Institute for African Development
Announcing 2023 Awards
Einaudi Seed Grants Finding Fertile Soil
Read about new awards and research funded in 2022, including Alex Flecker (Amazon aquaculture) and Victoria Beard (Global Survey of City Leaders).
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Ideas, and Coffee, Robust Enough for the Climate Crisis
Rachel Bezner Kerr, Einaudi
Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, says of farmers in Malawi, “People here can be really innovative and inspiring. Not only at the individual level but in their cooperation with each other, too.”
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Faculty Research Spotlight: How can big tech serve small farms?
Ed Mabaya, IAD
“I believe in the power of technologies in transforming agriculture and rural development,” said Ed Mabaya, research professor in global development. “Beyond the ability of agriculture and food systems to feed and nourish us, they are also the pathway to development, prosperity and peace.”
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Meet the Climate Hackers of Malawi.
Rachel Bezner Kerr, IAD
Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development, says: “In some regions of the world it will become not possible to grow food, or to raise animals. That’s if we continue on our current trajectory.”
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Sudan: Insight into Current Events
May 4, 2023
11:00 am
This webinar will offer insight into the currents events taking place in Sudan. Please register to attend.
Speakers
Dr. Nisrin Elamin, University of Toronto
Dr. Mai Hassan, MIT
Dr. Deen Sharp, London School of Economics
Moderator
Dr. Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for African Development
IAD: Contemporary Béninois dance and Francophone performing arts residencies facing issues of social justice
May 4, 2023
5:30 pm
Arts Quad
SUNY-Purchase Fulbright Artist in Residence Marcel Gbeffa and Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Centre Chorégraphique Multicorps will visit Cornell to perform a Contemporary Béninois dance recital and give a lecture on “Contemporary Béninois dance and Francophone performing arts residencies facing social justice”
The event is made possible with support from IAD’s UISFL grant. The event is bilingual FRN/ENG with consecutive translation.
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for African Development
IAD Africa Community Grant
The Institute for African Development (IAD) is accepting proposals for innovative community development projects to be implemented in Africa during the summer/winter of 2023-24.
Onward, Upward?
Tristan Ivory on Immigrants' Outcomes
Einaudi faculty member and past Global Public Voices fellow is tracking the long-term effects of migration.