Prof. Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
Professor & Founding Director, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Profile
ACADEMIC HOST
Dr. Ronit Levine
Faculty of Law
IAS Fulbright-TAU Senior Scholar
20.1.26-20.5.26
Education
- B.S. in Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1997
- M.A. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2003
- M.A. in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2006
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2009
Professional Experience
- Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2018–present
- Leads international research projects on governance, state-building, and political economy in fragile states
- Advisor to U.S. government committees on Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China
- Consultant for World Bank, UN, USAID on governance and policy programs
- Project Assistant, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global), 1996–1997
- Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin—Madison, School of Law, 2005–2007
Honors and Awards
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
- Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
- Elinor Ostrom Award, World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research, 2023
- Outstanding Civic Engagement Project, American Political Science Association, 2023
- Named one of the “World’s Top Thinkers,” Prospect Magazine (UK), 2022
- Multiple keynote addresses and testimony for U.S. Congress and international policy forums
Research Interests
- Comparative politics, political economy, governance and institutional design, customary law, state-building, post-conflict reconstruction, Central and South Asia
Professional Service & Policy Engagement
- Principal Investigator on numerous international development and governance projects
- Testimony to U.S. Congress on Central Asia, Afghanistan, and China
- Media commentary and policy outreach in major international outlets
Faculty
Law
Framework of visit
IAS Fulbright-TAU Senior ScholarsMethodology
Current YearSelected Publications
- Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan, Cambridge University Press, 2016
- The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights, Cambridge University Press, 2020
- Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan, Cambridge University Press, 2021
- Toward a Political Economy of the Commons, Edward Elgar, 2022
- Numerous journal articles on governance, property rights, state-building, and political economy in fragile and post-conflict states
