The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

Director’s Message

Larry Diamond began his appointment as the third Director of CDDRL on March 1, 2009.

It gives me great pleasure to write this message to you as the new Director of CDDRL at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). Seven years ago, the Center was founded, with a mandate to explain how countries develop politically and economically —or fail to do so. In this relatively brief period of time, we have accumulated a strong record of innovative scholarship that crosses disciplinary and geographic boundaries. Read more...

Center News

Francis Fukuyama to Join CDDRL Faculty

Renowned expert on democracy and development Francis Fukuyama will join the CDDRL faculty starting July 1, 2010. He will fully engage in the Center’s research, teaching, and policy mission. Read more...

Program on Global Justice Now Part of CDDRL

The Program on Global Justice (PGJ), a research program which explores issues at the intersection of political norms and global political-economic realities, is now a part of CDDRL. Read more...

Three New Research Programs Established at CDDRL

The Center has established three new research programs to study human rights, liberation technology, and the interactions between poverty, inequality and democracy.

CDDRL Welcomes New Affiliated Faculty Members

The Center recently welcomed several affiliated faculty members from the Stanford community, coming from a variety of fields such as philosophy, law, economics, and computer science:

Josh Cohen, James Fishkin, Nicholas Hope, Jenny Martinez, Rosamond Naylor, Richard Roberts, Scott Rozelle, Debra Satz, Michael Tomz, Terry Winograd, Paul Wise

Full list of CDDRL affiliated faculty

2009 Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program

Since its inception in 2005, this highly competitive three-week program brings to Stanford rising leaders from major transitioning countries to examine and foster linkages among democracy, sustainable economic development, and good governance. This summer the Center welcomes 27 Summer Fellows from 26 countries such as China, Egypt, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, and Russia. For more information on the program and application deadlines, please click here.

Research at CDDRL

CDDRL Hewlett Fellowship

The Center awards between four and six fellowships each year to pre-doctoral students at the write-up stage and to post-doctoral scholars working on a wide range of issues related to the programmatic interests of the center. Fellows spend the academic year at Stanford University completing their projects, participating in seminars, and interacting with each other and the resident faculty and research staff. For fellowship information and deadlines, please click here.

2009-2010 Hewlett Fellows

Tasha Fairfield, UC Berkeley, “The Politics of Equity—Enhancing Tax Reform in Latin America”

Bethany Lacina, Stanford University, “The Origins of Political Violence: Language Groups and Civil Conflict in India, 1947-2008”

Aqil Shah, Columbia University, “Out of (Civilian) Control: The Pakistani Military and Politics in South Asian Perspective”

Dong Wook Kim, University of Wisconsin, “Assessing the Efficacy of National Human Rights Institutions”

Sean Yom, Harvard University, “Iron Fists in Silk Gloves: Building Political Regimes in the Middle East”

Program on Global Justice/Center on Ethics in Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

Fellows will teach one class (typically a seminar), participate in the Political Philosophy and/or Global Justice Workshops, and help in developing an inter-disciplinary ethics community across the campus. For fellowship information and deadlines, please click here.

2009-2010 PGJ/Center on Ethics in Society Fellows

Allegra McLeod, Stanford University, “The Criminalization of Migration Policy and Criminal Justice and Development”

Kieran Oberman, Oxford University, “Ethics Implications of International Migration— Medical Brain Drain from Developing Countries”

Visiting Researchers and Scholars

Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Jul - Aug 2009, “The Structural Sources of Authoritarianism in Pakistan”

Jakob Tolstrup, PhD Candidate, Aarhus Universitet, Aug 2009 - Dec 2009, “Leverage of the EU and Russia—A War of Influence in Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus”

Beth van Schaack, Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University, Sep 2009 - Jun 2010, “The Receptivity of International Institutions to the Legal Claims of Women”

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