Mike Findley
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Michael Findley is the Erwin Centennial Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also Professor (by courtesy) at the McCombs School of Business and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is co-director of Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD), a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar, and a Provost's Teaching Fellow. He is also a member of the Evidence in Governance and Politics Network and the AidData Research Consortium. 

Findley conducts research on the globalization of illicit financial flows, political violence, and international development, using a variety of methods including field experiments, statistical computational models, geospatial analysis, and extensive focus groups and interviews. He has published in leading political science outlets including Cambridge University Press, American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Annual Review of Political Science, as well as leading journals in other disciplines including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Penn Law Review, and Complexity. He currently conducts fieldwork in Colombia, Kenya, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, South Africa, and Uganda. (For details, see Publications and Projects pages.)

Findley's policy work includes collaborations with the World Bank, USAID, African Development Bank, UN FACTI, UNICEF, UN Peacebuilding Fund, UN Development Program, International Aid Transparency Initiative, and many aid recipient country governments (For details on policy work, see here).

Other Profiles: Google Scholar page; ResearchGate page; LinkedIn profile


Findley is also co-founder and President of Evaluasi, a startup focused on improving the impact of corporate social responsibility.

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​My book Global Shell Games with Dan Nielson and Jason Sharman. Feel free to have a look at the book website at the link below or the teaser video to the right. 


Recent Work (See all publications here): 
  • Banking Bad field experiment [available on request] 

  • "Aiding War: How Foreign Aid Intensifies War." Forthcoming at International Studies Quarterly. 

  • "Do Natural Resources Really Cause Conflict" Journal of Conflict Resolution
News and Updates:
  • Appointed to hold the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Chair in Government (Sept 2021)
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  • Appointed to Provost's Teaching Fellows (2020-)
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  • Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD) Annual Report: see here
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Department of Government
The University of Texas at Austin
3.102 Batts, Austin, TX, 78712 (email)
@mgfindley