Schar Faculty

  • Areas of Research: Foreign Policy, International Trade Law, National Security Law, Public Law, Security Policy, State Economic Development, Trade Policy, World Trade Organization

  • Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Europe, Federalism/State and Local Government, Qualitative Methods, Social Welfare Policy, Comparative Welfare States, European Union, Governance

  • Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Microeconomics, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Regulatory Policy, Private Regulation, Corporate Governance, Public Finance

  • Areas of Research: International Climate Change Policy, Environmental Ethics and Policy, Normative Dimensions of Emerging Technologies

  • Ellen Laipson is the director of the Master of International Security degree program and the Center for Security Policy Studies at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

  • Areas of Research: Economic Growth, International Economic Development, Human Capital, Foreign Direct Investment, International Trade and Global Labor Markets.

  • Areas of Research: Biostatistics, GIS and Spatial Statistics, Health Care Services and Policy, Chronic Diseases and Organ Transplants

  • Areas of Research: Biodefense, Foreign Policy, Global Health Security, International Relations, International Security, Middle East, Security Policy, South Asia, Terrorism

  • Areas of Research: Environmental Policy and Management, Climate and Renewable Energy Policy, Environmental Policymaking in Developing Countries, Collaborative Governance, Public and Private Partnerships for Sustainability

  • Areas of Research: Nonprofit Financial Management, the Role of Nonprofits in Civil Society, Nonprofit Arts Management, Cultural Policy, and Interorganizational Partnerships