World in Focus Briefs
Research and Policy Insights from Einaudi Experts
Explore recent research publications and op-eds by our faculty. Their global perspectives help put our world in focus.
Eleanor Paynter, Migrations postdoctoral fellow from 2019–22, has published a book on the so-called “migration crisis,” with a focus on migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
“Houston highlights how immigrant rights can be advanced in a place resistant to change,” writes Gleeson (Migrations) in a new coauthored book.
“Rhetoric is one thing,” says the Migration Program's Stephen Yale-Loehr (Law). “Actual implementation is something else.”
Migrations Program director Kathryn Fiorella coauthored an article, “Commercially Traded Fish Portfolios Mask Household Utilization of Biodiversity in Wild Food Systems,” in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS.
The Migrations Program's Amanda Rodewald (Lab of Ornithology) explains why people and birds migrate—and what communities and policymakers can do to develop sustainable solutions (podcast).
“The current debate about outsourcing is often framed as a battle between workers…. But this overlooks the fact that outsourcing is fundamentally a labor-versus-capital issue,” writes CRADLE's Kaushik Basu.
PACS associate director Sabrina Karim joined the Cornell Chronicle for an interview about her new book on how women's status affects different forms of political violence.
SAP program manager Daniel Bass speaks to the BBC about the election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake (video).