Institution:
Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy and Academic Dean for Strategy and Engagement, Harvard Kennedy School

Interests:
International trade and globalization; international migration; labor markets and regional inequality; economic geography; “China shock” and trade adjustment; offshoring and global value chains; skilled immigration and innovation; urban and regional economic development

Description:
Gordon H. Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy and Academic Dean for Strategy and Engagement at Harvard Kennedy School, widely known for pioneering research on how globalization—especially trade with China—reshapes local labor markets and regional economies in the United States. An economist whose work spans trade, migration, and economic geography, he has published extensively in leading journals on topics ranging from the “China shock” and NAFTA to international migration and the long‑run determinants of comparative advantage, and he serves as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and co‑editor or past co‑editor of several major economics journals.