Archon Fung

Archon FungArchon Fung is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Co-Director of the Transparency Policy Project at the Taubman Center. His research examines how public and private governance can be improved through civic participation, public deliberation, and transparency. His Empowered Participatory Governance: Reinventing Urban Democracy examines two such systems in low-income Chicago neighborhoods. Current projects also examine participatory initiatives in ecosystem management, toxics reduction, endangered species protection, local governance, and international labor standards. His recent books and edited collections include Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance (Verso Press, 2003), Can We Eliminate Sweatshops? (Beacon Press, 2001), Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions ( Cornell University Pres,s 2001), and Beyond Backyard Environmentalism (Beacon Press, 2000). His articles on regulation, rights, and participation appear in Politics and Society, Governance, Environmental Management, American Behavioral Scientist, and Boston Review. Fung received two S.B.s and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.