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Archon Fung

Harvard Kennedy School

Archon Fung directs the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He examines policies and practices that aim to deepen the quality of democratic governance. He focuses upon public participation, deliberation, and transparency.

Archon's books include Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency (Cambridge University Press, with Mary Graham and David Weil) and Empowered Participation: Reinventing Urban Democracy (Princeton University Press). He served as Academic Dean of the Kennedy School from 2014-2018 and was its Acting Dean in 2015. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Reinventing Democracy: How Hometowns Are Strengthening America

Featuring Danielle Allen, Jason Artman, Sayu Bhojwani, Kristerfer Burnett, Jerren Chang, Louise Dubé, Archon Fung, Mark Gomez, Shamichael Hallman, Linda Harris, Chris Hughes, Joseph Kahne, Malka Ranjana Kopell, Tom Latkowski, Eric P. Liu, Martha McCoy, Anu Natarajan, Carmen Ortiz, David W. Oxtoby, Maria Perez, Pete Peterson, Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Kelleen Leishman Potter, Alex Renirie, Max Resnik, Lynn Ross, Hollie Russon Gilman, Dave Smith, Palma Joy Strand, Judy Woodruff, and Richard Young
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