Speaker
Jeremy M. Weinstein
PhD 2023, Dean of Faculty and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Jeremy Weinstein is Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at Harvard
Kennedy School. He is an award-winning researcher and teacher with expertise on civil
wars and political violence; ethnic politics; the political economy of development;
democracy and accountability; and migration. He is the author of Inside Rebellion: The
Politics of Insurgent Violence, co-author of Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of
Collective Action, and co-editor of Crime, Insecurity, and Community Policing. For his
research, Weinstein received the International Studies Association’s Karl Deutsch
Award, given annually to the scholar under 40 who has made the most significant
contribution to the study of international relations.
In recent years, he has also written on issues at the intersection of technology and
democracy, including in a co-authored book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong
and How We Can Reboot.
Before coming to Harvard, he was the Kleinheinz Professor of International Studies at
Stanford University, where he led major initiatives, including Stanford Impact Labs and
the Immigration Policy Lab, which catalyzed partnerships between researchers and
practitioners with the goal of generating innovative policies, programs, and interventions
to meaningfully address important social problems.
Weinstein has also held senior roles in the U.S. government at the White House and
State Department, most recently as Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations during President Obama’s second term. As Deputy, Weinstein was a standing
member of the National Security Council Deputies’ Committee—the subcabinet policy
committee with primary responsibility for advising the National Security Council, the
Cabinet, and the President on foreign policy issues. Before becoming Deputy, he served
as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.During President Obama’s
first term, he served as Director for Development and Democracy on the National
Security Council staff at the White House.
Weinstein holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MA and PhD in political
economy and government from Harvard University.
Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
Alrababah, Ala, Marine Casalis, Daniel Masterson, Dominik Hangartner, Stefan
Wehrli, and Jeremy Weinstein. “Reducing attrition in phone-based panel surveys:
best practices and semi-automation for survey workflows.” Political Science
Research and Methods (07 March 2025).
