Elizabeth Parker-Magyar
Research Affiliate
email ekpm@mit.edu
Elizabeth Parker-Magyar is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Her research focuses on bureaucratic and contentious politics in the Middle East. Based on extensive field research in Jordan, her dissertation traced how public sector workers’ social networks impact local governance, policy implementation, and political life. She completed a PhD in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will join Yale University as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in July 2025.
Projects
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News October 2023
[MIT News] Finding Solidarity in the Teachers’ Lounge
MIT PhD candidate Elizabeth Parker-Magyar finds close workplace networks among educators drive their activism even outside of democracies.
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Projects October 2019
Dissertation and Seed Grants
A compilation of research projects and outcomes by MIT Political Science graduate students supported by MIT GOV/LAB.
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News November 2022
How and Why State Workers Influence Policy and Politics in Jordan
We speak with Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, MIT PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics and Political Methodology and MIT GOV/LAB Graduate Fellow.