Paul Pierson
Director and Research Lead, Capitalism & Democracy
Research leads
Jonas Meckling
Research Lead, Climate
Marion Fourcade
Research Lead, Technology
Samuel Trachtman
Senior Researcher, Political Economy of California
Staff
Eva Seto
Associate Director, BESI
Amanda Behm
Associate Director, BESI
Diana Salazar
Program Administrator, BESI
Aaron Welch
Communications Specialist, BESI
Steering committee
Sarah Anzia
Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Neil Fligstein
Class of 1939 Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Marion Fourcade
Research Lead, Technology
Armando Lara-Millán
Associate Professor, Sociology
Jonas Meckling
Research Lead, Climate
Steven Vogel
Chair and Head Graduate Advisor, Designated Emphasis in Political Economy