BROWSE EXPERTS AND FELLOWS
Belfer Center researchers include Harvard faculty members, project directors and other expert staff, senior fellows and fellows. They contribute frequently to outside publications, advise government officials, participate in special commissions, brief journalists and policymakers, and share research results with specialists and the public.
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LEGEND:
Fellow
Doug Ahlers
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Doug Ahlers is currently working on a book that examines the role of the Internet in the changing power dynamic between individuals/groups and nation-states. A resident of New Orleans, he started the Kennedy School Broadmoor Project, a collaborative redevelopment effort between the hurricane-devastated Broadmoor neighborhood and KSG.
May Al-Dabbagh
Associate, The Dubai Initiative
May Al-Dabbagh is a research associate with The Dubai Initiative, research fellow and lecturer at the Dubai School of Government (DSG) where she is director of the Gender and Public Policy Program and faculty advisor for the Women and Leadership Development Program.
Graham Allison
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Member of the Board
Director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Graham Allison has for three decades been a leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest in terrorism.
Laura Diaz Anadon
Project Manager, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment Policy Project, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Anadon's current research interests include: the intersection between science, technology and environmental policy; energy-technology evaluation and its use in the development of energy policy, particularly in the context of environmental constraints; and the role of international cooperation in addressing the world's energy problems.
Kayhan Barzegar
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Kayhan Barzegar is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, and a lecturer at the School of International Relations in Tehran.
Emma Belcher
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Emma Belcher is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Ms. Belcher's dissertation examines international cooperation to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through the Proliferation Security Initiative.
Tom Bielefeld
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom
Tom Bielefeld is pursuing a doctorate in physics with the University of Bremen. His research interests comprise nuclear and missile nonproliferation, radioactive sources security, radiological attack preparedness and response, and nuclear forensic science.
Philipp C. Bleek
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Philipp Bleek is a Ph.D. candidate in international relations in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His dissertation explores whether and under what conditions states pursue and acquire nuclear weapons in response to rival proliferation.
Robert Bosco
Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in international Affairs/International Security Program
Robert Bosco is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Connecticut. His current research focuses on the relationship between security, Islam, and political obligation in Western Europe.



