Larry Diamond — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as a Senior Fellow at Stanford University since 1985, holding positions at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI).
Co-founded the Journal of Democracy in 1990, serving as its co-editor until fall 2022.
Co-led a 26-country study on democratization, which resulted in the 'Democracy in Developing Countries' book series (1988–1995).
Authored 'In Search of Democracy' (2016) and 'Transition Without End' (1997).
Earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Politics and Sociology from Stanford University.

Biography

Larry Jay Diamond is an American political sociologist and a prominent scholar in the field of democracy studies. He currently serves as the William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, where he has been a Senior Fellow since 1985.