Nathan Nunn is a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics. His primary research interests are in political economy, economic history, economic development, cultural economics, and international trade. He holds a Canada Research Chair in cultural economics and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) in the Boundaries, Membership & Belonging program, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, and a Research Fellow at BREAD. He is currently an editor at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.