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Mathew Abraham

Assistant Director, Tata-Cornell Institute

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ma947 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Evaluation methodologies
  • Agricultural value chains and markets
  • Food security in developing countries
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Made Adityanandana

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ma734 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agrarian change
  • Food security
  • Migration
Marvi Ahmed
Marvi Ahmed

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ma2285 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Political ecology of caste
  • Agrarian political economy
  • Community development
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Jenny Aker

Daniel G. Sisler Professor of Development Economics

Global Development Section

Contact

  • jca253 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Economic development in Africa
  • Information technology and development
  • Agricultural economics
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Adham Badawy

Ph.D. Student, Development Studies

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ab3263 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Water governance
  • Climate adaptation
  • Agent based modeling
Emily Baker
Emily Baker

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • eab365 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agricultural ecology
  • Natural resource management and "wilderness" conservation
  • Rural livelihoods and the dynamics of conflict, climate change, and socioeconomic inequality
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David Balgley

Ph.D. Student, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • dcb294 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Issues related to collective land in Morocco
  • Nature-Society relations, water governance, rural livelihoods, and land privatization
Aman Banerji
Aman Banerji

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ab2734 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • 'Global' cities & land markets
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Andrew Bell

Schleifer Family Associate Professor of Sustainability

Global Development Section

Contact

  • arb397 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agent-based modeling
  • Behavioral experiments
  • Rural livelihoods decision-making
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Aaron Benanav

Assistant Professor

Global Development Section

Contact

  • aaron.benanav [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • 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

Global Development Section

Director, Institute for African Development

Global Cornell

Contact

Interest

  • Agroecology
  • Food And Agriculture
  • Gender
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Mike Bishop

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Sociology

Global Development Section

Contact

  • bishop [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Power, race and social movements and institutions in rural USA
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Jordan Blekking

Postdoctoral Associate

Global Development Section

Contact

  • jpb377 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Food systems / food security
  • Spatial analysis
  • International agricultural development
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Maria Boa Alvarado

Ph.D. Student, Development Studies

Global Development Section

Contact

  • mdb339 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Sustainability of food systems
  • Climate-resilience
  • Rural development and dynamics of social change
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Jocelyn Boiteau

Postdoctoral Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute

Global Development Section

Contact

  • jmb575 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Food systems
  • Food loss and waste
  • International nutrition