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Jenny Aker

Daniel G. Sisler Professor of Development Economics

Department of Global Development

Jenny Aker
Economic development in Africa
Information technology and development
Agricultural economics
Shorna Allred
Shorna Allred

Adjunct Professor

Natural Resources and the Environment

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Shorna Allred
Conservation social science
Environmental justice
Southeast Asia
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Andrew Bell

Schleifer Family Associate Professor of Sustainability

Department of Global Development

Andrew Bell
  • arb397 [at] cornell.edu
Agent-based modeling
Behavioral experiments
Rural livelihoods decision-making
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Aaron Benanav

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Aaron Benanav
  • aaron.benanav [at] cornell.edu
Automation, artificial intelligence, and the future of work
Unemployment, underemployment, and informality
Histories of social and economic development
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Rachel Bezner Kerr

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Field of Development Studies

Department of Global Development

Director, Institute for African Development

Global Cornell

Rachel Bezner Kerr
Agroecology
Food And Agriculture
Gender
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Kathryn Boor

Professor

Food Science

Professor

Department of Global Development

Kathryn Boor
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Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue

Professor

Department of Global Development

Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
Education, Development and Inequality
Population and Development
Sociological Research Methods
Jenny Goldstein
Jenny Goldstein

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Jenny Goldstein
  • goldstein [at] cornell.edu
Political ecology
Digital geography
Southeast Asia
Mario Herrero
Mario Herrero

Professor; Cornell Atkinson Scholar; Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences

Department of Global Development

Mario Herrero
  • mario.herrero [at] cornell.edu
Climate mitigation and adaption
Agri-food and livestock systems
Sustainability and environmental analyses
Thomas Hirschl
Thomas Hirschl

Professor

Department of Global Development

Thomas Hirschl
Demography, Social Stratification, Ideology
Poverty, Social Policy, Community Action
Youth Development, Social Behavior
John Hoddinott
John Hoddinott

H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy

Nutritional Sciences (CALS)

Professor

Department of Global Development

John Hoddinott
Economics
Nutrition
Food security
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Benjamin Houlton

Ronald P. Lynch Dean

Office of the Dean

Professor

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Professor

Department of Global Development

Benjamin Houlton
  • bzhoulton [at] cornell.edu
Global ecosystem processes
Climate change solutions
Agricultural sustainability
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Johannes Lehmann
Soil biogeochemistry, fertility management, organic matter, and carbon and nutrient cycling from wastes
Soil carbon sequestration and biochar systems
Sustainable agriculture in the tropics
Lori Leonard
Lori Leonard

Professor

Department of Global Development

Chair

Department of Global Development

Lori Leonard
Gender
Waste & garbage
Ethnography
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Chuan Liao

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Chuan Liao
Environment, development & justice
Climate change mitigation & adaptation
Statistical & spatial methods