Chris Dann

Chris Dann

Chris Dann

  • CDDRL Predoctoral Fellow, 2026-27

Encina Hall, E109
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

Biography

Chris Dann is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Stanford University and is a current pre-doctoral fellow with the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). Before graduate school, he received a BSc from the London School of Economics and an MSc at the University of Oxford. He then returned to LSE for two years as a pre-doctoral fellow, working for economist Professor Sir Tim Besley. His research interests lie in the political economy of large-scale infrastructure investments and how these shape the social contract.