The Einaudi Center’s new Global Public Voices initiative promotes Cornell faculty’s public engagement on campus, in national debates, and around the world.

As a Global Public Voices faculty fellow, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with an international colleague—or we’ll match you with a new collaborator in your region of interest. You’ll work in tandem to expand the reach of Cornell’s academic expertise to new audiences in the United States and abroad.

Thought Leadership for Global Publics

New barriers are being erected in our world today, and governments and their citizens alike are turning inward. The global order of unequal exchange and mobility affects every aspect of society, but the consequences are unevenly distributed.

Global Public Voices seeks to address these inequities by elevating the scholarship and voices of faculty thought leaders. Thought leadership is using our academic research and expertise to speak to questions of our times—to reach, inform, and influence broad and diverse publics. In doing so, we can expand public understanding in line with scientific knowledge. At the same time, thought leaders will be informed by global publics, leading to new and necessary approaches to international studies.

We aim to promote a diverse set of scholars across contextual and geographical divides and bring together scholars, thinkers, and makers who are likely to see new solutions and envision a more just and secure future.

This Year's Theme: Global Racial Justice

The Einaudi Center supports public scholarship, thought leadership, and advocacy campaigns for antiracism and racial justice in education, migration and citizenship regimes, climate and land policy, economic opportunities, food systems, health, politics, and policing. Read more about Einaudi’s racial justice research.

Deadline

Applications are closed.

Amount

$1,000 research award. As fellows for the 2020–21 academic year, each pair of faculty will also receive:

• Media and outreach training
• Media Relations Office contacts and support
• Public-facing promotion, including video
• Opportunities for policy brief writing and events
• Support in pursuit of external funding
• Monthly fellows’ dialogues on vision, goals, and practice

Global Public Voices fellows are eligible to seek AY2020–21 Einaudi seed funding to support their public scholarship.

Eligibility

Applications are open to all tenure-track faculty and academic staff who seek to engage with new public audiences. This includes professors of the practice, clinical professors, and lecturers; this cycle is not open to postdoctoral fellows and associates.

You may apply to partner with an international colleague or an existing international team. If you don't have an international partner at the time of your application, please leave the partner field blank in your application. If you are selected, we’ll work with you and our regional networks to identify a new collaborator in your region of interest.

Participants must commit to attending monthly virtual dialogues and producing at least two forms of public scholarship during the yearlong program. We are committed to building a cohort that is inclusive across all identities and backgrounds. We will take into account a variety of factors, including but not limited to race/ethnicity, geography, age, gender, and area of expertise.

Please email Einaudi director Rachel Beatty Riedl with any inquiries.