Darin is an assistant professor of public policy and political science at the University of California Los Angeles. He studies the political economy of conflict and development, focusing on institutions and policies that promote investment and good governance and mitigate violence in the Global South. He co-founded and now co-directs the Project on Resources and Governance, an initiative that fosters research collaborations with policymakers to generate rigorous and actionable insights related to natural resource governance.

Darin received his Ph.D. in Political Science and M.A. in Economics from Stanford University. His research has been published in leading outlets in political science and economics, including The American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, International Organization, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.