Berggruen Institute Announces 2022-2023 Class of Fellows, Rethinking Governance and Society for a Turbulent World. This fall the Berggruen Institute will welcome its eighth cohort of Fellows to research ideas for shaping society that reimagine foundational systems and grow from interdisciplinary symbiosis and exchange. Cameron Brinitzer, Ziyaad Bhorat, Inho Choi, Alexander Clapp, Lorenzo Marsili, Naomi Oreskes, Martin Rauchbauer, Lois Rosson, Harpreet Sareen, Boris Shoshitaishvili, Daniele Tavani, Lauren Wagner, Isabella Weber, and Anna Weichselbraun will join the Institute’s notable community of thinkers. Yuk Hui, Michael McCarthy, Peter Ekman, and Martijn Konings will continue and expand their existing Berggruen Fellowship work. Read more...
Marta Vicarelli, assistant professor of economics and public policy, recently presented research on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) during a global webinar hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Over the last three years, UNEP, in partnership with the Partners for Resilience, has developed and demonstrated Eco-DRR models in Ethiopia, Uganda, Haiti, India and Indonesia. Vicarelli joined representatives from the U.N., the Red Cross and Wetlands International for the webinar – held on International DRR Day, Oct. 13 – to share results, scalable features and knowledge gained from Eco-DRR models implemented in these countries and present cost-benefit analyses of the field projects 
Economics and Political Science major Nicholas McCurrach has been named one of the inaugural 100 recipients of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, administered by the Obama Foundation. The Voyager Scholarship was created by former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama and Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, to help shape young leaders who can bridge divides and help solve our biggest challenges together. Even though they come from different backgrounds, both the President and Chesky believe that exposure to new places and experiences generates understanding, empathy and cooperation, which equips the next generation to create meaningful change. 
In her latest book "The Making of a Catastrophe: The Disastrous Economic Fallout of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India" Jayati Ghosh, economics, writes about the unprecedented economic devastation experienced in India caused by the country's mishandling of the pandemic.The Covid-19 pandemic has been the worst health calamity in India for at least a century. But beyond the direct impact of the virus on the health of tens of millions of Indians, the economic devastation experienced by the country due to policy responses to the disease has been unprecedented. This shock to the economy is so severe as to merit the description ‘catastrophe’ and is unlikely to be simply wished away once the pandemic recedes. In The Making of a Catastrophe, Jayati Ghosh analyzes the disastrous economic effects of the pandemic, and the lockdowns, and other policies that followed in its wake. This book covers many areas of the economy that were affected such as investment, consumption, savings, finance, and employment, and goes deep into the specific consequences of government actions on agriculture, manufacturing, construction as well as old and ‘new’ services. 
Lee Badgett, economics, has been named the president-elect of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). The International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. Our common cause is to further gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women, and men in local, national, and transnational communities. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspectives and advance gender-based research on contemporary economics issues. 