Global Research & Impact
Developing frameworks for positive action
From climate and energy to the future of democracy, we are defining issues where we can make the biggest impact — in our interdisciplinary research, in our teaching, and in our impact on policy.
Addressing Five Global Policy Challenges
Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo shares how SIPA is taking on complex, pressing global issues like geopolitical stability; energy and climate policy; technological innovation and its impact on people; how to share prosperity; and preserving democratic governance.
“If you could go back and tell the 22-year-old me that I would one day work at a place like SIPA, she would be very happy.”
Economist Ebonya Washington joined the Columbia SIPA faculty after almost two decades at Yale.
Washington specializes in public finance and political economy; her research interests include the interplay of race, gender, and political representation, and her work has appeared in numerous publications.
Healing a Broken Society
Prakhar Bhartiya MPA ’20 seeks to transform his country’s political leadership through his Indian School of Democracy.
A recent report from the Brookings Institution noted that “it is increasingly rare for an authoritarian to come to power via a coup. Instead, democracies in decline usually experience a slow but steady erosion.”
“Information operations are designed to erode trust in democratic systems, and to intimidate and silence critical voices.”