Columbia Global announces the recipients of three award opportunities within Columbia World Projects designed to further innovative research and projects worldwide. A total of 28 projects have been selected for their exceptional proposals and potential to address complex global issues, such as health, migration and social justice, urban and community resilience, education, labor relations, climate solutions, and media and information integrity.
These awards are part of Columbia Global’s commitment to be a nexus for learning and intellectual exploration as well as a catalyst for creativity and impact locally and globally.
Columbia World Projects Impact Awards
The Columbia World Projects Impact Awards support faculty and researchers from across Columbia University who seek to address pressing societal challenges with innovative solutions, with the potential to scale and accelerate impact. This year, the awards are specifically focused on the theme of "Enabling Thriving Communities," aiming to advance the well-being and resilience of communities.
Strengthening Capacities and Civic Participation for Climate Resilient Communities in Chile
Jeff Schlegelmilch, research scholar and director at National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School;
Antonia Samur Zuniga, senior staff associate at National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School; and
Hugo Sarmiento, assistant professor, Urban Planning Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Healing Roots: An Evidence Roadmap for Refugee Mental Health Interventions
Charles Branas, Gelman Professor and department chair, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health;
Manuela Orjuela-Grimm, associate professor of epidemiology and pediatrics in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and
Claire Greene, assistant professor of population and family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Evangelia Ntzani, Professor, University of Ioannina
Ubumwe 2.0: Integrating Arts for Education and Psychosocial Support with Children and Youth Affected by Displacement in Uganda
Sabrina Hermosilla, assistant professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health;
Mary Mendenhall, associate professor of international and comparative education, and director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education, Teachers College
Center for Political Economy: Graduate Student Student Awards
The Center for Political Economy's Graduate Student Award program provides Columbia graduate students with financial support to conduct research in the area of political economy with a focus on the following two labs: Work and Labor, and Firms and Industrial Policy. Read more about the 2024 recipients.
Industrial Policy and Decarbonization
Eugene Tan, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Migrant Work, Health and the Discourse of Free Labor in British India c. 1840-1930
Anusha Sundar, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Lost (in the) Archives — Labor Organizing and Social Criticism in Cold War Lebanon, 1940s-1950s
Janina Santer, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
How Capital Flows Structure the Promise and Potential of AI Innovation
Kiran Samuel, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Nature of Firm Lobbying
Eshaan Patel, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences;
Donato Onorato, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Consumer Climate Adaptation and the Labor Supply and Welfare of Gig Workers
Anna Papp, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
From Collaboration to Conflict: Business-Labor-State Relations in Mexico, 1934-1985
Jay Pan, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Other Chinese Question: Immigration, Emancipation, and the Problem of Labor in the Atlantic World
Samuel Niu, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Land Redistribution and Productivity: Evidence from a Peruvian Reform
Dafne Murillo, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences;
Sebastian Sardon, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Northwestern University
Digital Media Unionization and Solidarity
Emily Mazo, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Party Lines or Voter Preferences? Explaining Political Realignment
Nicolas Longuet Marx, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Social Law and the Legal Left — A Comparative Analysis of 20th Century Legal Movements
Hedwig Lieback, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Political Economy of Twentieth Century US Hydropower Development
Benjamin Kodres-O'Brien, Ph.D. candidate, communications, Columbia Journalism School;
Seokju Oh, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Underemployment, Productivity, and Labor Market Power: A Long Term Examination of Involuntary Part Time Work in the U.S.
Katy Habr, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Production Complexity as Extraction Protection: State-Firm Interactions in a Globalized World
Marnie Ginis, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Competition and Patterns of Agricultural Intensification: Productivity, Pesticides and Biodiversity
Tristan du Puy, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1992
Ella Coon, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Data Center and Regional Innovation
Jinkyong Choi, Ph.D. candidate, management, Columbia Business School;
Angela Ryu, Ph.D. candidate, management, Columbia Business School
Organized Baseball: Reworking the Transnational Circuit, 1946-1965
Evan Brown, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Anti-Solidarity? Examining Teachers and Voluntary Union Membership in Right-To-Work States
Ixchel Bosworth, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences;
Anika Lanser, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowship
The Early Career Faculty Impact Fellowships provide training and seed funding to early-career faculty at Columbia University to support them in advancing their research towards social impact. The second cohort includes early-career faculty from five Columbia schools.
Andrey Simonov, Gary Winnick and Martin Granoff Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Gazi Azad, assistant professor of population and family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Sharon Di, associate professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Natalie Benda, assistant professor of health informatics (in Nursing), Columbia University School of Nursing
Charles Lea, assistant professor of social work, Columbia University School of Social Work