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The official account of the Social Science Division at Columbia University, dedicated to featuring faculty news.
Barbara Faedda, the IA's Exec Director, and Marco Pizzo, Vice Director, Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento, developing a long-term project to provide the IOCH with valuable documentation, rare unpublished materials, & exclusive archival content. tinyurl.com/3h8rh77f
Professor Lori Flores' recent article for The Guardian explores how recent ICE raids will negatively impact America's food labor system, exploring the profound harm caused to both immigrant workers and the food supply: theguardian.com/environment/20…
Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History @Columbia, has been named to the SSRC Board of Directors. Among his past leadership positions, Professor Katznelson has served as president of the @ssrc_org as well as the American Political Science Association.
We're pleased to welcome Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History @Columbia, to the SSRC Board of Directors. Katznelson is a former president of both the American Political Science Association and the Social Science Research Council.
New AI-based screening tools developed at @Columbia could help people identify early signs of dementia, before memory problems become obvious. magazine.columbia.edu/article/would-…
Professor Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science and the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, will serve as Acting Director of @HarrimanInst this academic year. ow.ly/Yzyp50WfIFn
We're excited to announce that Jack Snyder will serve as our Acting Director during the 2025-26 academic year while Valentina Izmirlieva pursues a fellowship at Columbia’s Institute for Ideas & Imagination in Paris. A warm welcome to Jack Snyder! ow.ly/Yzyp50WfIFn
Listen to Joseph Slaughter, author of FAITH IN MARKETS, discuss the interplay between religion and capitalism throughout American history with Bob Crawford and Ben Sawyer in an episode of The Road to Now! buff.ly/d9VgHkT #AmericanHistory #ListenUP @Road_To_Now
Professor of Economics Richard H. Clarida published a new @nberpubs working paper examining the 2021–2022 global inflation surge and the belated but aggressive monetary policy response: nber.org/papers/w33885 @columbia_econ
Examining the 2021–22 global inflation surge and the belated but aggressive monetary policy response, from Richard H. Clarida nber.org/papers/w33885
From our new issue: "Confronting Core Issues: A Critical Assessment of Attitude Polarization Using Tailored Experiments " by YAMIL RICARDO VELEZ (@YamilRVelez) and PATRICK LIU (@patrickpliu) #APSRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…
ICYMI: take a look back through the myriad programming organized by @ColumbiaIGP during the 2024-2025 Academic Year:
A look back at the 2024-2025 Academic Year at @ColumbiaIGP. There’s much more to come next year! Get the details ➡️ igp.sipa.columbia.edu/year-in-review… @ColumbiaSIPA
Annals of anti-monopoly: This just dropped today. When did Americans start seriously worrying about media concentration? Hint: in the 1930s. How did this debate shape media coverage of the Second World War? promarket.org/2025/06/17/how…
Professor @VickyMurilloNYC, Director of Columbia's @ILASColumbia, was interviewed for a piece in Clarín discussing Trump's strategic targeting of universities. Read more via the link below:
🎙️ “Hay una decisión estratégica de Trump de ir contra las universidades”, dice @VickyMurilloNYC, directora del Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos, en una entrevista imperdible con @natashaniebiesk. 👉 clarin.com/politica/decis…
Forthcoming in the AER: "Monopsony and Employer Mis-optimization Explain Why Wages Bunch at Round Numbers" by Arindrajit Dube, Alan Manning, and Suresh Naidu. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
The quantitative study of business cycles began with Professor Wesley Clair Mitchell, who created @nberpubs. Read more about his work quantifying the business cycle through Mitchell's archived papers via @columbialib's Rare Book & Manuscript Library: findingaids.library.columbia.edu/archives/cul-4…
🔎👣🗂️ En el ciclo "Pensar la desaparición", @clomnitz analiza la presencia social de quienes han sido desaparecidos, entendiendo su ausencia como una clave para descifrar las lógicas políticas contemporáneas. 🔸 Martes 1 de julio · 18 h #entradalibre 🔸 Ciclo: Pensar la…
July 30 3:00-4:00 pm ET, via Zoom @ssrc_org presents a virtual lecture by Oeindrila Dube, Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at @HarrisPolicy: "A Cognitive View of Policing: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Improve Officer Training" tinyurl.com/5n7zf3mm
Eduardo Moncada, Barnard College Claire Tow Associate Professor of Political Science, weighs in for The New York Times on escalating violence and extortion in Peru, and its implications for Latin America. Read more: nyti.ms/4kT2JIg
The Department of @IRAASColumbiaU and @ColumbiaGSAS proudly announce the creation of a new doctoral program in African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS). The program will welcome its inaugural cohort in fall, 2026. tinyurl.com/yw523hpz vimeo.com/1094118048
Columbia @GlobalCenters' Scholars-in-Residence program supports faculty and researchers spending time at one of 11 Global Centers around the world. The first cohort of scholars was announced in February 2025. globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/2025-s…
We're looking forward to the 2025 Translating Ukraine Summer Institute this summer and thrilled that our alumna Ali Kinsella (MARS-REERS '14) will be teaching the literary prose component! @HURI_Harvard ow.ly/yBBH50W3zw6
Professor of @columbia_econ Gautam Gowrisankaran, w co-authors R. Andrew Butters and Jackson Dorsey, has published a paper in the latest issue of @ecmaEditors, entitled, "Soaking Up the Sun: Battery Investment, Renewable Energy, and Market Equilibrium" doi.org/10.3982/ECTA20…
Econometrica Volume 93, Issue 3 (May 2025) is now online econometricsociety.org/publications/e…