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Kathleen Thelen

Kathleen Thelen

Formal First Name
Kathleen
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Dates
1956 - present
Location
Cambridge, MA

Kathleen Thelen is the Ford Professor of Political Science at MIT, a Permanent External Member of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, and a Faculty Associate at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Her scholarship examines the origins and evolution of political-economic institutions in advanced democracies, with a particular focus on Western Europe and the United States. Her current research explores the political economy of new technologies and places the American political economy in comparative perspective. Thelen is widely recognized as a leading voice in the study of institutions and institutional change, and her contributions have earned her numerous honors and leadership positions in the field of political science.

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EARLY APPOINTMENTS

  • Thelen has served as President of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chair of the Council for European Studies and as President of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. 

  • She served as General Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series in Comparative Politics.


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