From Ken Roberts' recent research in Ecuador and evidence ripped from headlines worldwide, when political parties stoke partisan conflicts–often by contesting formal state institutions, like systems for managing elections–actual democratic capacity may take a hit as public opinion polarizes.

Raj Kumar, vice chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University visited the Cornell campus in August. Jindal is a Global Hubs partner in India.

Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students.

Government PhD candidate Vincent Mauro shares his strategies for making the most of your time at an international collection of primary materials. Mauro's fieldwork was supported by the Einaudi Center's Global PhD Research Awards. 

Einaudi Center director Rachel Beatty Riedl kicked off the event with remarks highlighting the center's core commitments: collaborations that advance knowledge, advocacy, and thought leadership to inform global publics, and teaching and learning that open doors to new worlds.

“Polls suggest Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enjoys a sizable advantage and might avoid a second round of voting, but President Jair Bolsonaro has discredited the electoral process and blamed the media for an uneven playing field,” says Gustavo Flores-Macias, associate vice provost for international affairs. 

Scholars from Ghana, South Africa, Singapore, China, Japan, Australia , the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the U.S. will present research at an Oct. 6-7 conference at the ILR School on labor market inequality for global migrants in the Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

At the event, Aftershocks: Geopolitics Since the Ukraine invasion, a panel of faculty and experts raised concerns about worldwide consequences stemming from the ongoing conflict that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Four dissident critics now living in exile in the United States will share their experiences at Dissidence: Exiled Writers on Resistance and Risk, a reading and reception on Friday, September 23.

September 15–17: Kaushik Basu, Einaudi, and Cornell's Department of Economics welcome economists from around the world. Find out how to attend.