Jump to content

Draft:Roberto Stefan Foa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Roberto Stefan Foa
Foa speaking at the European Parliament in November 2023.
Alma mater
OccupationPolitical scientist
Websitewww.roberto.foa.name

Roberto Stefan Foa is a British political scientist. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University, where he completed his dissertation under the supervision of Nobel Laureate James A. Robinson.[1] He is Associate Professor in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge,[2][3] co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for the Future of Democracy[4][5][6][7] and an elected Executive Committee member of the World Values Survey.[8] His writings have appeared in the New York Times,[9] Wall Street Journal,[10] Foreign Affairs,[11] and Harvard Business Review.[12]. He serves as advisor to the United Nations[13] and Council of Europe.[14]

Foa's first degree was in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. He then served as a Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times and researcher at the World Bank in Washington DC,[15] where in 2008 he founded the Indices of Social Development project.[16] While in the United States he also founded the Washington European Society together with Domènec Ruiz Devesa and served as its first president.[17][18] His early academic contributions were in the fields of advancing global survey research (in collaboration with Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel),[19] as well as the study of democracy and democratic trends with Harvard peer Yascha Mounk.[20] His work on youth, democracy and global public opinion[21][22][23] has been used for discussion by organizations such as the Atlantic Council[24][25] and World Economic Forum,[26] and cited in The Guardian,[27] Financial Times,[28] and CNN.[29]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Foa, Roberto (1 January 2016). "Ancient Polities, Modern States". Thesis Submitted to Harvard University. – via Academia.edu.
  2. ^ "Roberto Stefan Foa". Google Scholar. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Dr Roberto Foa: Networks of Evidence and Expertise for Public Policy". Centre for Science and Policy. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Centre for the Future of Democracy - Launch Event". Bennett Institute for Public Policy. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ^ Amiguet, Lluís (11 July 2024). ""Roberto Foa: Researcher of Populism at the Centre for the Future of Democracy"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  6. ^ Jacobsen, Scott (5 October 2020). "An Interview with Dr Roberto Stefan Foa". World Intelligence Network. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ^ Munthe, Turi (24 March 2021). "The Backlash Against Democracy, with Roberto Foa". The Parlia Podcast. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  8. ^ "New WVSA Executive Committee elected". World Values Survey. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  9. ^ Foa, Roberto (15 September 2015). "Across the World, a Growing Disillusionment with Democracy". New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ^ Foa, Roberto (15 September 2019). "When Democracy is No Longer the Only Path to Prosperity". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  11. ^ Foa, Roberto (16 April 2018). "The End of the Democratic Century". Foreign Affairs. 97 (3). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  12. ^ Foa, Roberto (10 October 2024). "When Populists Rise, Economists Usually Fall". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  13. ^ "UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Public Profile Expert: Roberto Foa". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ^ "FOA Roberto 2023 - World Forum for Democracy 2023". Council of Europe. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Home". Roberto Foa. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  16. ^ Inclusion Matters: The Foundation for Shared Prosperity (PDF). The World Bank. 2013. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0010-8. hdl:10986/16195. ISBN 978-1-4648-0011-5.
  17. ^ "Past Board Members". Washington European Society. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies: Roberto Foa". Center for European Studies. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  19. ^ Schultz, Nora (27 August 2008). "Why the World is a Happier Place". New Scientist. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  20. ^ Taub, Amanda (29 November 2016). "How Stable Are Democracies? 'Warning Signs Are Flashing Red'". New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  21. ^ Coughlan, Sean (29 January 2020). "Dissatisfaction with democracy 'at record high'". BBC. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  22. ^ Brown, Aaron (8 February 2022). "Populism May Be Losing Its Influence Over Markets". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  23. ^ Carbonaro, Giulia (25 October 2022). "China is beating U.S. in the battle for influence over developing countries". Newsweek. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  24. ^ Walla, Katherine (16 February 2021). "This economic crisis is also a crisis for democracy".
  25. ^ Mounk, Yascha; Foa, Roberto Stefan (29 January 2020). "This Is How Democracy Dies". The Atlantic.
  26. ^ "The troubling charts that show young people losing faith in democracy". 1 December 2016.
  27. ^ Trilling, Daniel (29 January 2022). "As the tide of populism recedes, is it taking our civil liberties with it?". The Guardian.
  28. ^ "The young's discontent with democracy is worrying". Financial Times. 23 October 2020.
  29. ^ "Why Europe's young people are flirting with the far right". 25 June 2024.


Category:Living people Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:Harvard University alumni

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Roberto_Stefan_Foa&oldid=1258114879"