William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor About Christopher Berry Christopher R. Berry is the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the College. He is the Director of the Center for Municipal Finance. Professor Berry's research interests include American politics, metropolitan governance, municipal finance, and intergovernmental fiscal relations. He is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments, winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Politics from the American Political Science Association, Theory and Credibility (with Scott Ashworth and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita), and many other scholarly publications. Professor Berry's research has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Chicago Tribune, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and many other outlets. Professor Berry is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For access to Professor Berry's writings, please visit his research website. To learn more about his research on property tax fairness, visit www.propertytaxproject.uchicago.edu. Contact Information Room 2027 773.702.5939 crberry@uchicago.edu Curriculum Vitae Research Website Recent News Alumni Profile: Shruti Kapoor, AM’19 Thu., June 01, 2023 Sudan’s “Peculiar Political History”: 2023 Pearson Annual Lecture Tue., May 30, 2023 More news Upcoming Events PKU-UChicago Summer School Faculty Spotlight: Mini Class with Professor Yao Tang (Peking University) Thu., June 01, 2023 | 8:00 PM Graduation: University Convocation and Harris Hooding Ceremony Sat., June 03, 2023 | 9:00 AM University of Chicago Main Quadrangle Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events