Highly-educated citizens of low-income countries tend to decamp to higher-income countries in a quest for better pay. It’s called “human capital...

“It’s a complicated time for global trade right now, you have the largest economy in the world, essentially pulling back from the rules of the game...

According to research form Mary Jo Dudley at the Cornell Farmworker Program, about half of all farmworkers in New York State were undocumented.

The Katzenstein Prize, in honor of Peter J. Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University,...

How does migration shape life in your community? Our students and staff responded with their art and writing in this year's creative competition.

A Migrations-funded study draws from interviews to examine the importance of access to environmental resources for migrants and to understand how...

Richard Garwin, an innovative physicist who made major contributions to nuclear weapons development while also advocating for nuclear arms control,...

IES awarded more than $150,000 in graduate and undergraduate fellowships and grants in 2024-25. 

Kaushik Basu (IES/SAP) writes about the limitations of GDP as an indicator of economic well-being.

The vast agricultural landscape of the U.S. Midwest known as the Corn Belt acts as a barrier for migrating landbirds, causing them to adjust their...