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Explainer: Lawful immigration to the United States

Illegal immigration has been a dominant issue in national politics for the better part of two decades. But issues involving lawful migration—from the number of work visas allotted to the tech sector ...
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What does the House-passed budget resolution mean?

The House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget resolution last month that included a framework for trillions of dollars of tax cuts and government spending cuts. Over the coming months, the ...
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How governments can move beyond bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is ubiquitous—and not exactly beloved. So why do we have bureaucracy? And how can we improve it so that governments and organizations can be more responsive to the people they serve rather ...
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Should race be used in determining risk for disease? Yes. And no.

Identifying risk for major illnesses such as cancers and heart disease is often predicated on variables such as age, gender, and lifestyle. Adding race and ethnicity as factors is hotly debated among ...
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Learning to Teach by Learning to Learn: CID Faculty Research Insights

Can introducing new pedagogies to teachers in developing countries be effective in reducing learning gaps? A recent study entitled Learning to Teach by Learning to Learn by CID Faculty Affiliate ...
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The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms. In The Three Trillion Dollar War, Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J.
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3 Things You Should Know About the Unintended Consequences of Diversity Initiatives

Why do organizational policies and procedures fail to improve diversity outcomes? The purpose of diversity initiatives is to help groups that face disadvantages in society achieve better outcomes in ...
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Is Western Democracy Backsliding? Diagnosing the Risks

The predominantly sunny end-of-history optimism about democratic progress, evident in the late-1980s and early-1990s following the fall of the Berlin Wall, has turned rapidly into a more pessimistic ...
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“For the Game. For the World.” FIFA and Human Rights

In December 2015, FIFA asked me to develop recommendations on what it means for FIFA to embed respect for human rights across its global operations. The authoritative standard for doing so is the ...
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Faculty Publications

Cabral, Alex, Deeksha Punachithaya, Jim Waldo, and Josiah Hester. "Eclipse Dataset: Advancing Urban Sensing Research with Hyperlocal Environmental Data from Chicago." 06 May 2025. Sikkink, Kathryn.
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The Art of Research: A Divergent/Convergent Thinking Framework and Opportunities for Science-Based Approaches

Applying science to the current art of producing engineering and research knowledge has proven difficult, in large part because of its seeming complexity. We posit that the microscopic processes ...
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Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Change

When you belong to the organization or community that you are trying to lead, you are part of the problem. This is particularly true when you have been a member of the group for some time, as in a ...