Assistant Professor Victoria Shen was recently featured in a Governance and Local Development (GLD) Institute Fellow interview spotlighting her multi-award winning research on regulatory enforcement, her interdisciplinary integration of political science and environmental science, and her intellectual trajectory from Swarthmore to Stanford to here at WashU.
Shen is a 2025-2026 GLD Institute Fellow as part of a fellowship program designed for academics and practitioners to engage in research on local factors driving governance and development. The GLD Fellowship Program is a one-year, non-residential fellowship designed to expand networks, encourage research collaboration, and engage with scholars from all around the world. GLD Fellows attends the GLD Annual Conference and engage in GLD seminars and workshops. They have the opportunity to produce a GLD working paper, policy brief, or executive summary. Fellows receive assistance with research, data-related questions, and dissemination of their work.
You can read Shen's full interview on her website linked here.
About the Governance and Local Development (GLD) Institute
The Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD) is a research institute based at the University of Gothenburg and Cornell University. It was founded by Professor Ellen Lust in 2013 at Yale University. GLD researches why some communities excel in providing security, education, and healthcare while others struggle. We engage globally, develop methods, analyze key societal issues, and share findings with academics, policymakers, and the communities we study. You can learn more about the institute and fellowship program on their website: https://gld.gu.se/en
