Anthropologist Natasha S. Raheja received the Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences for her book The People, in Parts: The Majoritarian...

Thirty-two Cornell students from several colleges have been awarded IES graduate and undergraduate fellowships in 2026 to engage in research in and...

Kaushik Basu, an economist at Cornell University and co-chair of the U.N. GDP commission, discusses challenges in adopting alternative prosperity...

Muna Ndulo, former director of the Institute for African Development and professor of law, delivered the keynote address at “Celebrating 30 Years of...

Cristóbal Young, a sociology professor at Cornell University, argues that the migration rates of the ultra-wealthy are very low and that the threat of...

Polarization is often created by political elites aiming to gain popularity, but it can also be caused by social conflicts rooted in extreme...

On May 7, 2026, the 2025-26 cohort of IES graduate fellows gathered for a symposium titled “Tracing Europe: Methods, Archives, and...

Isabel Perera (IES) has won two prestigious book awards for “The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies”...

Marielena Hincapié, an immigration law and policy fellow at Cornell Law School, played a key role in supporting Carlos Della Valle's release from ICE...

Rebecca Nelson, Cornell researchers, and Kenyan partners have developed a fertilizer made from human excreta. The product improves soil health and...