Pioneering research to fight gender-based violence
A postdoc fellow on her work tying economic policy to social change: “It’s very important to me not to overly intellectualize this topic. I really want to start talking about solutions.”
Undergraduates share their experiences studying mosquito-borne viruses. “If it wasn’t for working in this lab, I wouldn’t be inspired to take on or think about big, important issues that affect so many lives worldwide.”
Getting people in Pakistan comfortable with mobile banking would improve financial inclusion, but social factors make users reluctant to pass information about the technology on to their peers, research by economics PhD candidate Mark Walsh has found.
Multi-year datasets from the King Center’s African Urbanization and Development Research Initiative continue to inform research and policy insights in Ethiopia and Côte d’Ivoire.
Highlighting the experience of migrant domestic workers in the Arab Gulf region
Political science Professor Lisa Blaydes documents the exploitation of migrant women who cook, clean, and care for families in private homes in the Arab Gulf region.
Kimberly Higuera’s research measures the social impact of remittances
King Center PhD funding recipient Kimberly Higuera’s research explores how the social status of immigrants is impacted by their decision to send money to relatives in Mexico.
