Grantee Updates

Cut trees left for degradation to allow for small scale agriculture in the future. Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.

From Paris to the Amazon: A Political Scientist’s Quest to Protect the Forest

Sept. 17, 2025
One Center grantee goes to South America to research how battles between agricultural interests and environmental advocates affect how governments protect the Amazon.

Aaron Freedman working on his dissertation at Columbia’s Butler Library.

How Wall Street Became Washington’s Favorite Partner

July 29, 2025
A Columbia PhD candidate and recipient of the Center for Political Economy 2025 grant for graduate students explores the roots of Wall Street’s power in America.
 

Center faculty grantee Richard John explains that major internet companies pretend that they're best left alone, but history shows otherwise.