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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.

IES director Mabel Berezin joined Here & Now to talk about the legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen. The segment aired on January 7.
Fuel cell expert Héctor Abruña (LACS) will receive the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government.
Gunisha Kaur (Migrations) published a study in Nature Mental Health showing high rates of stress and pain symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease in U.S. asylum seekers.
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).
Ten area studies and government experts weigh in on worldwide elections.
“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.