Faculty Research Areas: International Development

Center for International Research faculty have expertise in many research areas about international development.

Jonathan Agensky

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• Religion, world politics, and global governance
• Humanitarianism and international development
• Historical sociology, IR theory, social and political theory
• African and postcolonial studies

Geoffrey Dabelko

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• Environmental Studies
• Climate change, natural resources, and security as well as environmental pathways to confidence- and peace-building, with a special emphasis on water resources.

Zelalem Haile

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• Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
• Social Medicine
• Global Health Initiative

Brandon Kendhammer

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• Comparative Politics
• African Politics
• Democratization
• Muslim Politics
• Politics and Culture

Yeong-Hyun Kim

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• Globalization
• Economic geography
• Urban geography
• Asia

Matthew Layton

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• Comparative Politics
• Latin American Politics
• Survey Methodology

Jieli Li

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• Social Change
• Comparative Institutions and Organizations
• Sociology of Development, Globalization, Social Movement, Conflict and Resolution
• Asia/China Studies

Thomas Smucker

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• Environment and development
• Rural livelihood systems
• Food systems and food security
• Adaptation to climate change
• Environmental governance
• African drylands

E. Edna Wangui

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• Gender
• Rural livelihoods and landscape change in East Africa

Myra Waterbury

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• Comparative Politics
• Politics of Central and Eastern Europe
• Diasporas
• Migration and Citizenship
• Ethnicity and Nationalism