Introduction
Aila M. Matanock is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research addresses how international and other outside actors engage in fragile states. Her most recent work in on comparative policing. She has conducted fieldwork in Colombia, Central America, Melanesia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. Her 2017 book, Electing Peace: From Civil Conflict to Political Participation, was published by Cambridge University Press and won the 2018 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize. Her work has also been published by Foreign Affairs, Governance, International Security, Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and elsewhere. She previously worked at the RAND Corporation and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has held fellowships at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and UCSD’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and her A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University.
Expert
Aila M. Matanock is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research addresses how international and other outside actors engage in fragile states. Her most recent work in on comparative policing. She has conducted fieldwork in Colombia, Central America, Melanesia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. Her 2017 book, Electing Peace: From Civil Conflict to Political Participation, was published by Cambridge University Press and won the 2018 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize. Her work has also been published by Foreign Affairs, Governance, International Security, Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and elsewhere. She previously worked at the RAND Corporation and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has held fellowships at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and UCSD’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and her A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Migration, Monitoring and evaluation, Participation, Policy design and delivery, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social change / social transformations, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Social policy, Social protection, Strategic planning