Global Policy

Professor Tricia Olsen co-authored the article “The Disposable Oligarchs” in Foreign Affairs, which compares the United States’ recent political and economic shifts to oligarchs of recent history, particularly in post-Soviet Russia.

Professor Ragui Assaad co-athored the paper, "Wage returns to human capital resulting from an extra year of primary school: Evidence from Egypt," in the journal Economics of Education Review.

Professor Deborah Levison co-authored an article in The Conversation, along with Anna Bolgrien (PhD '21), titled "Children's views are rarely sought by researchers: we found a way to do it."

Assistant Professor Heather Randell co-authored a paper, “Protected areas and Indigenous diets in Southeast Asia: Does proximity and level of protection matter?” published in the British Ecological Society’s journal People and Nature.

Associate Professor Caroline Krafft is co-author of a new working paper, “The Barriers to female employment: Experimental evidence from Egypt.”

Professor Ragui Assaad co-authored a report, "Refugees and the education of host populations: Evidence from the Syrian inflow to Jordan," examining the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians.

Assistant Professor Heather Randell has won the Editor's Choice Award 2023 – Letter, from the journal Environmental Research Letters, for her article, “Dams and tribal land loss in the United States.”

Professor Tricia Olsen is the recipient of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Human Rights Section 2024 Best Book Award  for Seeking Justice: Access to Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuse.

Assistant Professor Heather Randell coauthored the paper, "Food insecurity and women's mental health in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal," published in the journal SSM - Mental Health.

Professor Ragui Assaad is listed in this year’s edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America.