Mission

Cornell's International Political Economy (IPE) program, financed by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, is currently focused on multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to the politics of globalization. Each year, the IPE program focuses on hosting workshops of two different types. Some workshops focus on research in progress, bringing together scholars for intensive discussions of book manuscripts that are one revision away from submission to publishers.  Other workshops are thematically focused. Recent workshops have focused on the “future of the dollar”, with an emphasis on perspectives on the dollar’s changing role as an international currency, and on “sovereign wealth funds,” bringing together a range of scholars interested in understanding these funds’ origins and the impact that they may have on international politics. This year, with the support for Cornell's Institute for Social Sciences, we will host a workshop on the global consequences of the Great Meltdown of 2008-2009.