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
Joseph Kalt
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy
Faculty Affiliate, Environment and Natural Resources
Elaine Kamarck
Lecturer in Public Policy
Elaine C. Kamarck is a Lecturer in Public Policy. In the 1980s she was one of the founders of the New Democrat movement which helped to elect Bill Clinton president. She was senior policy adviser to the Gore campaign in the 2000 election.
Jennifer Keister
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program
Jennifer Keister is a Political Science Ph.D. Candidate at UC San Diego. Her work focuses on relationships between rebels and civilians, contributing to a better understanding of conflict micro-dynamics, which may better inform understanding both rebel groups and political settlements.
Ruud Kempener
Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Ruud Kempener develops, analyzes, and evaluates energy technology and innovation policy for government and industry. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and has been working on energy policy issues in the Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, and the UK
Rami Khouri
Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Rami Khouri serves as editor-at-large of the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. He is also the director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.
Asim Khwaja
Faculty Affiliate, The Dubai Initiative
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Affiliate with The Dubai Initiative. His areas of interest include economic development, corporate finance, education, political economy, industrial organization, contract theory, mechanism design, and computational economics.



