Ann Florini is a Fellow in the Political Reform Program at New America, working on how innovative governance tools can help to address the intertwined challenges of climate change and democratic degeneration. She is also Vice Chair of the Economics of Mutuality Foundation Board; Vice President and Secretary of the Climate Democracy Initiative board; and a Founding Member of the Council on Economic Policies. Following senior stints at the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment, she founded the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University of Singapore and created a Masters on Tri-Sector Collaboration at Singapore Management University.
Her work addresses governance of complex systems, climate/energy policy, and cross-sector collaborations involving business, government, and civil society. Throughout her career, she has spearheaded major international initiatives on innovative approaches to global problem-solving. Her numerous books and articles have addressed innovations in governance, China’s governance, transparency and information flows in governance, the roles of civil society and the private sector in addressing public problems, and climate and energy governance.
She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master’s in Public Affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.