Kyle Jaros is Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University of Oxford. He holds Ph.D. and A.M. degrees in Political Science from Harvard University, as well as an A.B. in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a Graduate Certificate in Chinese Studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies. Prior to coming to Oxford, Jaros was a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
His research explores subnational political economy and central-local relations in contemporary China. His first book manuscript, China’s Urban Champions and the Politics of Spatial Development, explores the politics of urban and regional development in an era of booming growth, while a second major project examines the changing position of cities in China’s state architecture. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as The China Quarterly, Modern China, and The Journal of Chinese Governance.
