The Democracy and Public Policy Working Group brings together faculty and scholars working on topics related to democracy worldwide, including inclusion and equality, building political institutions, justice, current struggles against autocratic government, and democratic resilience. It aims to build community and foster research across fields of study within the Center on Global Democracy.

• Faculty Organizers: Rachel Beatty Riedl and Paul Eastburg Friesen

The Education Policy and Big Data Interdisciplinary Working Group focuses on major empirical questions in K12 and Higher Education policy, providing a meeting space to learn about education-related research on campus, discuss data and methods for education policy analysis, and identify policy issues of highest priority for future research.

• Faculty Organizers: Maria Fitzpatrick, Mike Lovenheim, and Peter Rich

The Brooks/CPC/CSI Working Group in Gender, Family, and Fertility brings together scholars working on topics related to gender, family, and fertility, with an emphasis on intersections with work, social policy, and social inequality. It provides a collaborative space for sharing work in progress and discussing emerging issues in the field, and it aims to foster research connections among participants.

• Faculty Organizer: Kelly Musick 

The Health Policy Working Group hosts seminars in health policy with internal and external experts in the field, and it provides training opportunities for graduate students, including a series of professional development activities and a program for visiting PhD students in health policy.

• Faculty Organizers: Nico Bottan, Colleen Carey, and John Cawley

The Junior Faculty Working Group creates a space for junior faculty to share feedback on work in progress and discuss ideas and topics of common interest. Monthly meetings are devoted to a mix of research and professional development, and some include senior colleagues invited to share their experiences with the research process.

• Faculty Organizers: Nico Bottan, Max Kapustin, and Peter Rich

The Law, Economics, and Policy (LEAP) seminar features current work by scholars conducting research at the intersection of law, economics, and public policy. Presented work will span a range of topics in these areas including, but not limited to, criminal justice, tax policy, regulation, finance, and education. The LEAP seminar is generously supported by the Brooks School of Public Policy, the Department of Economics, and the Law School, with additional external support from Arnold Ventures.

• Faculty Organizers: Amanda Agan, Max Kapustin, and Eleanor Wilking
• LEAP Fall Seminar Series

The MigLab is an interdisciplinary working group for researchers, including students, postdocs, visiting scholars, and faculty, who are interested in the social scientific study of migration.

• Faculty Organizers: Matt Hall and Shannon Gleeson
• Co-sponsored by the Cornell Population Center

The Tech Policy Working Group brings in tech policy and national security experts from across industry, policy, and academia to discuss, debate and inform on the latest issues faced by disruptive and emerging technologies. The working group is a multidisciplinary environment, engaging with scholars from across campus, but also nationally and internationally, to provide a center of gravity at Cornell for addressing policy-related issues.

• Faculty Organizers: Sarah Kreps and James Patton Rogers
• Tech Policy Working Group Events