Jackson Faculty

Outstanding Scholars

With professors from across the university integrated into the Jackson curriculum, undergraduates and graduates alike have access to some of the world's preeminent global affairs experts.

Jackson Faculty

Jackson faculty include a core group of eminent academics, Professors of Global of Affairs; distinguished practitioners, Senior Fellows; and interdisciplinary faculty with appointments with the Jackson School and other affiliated faculty from throughout the University.

The school’s faculty also includes Capstone instructors, who oversee Jackson’s undergraduate capstone course, and post-doctoral researchers from a variety of disciplines.

Rethinking Global Affairs

Economist Amit Khandelwal shares what excites him most about joining the Jackson community faculty and helping to build a new professional school.

Jackson School Faculty Research

Violent experiences alter the genome in ways that persist for generations

Cold War redux? Weighing the risks of a ‘great-power’ contest with China

Lauren Falcao Bergquist and Amit Khandelwal on trade and development

New research: Free, all-day early care sets families on a better financial trajectory

The trade and development economist helping make markets more efficient in Latin America and beyond

Yale economists take aim at improving supply chains

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Jackson Faculty In the Media

The importance of studying genocide and sharing knowledge

"Bosnia and Herzegovina is still a post-conflict society 30 years later. Politics lives on the echo of the past, the danger of a repeat of the conflict exists." Senior lecturer David Simon, while participating in an academic conference on the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, appeared on Bosnian news outlet N1 to discuss the importance of studying genocide and sharing knowledge.

Why rare earth elements are central to U.S.-China trade talks

NPR Morning Edition

Ted Wittenstein

Schmidt Program director Ted Wittenstein was included in an NPR interview that discussed how critical rare earth elements are in AI and emerging technologies, which has created environmental concerns.

European Integration has always been about power

In an op-ed, Marnix Amand, senior lecturer in economics, says that anyone who criticizes the European Union for its lack of democracy ignores the historical idea behind the European project.

Tariffs, grocery prices and other listener questions

NPR's Planet Money podcast

January 18, 2025

Amit Khandelwal

In a recent episode of the NPR Planet Money podcast, economist Amit Khandelwal offered his insights on how tariffs can impact the global marketplace. “In the past five years, for example, [Apple] has been increasingly shifting iPhone production to Vietnam and India,” he said.

The Education of Manmohan Singh

December 28, 2024

Historian David Engerman published an opinion piece in the Indian news site The Wire, reflecting on the life and legacy of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died Dec. 26, 2024. Singh was “a loyal, humane, and engaged economist for whom “economics” was not a series of abstract theoretical propositions but a path to helping India and Indians raise themselves out of poverty,” according to Engerman.

Odd Arne Westad on how China first joined the global capitalist economy

Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast

November 21, 2024

Jackson School historian Arne Westad was interviewed on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast about his new book, “The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform, ” which tells the story of how China went from being an impoverished, highly planned communist economy to a dynamic capitalist economy. Westad spoke to hosts Joe Wiesenthal and Tracy Alloway about what people get wrong about China's big opening up.

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Jackson Faculty Q&A

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Mayara Felix on the value of cross-discipline dialogue and on-the-ground research

Economist Mayara Felix's research focuses on policies intended to improve market efficiency in developing countries, such as import tariff reductions, free trade agreements and outsourcing.

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A sense of place: Laura Robson on refugees, displacement, and statelessness

Laura Robson is a scholar of international and Middle Eastern history, with a special interest in issues of refugeedom, forced migration, and statelessness.

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At a crossroads: Alden Young on the links between Africa and the Arab world

Alden Young is an expert on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, a region of Africa with a rich history, a complex present-day landscape, and a critical future.