Guy Grossman is a Professor in the Political Science department of the University of Pennsylvania. His research is in applied political economy, with substantive focus on the intersection of technology and governance, migration, displacement and human trafficking and conflict processes (mainly) in the context of developing countries. He serves as a scientific advisor for IPA's Human Trafficking Research Initiative. He is also the founder and academic director of Penn’s Development Research Initiative (PDRI). He has designed and carried out field studies in sites across Africa, in collaboration with various international agencies, including the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development, the US Agency for International Development, Department of State as well as with African governments and local non-governmental organizations.