Dr. Margaret Weir

Biography

Margaret Weir is the Wilson Professor of Political Science and International Public Affairs at Brown University. She has been with Brown since 2016 and previously held the Avice M. Saint Chair in Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, she has served as a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. Weir's research focuses on social policy, poverty, and urban politics in both the United States and Europe. Her notable publications include works co-edited with Frances Rosenbluth, and coauthored with Ira Katznelson, focusing on the intersections of race, class, and democracy. Weir has authored over 40 journal articles and book chapters and has received various fellowships for her work. She served as the director of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Building Resilient Regions and has participated in several editorial boards. In 2020, she received the Norton Long Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association’s Urban Local Politics Section. Currently, she is working on a book titled 'New Metropolis: Spatial Inequality in Twenty-First Century America,' examining the political mobilization and policy conflicts experienced by low-income residents across 25 large metropolitan areas.

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