Nick Admussen is an associate professor of Chinese literature in the Department of Asian Studies. He is the director of the East Asia Program and former director of the Cornell Contemporary China Initiative.

Kaushik Basu is the Einaudi Center's Carl Marks Professor of International Studies and professor of economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is is cofounder of Cornell Research Academy of Development, Law, and Economics (CRADLE), one of Einaudi's interdisciplinary research teams.

Rachel Bezner Kerr is a professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her research interests converge on the broad themes of sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition, and social inequalities.

Alexandra Blackman's research focuses on the relationship between political regimes and religious institutions. She is faculty director of the Einaudi Center's international relations minor.

Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue is a professor of global development in CALS and the Einaudi Center's incoming director. His research agenda broadly addresses the interrelationships between population, social change, and sustainable development.

Kathryn Fiorella is an associate professor of public and ecosystem health in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Her research interests include planetary health/one health, fisheries, livelihoods, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and environmental change.

Seema Golestaneh is an associate professor in Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies. Her research, situated at the nexus of anthropology and religious studies, is focused on expressions of contemporary Islamic thought in the Persian-speaking world.

Johannes Haushofer is a professor of economics and public policy and faculty fellow for the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program.

Robert Hockett is cofounder of Cornell Research Academy of Development, Law, and Economics (CRADLE), one of Einaudi's interdisciplinary research teams.

Peter Katzenstein is the Einaudi Center's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies in the Department of Government, College of Arts and Sciences. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics.

Beth Lyon is a clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School and faculty fellow for the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program.

Kenneth Roberts is the Susan August Rubinstein Professor of Government Professor of Government. He returns in fall 2026 for a second term as director of the Einaudi Center's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Rebecca Slayton is an associate professor of science and technology studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research and teaching focus on international security, governance, and cooperation since World War II.

Eric Tagliacozzo is the John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the director of the Einaudi Center's Southeast Asia Program, and a core faculty member of the Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program.

Robert Travers is a professor in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Einaudi Center's South Asia Program. His research focuses on the history of the British empire in India.

Christopher Way is the director of the Institute for European Studies and an associate professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences. He also serves as peace studies minor faculty for Einaudi's Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Vice Provost Wendy Wolford is the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.