Columbia Global 2024 Award Recipients
A total of 41 projects have been selected for their exceptional proposals and potential to address complex global issues.
Columbia Global announces the recipients of six award opportunities designed to further innovative research and initiatives worldwide that focus on critical issues, such as health, migration and social justice, urban and community resilience, education and capacity building, labor relations, climate solutions, and media and information integrity.
A total of 41 projects have been selected for their exceptional proposals and potential to address complex global issues. 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.
President’s Global Innovation Fund
The President’s Global Innovation Fund was launched in 2013 to support innovative projects enriched by the infrastructure, expertise and connections of the Columbia Global Centers. The 118 awards awarded over the past decade have fostered new, interdisciplinary collaborations among Columbia faculty, researchers and schools; accelerated innovation through collaborative research and global knowledge exchange; and provided rich new learning opportunities for students at all levels. This year's round sought proposals focused on migration and displacement.
- Project
- Advancing the Nursing Workforce in Armenia and Greece as Advocates for Care for Displaced Populations
- Project Leads
- Lusine Poghosyan, Stone Foundation and Elise D. Fish Professor of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing, professor of health policy and management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, assistant professor of nursing, Center for Healthcare Delivery Research & Innovations, Columbia University School of Nursing
- Project
- Developing a Research and Rights Agenda to Address the Needs and Foster the Capabilities of Displaced Older Adults
- Project Leads
- John Beard, Irene Diamond Professor of Productive Aging, and director, International Longevity Center, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Maureen Henry, assistant professor of health policy and management and deputy director, International Longevity Center, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Monette Zard, Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health and director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Project
- Humanitarian Energy for Livelihoods and Life Opportunities (HELLO)
- Project Leads
- Vijay Modi, professor of mechanical engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Vivek Shastry, senior research associate, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs; Juliana Bol, assistant professor, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Project
- Childhood Forced Migration Journalism Project
- Project Leads
- Bruce Shapiro, executive director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Journalism School; Monette Zard, Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health, co-director of the Care and Protection of Children Learning Network, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Project
- Displaced Livelihoods: Climate Change, Agrarian Distress, and Labor Migration in India
- Project Leads
- Fabien Cottier, associate research scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia Climate School; Alex de Sherbinin, senior research scientist and interim director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia Climate School; Robbin van Duijne, postdoctoral research scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia Climate School
Columbia Global Resilience Fund
In response to the alarming increase in the complexity and frequency of global crises, Columbia Global established a Global Resilience Fund to serve as a platform for the Columbia University community to respond to major global crises in a coordinated and synergistic way. The Global Resilience Fund is designed to harness the University’s intellectual resources and practical expertise — in partnership with local, in-country institutions — to support recovery and resiliency efforts, and to enable research and scholarship that lead to increased understanding of the root causes of crises and the development of novel, feasible and scalable solutions. This year's award are focused on the consequences of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey in 2023.
- Projects
- Focused Group Therapies and Brain Imaging for Developing Healing Options and Psychological Empowerment for Bereaved Earthquake Survivors in Turkey
- Project Leads
- Caghan Kizil, associate professor of neurological sciences in the Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia Global Center Istanbul faculty advisor; Richard Mayeux, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, chair of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, neurologist-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, director of the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
- Projects
- Building Back Better in Hatay, Turkey: Co-Designing a Multi-Stakeholder, Multi-Risk Informed Urban Development Approach
- Project Leads
- Jacqueline Klopp, director/research scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development; Ebru Gencer Aspegren, adjunct associate professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Andrew Kruczkiewicz, senior staff associate, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School
- Projects
- HEARTS Study: Health Equity Assessment and Resilience Tracking for Syrians in Turkey Post-Earthquake
- Project Leads
- Monette Zard, Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health; director of the Forced Migration and Health Program; Juliana Bol, assistant professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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.
- Awardee
- Andrey Simonov
- Affiliation
- Gary Winnick and Martin Granoff Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
- Awardee
- Gazi Azad
- Affiliation
- Assistant professor of population and family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Awardee
- Sharon Di
- Affiliation
- Associate professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Awardee
- Natalie Benda
- Affiliation
- Assistant professor of health informatics (in Nursing), Columbia University School of Nursing
- Awardee
- Charles Lea
- Affiliation
- Assistant professor of social work, Columbia University School of Social Work
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.
- Project
- Strengthening Capacities and Civic Participation for Climate Resilient Communities in Chile
- Project leads
- 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; Hugo Sarmiento, assistant professor, Urban Planning Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
- Project
- Healing Roots: An Evidence Roadmap for Refugee Mental Health Interventions
- Project leads
- Charles Branas, Gelman Professor and department chair, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Manuela Orjuela, associate professor of epidemiology and pediatrics in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Claire Greene, assistant professor of population and family health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Project
- Ubumwe 2.0: Integrating Arts for Education and Psychosocial Support with Children and Youth Affected by Displacement in Uganda
- Project leads
- 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
Columbia Global Center Rio: Climate Hub Awards
In early 2023, the Columbia Global Center in Rio de Janeiro launched its Climate Hub | Rio — a new public-private partnership — with seed funding from the City of Rio de Janeiro. The Climate Hub | Rio seeks to encourage training, research and events that focus on a variety of areas related to urban sustainability, the green economy and land use in Brazil (with priority given to the City of Rio de Janeiro). The awards support Columbia University faculty, researchers, doctoral students and postdocs committed to pursuing climate-related research in Brazil. Read more about the 2024 recipients.
- Project
- Simulation of Extreme Weather Events in Brazilian Megacities
- Project leads
- Suzana Camargo, Marie Tharp Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School; Adam Sobel, professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Project
- Municipal-Level Flood Insurance
- Project leads
- Bernard Salanié, Sami Mnaymneh Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Project
- Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations and Advancing Climate Resilience in Rio de Janeiro
- Project leads
- Alex de Sherbinin, senior research scientist and interim director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia Climate School; Johanna Lovecchio, director of Program Design for Climate Action, Columbia Climate School
- Project
- Enhancing Disaster Resilience in Rio de Janeiro: A Collaborative Effort with Columbia University and Brazilian Scientists and Decision Makers to Prioritize Opportunities and Outline Challenges
- Project leads
- Andrew Kruczkiewicz, senior staff associate, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School; Walter Baethgen, senior research scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Climate School
- Project
- National Oil Companies and the Political Economy of Energy Transition: The Case of Petrobras
- Project leads
- Nicolas Lippolis, postdoctoral research scientist, Columbia Climate School; Erica Downs, senior research scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Center for Political Economy: 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.
- Projects
- Industrial Policy and Decarbonization
- Recipients
- Eugene Tan, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- Projects
- Migrant Work, Health and the Discourse of Free Labor in British India c. 1840-1930
- Recipients
- Anusha Sundar, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Lost (in the) Archives — Labor Organizing and Social Criticism in Cold War Lebanon, 1940s-1950s
- Recipients
- Janina Santer, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- How Capital Flows Structure the Promise and Potential of AI Innovation
- Recipients
- Kiran Samuel, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- The Nature of Firm Lobbying
- Recipients
- 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
- Projects
- Consumer Climate Adaptation and the Labor Supply and Welfare of Gig Workers
- Recipients
- Anna Papp, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- Projects
- From Collaboration to Conflict: Business-Labor-State Relations in Mexico, 1934-1985
- Recipients
- Jay Pan, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- The Other Chinese Question: Immigration, Emancipation, and the Problem of Labor in the Atlantic World
- Recipients
- Samuel Niu, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Land Redistribution and Productivity: Evidence from a Peruvian Reform
- Recipients
- Dafne Murillo, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Sebastian Sardon, Ph.D. candidate, economics, Northwestern University
- Projects
- Digital Media Unionization and Solidarity
- Recipients
- Emily Mazo, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Party Lines or Voter Preferences? Explaining Political Realignment
- Recipients
- Nicolas Longuet Marx, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Social Law and the Legal Left — A Comparative Analysis of 20th Century Legal Movements
- Recipients
- Hedwig Lieback, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- The Political Economy of Twentieth Century US Hydropower Development
- Recipients
- 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
- Projects
- Underemployment, Productivity, and Labor Market Power: A Long Term Examination of Involuntary Part Time Work in the U.S.
- Recipients
- Katy Habr, Ph.D. candidate, sociology, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Production Complexity as Extraction Protection: State-Firm Interactions in a Globalized World
- Recipients
- Marnie Ginis, Ph.D. candidate, political science, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Competition and Patterns of Agricultural Intensification: Productivity, Pesticides and Biodiversity
- Recipients
- Tristan du Puy, Ph.D. candidate, sustainable development, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- Projects
- Control Data: American Power and the Global Assembly Line, 1957-1992
- Recipients
- Ella Coon, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Data Center and Regional Innovation
- Recipients
- Jinkyong Choi, Ph.D. candidate, management, Columbia Business School; Angela Ryu, Ph.D. candidate, management, Columbia Business School
- Projects
- Organized Baseball: Reworking the Transnational Circuit, 1946-1965
- Recipients
- Evan Brown, Ph.D. candidate, history, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Projects
- Anti-Solidarity? Examining Teachers and Voluntary Union Membership in Right-To-Work States
- Recipients
- 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