New Faculty and Research Scholars 2024–25

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"SIPA is on a trajectory of momentous growth, with a world-class faculty of scholars dedicated to solving today's most pressing policy challenges. The cohort of incredible new faculty who will join us this year will build on our excellence across disciplines. I am thrilled to welcome them into our community, and we look forward to their many contributions."

— Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo

Below, we are pleased to highlight several notable faculty additions for the 2024–25 academic year. We extend a warm welcome to all new members.

Teaching Faculty

Camille François MIA ’13 specializes in how organized actors use digital technologies to harm society and individuals, and she has developed and implemented a number of methodological innovations in the field of trust and safety. Her work to understand and mitigate digital harms spans from cyber conflict to online harassment. She joins SIPA as an assistant professor of professional practice, after having previously been a lecturer and senior researcher at the School. François coleads, with Maria Ressa, a new independent innovation lab on AI and democracy at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP).

Jeffry Frieden joins SIPA as a professor of international and public affairs and political science and is a member of IGP’s affiliated faculty. Frieden was most recently professor of government at Harvard University and is a renowned scholar with a research and teaching focus on the politics of international economic relations. The New York Times Book Review called his 2006 book, Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century (W. W. Norton), “one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written.” Frieden received his BA and PhD from Columbia University.

“I study representation and public policy in American cities and states. My work investigates business owners and executives as city politicians. I examine how voters view business candidates, why they run for office, and how they impact policy in cities. My findings suggest that candidates—not voters—are the key to understanding why Americans elect so many business owners and executives.”

— Jeffry Frieden

Patricia A. Kirkland joins SIPA as an assistant professor of international and public affairs after having served as assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. Kirkland received her PhD in political science from Columbia University. She studies American politics, with a focus on subnational politics and public policy. Her ongoing research leverages original data with a combination of experimental and observational methods to explore representation, public finance, and fiscal health in American cities.

“I study representation and public policy in American cities and states. My work investigates business owners and executives as city politicians. I examine how voters view business candidates, why they run for office, and how they impact policy in cities. My findings suggest that candidates—not voters—are the key to understanding why Americans elect so many business owners and executives.”

— Partricia A. Kirkland

Robert Metcalfe joins SIPA as professor of international and public affairs, with a professorship of energy policy. Metcalfe, who most recently was a professor of economics at the University of Southern California, studies applied microeconomics, with a focus on energy and environmental markets, transportation, firm and labor productivity, and public policy. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London.

“The objective of my research is to explore the behaviors of individuals and organizations in markets that influence the environment. Over the next 10 to 20 years, we will witness significant transformations in how energy is generated and used, and how society organizes itself around such changes. My aim is to contribute to the economic and policy science that ensures these changes are both efficient and equitable.”

— Robert Metcalfe

Ambassador Victoria Nuland, a US diplomat for more than three decades who served as undersecretary of state for political affairs for the last three years and as acting deputy secretary of state from July 2023 to February 2024, joins SIPA as the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy. Nuland also directs SIPA’s International Fellows Program and is a member of IGP’s affiliated faculty.

Maria Ressa, the Nobel laureate and Filipino-American journalist known for her pioneering efforts to protect media freedom in the Philippines, joins the SIPA faculty as a professor of professional practice. She served as an Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellow at the School’s Institute of Global Politics in 2023–24. Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” She is probably best known for the intrepid journalism of Rappler, a digital news site she cofounded in the Philippines.

Research Scholars

Nadav Eyal, a prominent journalist and award-winning author, joins SIPA as a senior research scholar, with an affiliation at IGP. Eyal is a senior columnist for Yediot Ahronot, Israel’s most circulated newspaper, and the news website Ynet, where he writes a weekly column devoted to Israeli decision-making, regional affairs, and global politics. He is also a senior commentator for Keshet 12, Israel’s most watched TV channel. Eyal is a winner of the Sokolov Award, Israel’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, and is the author of the bestselling book Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization (Ecco, 2021).

“For the last quarter century, my job has been to cover decision-makers and policies—sometimes policies over life and death. It will be my privilege to be able to contribute to conversations on global affairs and provide fact-based analysis, drawing on my long experience covering senior decision-making.”

— Nadav Eyal

Stephen Peter Rosen, one of the most renowned theorists of military innovation, joins SIPA as an adjunct senior research scholar, with an affiliation at IGP. Rosen is the Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University. He was the master of Winthrop House during the years 2003–09, also at Harvard University. For the term 2002–07, he was named a Harvard College Professor, an award given in recognition of excellence in undergraduate teaching. He is also the recipient of the 2002 prize for excellence in teaching, awarded by the Alpha and Iota Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the 2017 Levinson Prize awarded by the students of Harvard College. 

“I study, and support the work of students with an interest in, the changing character of warfare caused by trends in digital information technology, shifts in economic power, and declining normative constraints on nuclear weapons use. Basic research into these trends and the different ways in which actors are responding to them will support the development of American strategies to defend our national interests.”

— Stephen Peter Rosen