledge, science, and technology; sociology of law and human rights; and South Asia.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Rachel Steely

Rachel Steely

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History, Harvard University.

Research interests: History of capitalism; biotechnology; and agribusiness in the twentieth century.
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1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Lúcio Vinhas de Souza

Lúcio Vinhas de Souza

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Advisor, Policy Planning and Strategic Foresight Division-STRATPOL; Secretariat-General, European External Action Service (EEAS).

Research interests: International economic and monetary policy; geoeconomics and geopolitics; and emerging markets.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Hadas Zur

Hadas Zur

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University.

Research interests: Urban sociology; violence; urban conflicts; crime and policing; digitization; smart cities; and digital sociology.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138