Archon Fung (born 6 April 1968),[1] is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Democracy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and co-founder of the Transparency Policy Project.

[citation needed] Fung's dissertation looked at the impact of the participatory involvement of Chicago's residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups to reform education.

[3][non-primary source needed] A review of Empowered Participation in the journal Environment and Planning C noted its "rigorous theoretical framework" but called it "marked by some contestable normative and political assumptions" and said: "From an empirical perspective Fung's qualitative approach remains insufficiently explored.

[5] Full Disclosure examines transparency as a regulatory tool for protecting the public interest through the lens of eighteen major policies, including those designed to improve car safety and restaurant hygiene.

This work introduces the notion of targeted transparency – where the disclosure of information serves to bridge a gap in knowledge that otherwise contributes to public risk or service failures.