Lauren Honig

Lauren Honig is an associate professor of political science at Boston College. Her research and teaching focus on the political economy of development and comparative politics in African countries. She is particularly interested in the politics of property rights, the roles of informal and customary institutions, natural resource governance, and state-citizen linkages.

Several of her research projects examine land rights and political authority. This includes her book, Land Politics: How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal (2022, Cambridge University Press). Her research has been published in African Affairs, American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, Democratization, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Modern African Politics, Perspectives on Politics, and World Development. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Fulbright Council, and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), among others. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University.