Daniel Esser
Associate Professor
School of International Service
American University
United States of America
Biography
Daniel Esser Associate Professor School of International Service Additional Positions at AU Metropolitan Policy Center Faculty Fellow Center for Health, Risk and Society Faculty Affiliate Center for Latin American and Latino Studies Faculty Affiliate Professor Esser's current research investigates the social foundations of political legitimacy in non-democratic settings. This new line of inquiry builds on his widely cited work on urban governance, development effectiveness amid armed conflict, and global health politics. Prof. Esser has conducted field research in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Mexico and has published in World Development, Third World Quarterly, the Journal of Modern African Studies, Environment and Urbanization, the Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, Global Public Health, the Journal of Social Policy, Urban Studies, Ethics & International Affairs, Communication Theory, Critical Planning, the Journal of Business Ethics, Learning and Teaching and Encyclopaedia Iranica, as well as in several edited books. A member of American University's Honors Faculty, he also serves as SIS Thematic Area Coordinator for Global Inequality and Development and teaches a doctoral seminar on policy analysis.
Research Interest
social foundations of political legitimacy
Publications
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"Interventionism and the Fear of Urban Agency in Afghanistan and Iraq," in: M. Kamrava (ed.), Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 81-97, 2016.
