Gordon Howard Hanson (born August 5, 1964)[1] is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
[1] His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Industry agglomeration and trade in Mexico, and his doctoral advisor was Michael J. Piore and was co-advised by Paul Krugman.
[4] In 2001, he joined UCSD as a professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, a position he held until 2012.
[1] He previously served as the acting dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.
[4] For instance, his research has concluded that high-skilled immigrants benefit the U.S.'s economy through innovation, and that low-skilled immigrants do so through other means, including the fact that they are more willing to move to find work than native-born workers in the U.S.[6] He has also studied the effects of NAFTA on industries and workers since the agreement was signed in the 1990s.