22 Facts About Margaret Levi

Margaret Levi was born on 1947 and is an American political scientist and author, known for her work in comparative political economy, labor politics, and democratic theory, notably on the origins and effects of trustworthy government.

Margaret Levi earned her BA from Bryn Mawr College in 1968, in political science.

Margaret Levi began her PhD studies on urban and regional planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Margaret Levi joined the faculty of the University of Washington after earning her PhD from Harvard University in 1974.

From 2014 to 2022, Levi was the Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

Margaret Levi is the Jere L Bacharach Professor Emerita of International Studies in the Department of Political Science of the University of Washington.

Margaret Levi held the chair in politics of United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney from 2009 to 2013.

Margaret Levi previously served as the Harry Bridges Chair and Director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington.

Margaret Levi has since "pushed rational choice analysis into new substantive areas", for example, in examining people's acceptance of military conscription in Consent, Dissent, and Patriotism.

In other work, Margaret Levi investigates the conditions under which people come to believe their governments are legitimate and the consequences of those beliefs for compliance, consent, and the rule of law.

Margaret Levi's research continues to focus on how to improve the quality of government.

Margaret Levi is committed to understanding and improving supply chains so that the goods we consume are produced in a manner that sustains both the workers and the environment.

Margaret Levi's scholarship has made pioneering contributions to understanding enduring questions about the conditions for and consequences of trust and distrust, compliance and resistance, and individual versus collective action.

Margaret Levi was general editor of the series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics.

Margaret Levi is a member editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and co-editor of the Annual Review of Political Science.

Margaret Levi has served on the boards of the: Social Science Research Council ; Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Madrid; Scholar and Research Group of the World Justice Project, and the Berggruen Institute.

Margaret Levi became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 2002, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Margaret Levi served as president of the American Political Science Association from 2004 to 2005.

Margaret Levi was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science as of 2017.

Margaret Levi was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018 and the British Academy in 2022.

Margaret Levi is the 2019 winner of the Johan Skytte Prize.

Margaret Levi received an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2019.