Faculty and Scholars

This project focuses on the emerging regime for deep-sea mining. The project will include convening an international conference on the future regime for deep-sea mining and associated activities, initiating a research program on this topic, and incorporating this work into SIPA courses.

This project will convene a conference of leading scholars in economics, political science, public policy, business, law, and government with industry practitioners to engage in dialogue on A New Agenda for Trade Policy. Participants include leading Columbia faculty with expertise in trade and finance, alongside government and industry specialists. Conference papers will form the basis of an edited volume commissioned by Elgar Publishers.

This project aims to explore the implications of the space domain for coercion and escalation, from both academic and policymaking perspectives. It will include the development of a series of plausible, future-oriented scenarios to explore coercion dynamics across different crisis and conflict scenarios involving the United States and major rivals, with findings presented during a closed-door, half-day workshop at IGP.

This project will examine the use of generative AI in elections in the Global South, with a specific focus on India. The study will investigate whether voters penalize political candidates who use deepfakes during election campaigns and examine how algorithmically produced deception influences public trust, candidate preferences, and voter turnout in one of the largest global democracies.

This project will host two conferences convening regulators to learn about best practices in new legislation addressing the problem of celebrity deep-fakes online being used for financial fraud.