Lund Critical Debate
Noted experts in international affairs meet on Cornell’s campus for the Einaudi Center’s annual Lund Critical Debate. These debates on pressing issues in world news and policy are moderated by Einaudi Center faculty.
Meet Thomas Edward Garrett
Einaudi's Lund Practitioner in Residence
Tom Garrett will be in residence at the Einaudi Center in fall 2024 with a focus on Democratic Threats and Resilience. He will engage with this year's Undergraduate Global Scholars. He served from 2017 to 2024 as Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, a global intergovernmental coalition. Read Tom Garrett's bio.
April 11, 2024: Getting to Climate Justice
This hybrid event explored how citizens and policymakers worldwide can act to increase justice in our shared climate crisis.
- Kate Aronoff: climate journalist, The New Republic
- Joshua Busby: security expert, University of Texas at Austin
Cornell Chronicle: Lund Panelists Chart Different Paths to Climate Justice; YouTube: Watch the Video
Past Lund Debates
2023: Democracy and Its Opposites
- Thomas E. Garrett, Community of Democracies
- Damon Wilson, National Endowment for Democracy
Cornell Chronicle: Lund Debate to Bring Democracy Experts into Conversation; YouTube: Watch the Video
2022: Migration in the Age of Pandemics
- Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab, World Health Organization Deputy Director-General
- Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair
Cornell Chronicle: Lund Debate Examines Migrations, Global Public Health, YouTube: Watch the Video
2020: The Police and the Public
- Luís Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser
- Christian Davenport, University of Michigan
Cornell Chronicle: Lund Critical Debate to Address Global Policing, Social Justice, YouTube: Watch the Video
2019: U.S.-Mexico Relations Under Trump
- Sandra Fuentes-Berain, Mexican Ambassador Emeritus
- Roberta Jacobson, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Cornell Chronicle: Ambassadors to Address Border Policy, Cornell Daily Sun: Status Quo or Radical Change?