News
Our faculty, students, alumni, and staff are making a difference through their scholarship, teaching, and service. Learn more about their successes, publications, and impact.
Our faculty, students, alumni, and staff are making a difference through their scholarship, teaching, and service. Learn more about their successes, publications, and impact.
Find News
Active Filters
- Podcast
"YOU WISH THEM A GOOD DAY": CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION, WITH JOSEPH USCINSKI
Are we in the golden age of conspiracy theories? How can society respond to dangerous theories, such as COVID conspiracy theories and misinformation, that create widespread dangers to society? Can, or should, conspiracy theories be ‘deprogrammed’ from society, or would...
STEPPING FORWARD AS AN LGBTQ ROLE MODEL IN TECH
The Graduate Center, CUNY · Stepping Forward as an LGBTQ Role Model in Tech Joining The Thought Project today is Elaine Montilla, assistant vice president of information technology and the chief information officer at the CUNY Graduate Center. She was...
THE CRISIS ON THE POLAND-BELARUS BORDER, WITH NICK MICINSKI
What is behind the current standoff over refugees trying to enter Poland from Belarus? Why is the E.U. supporting Poland’s position? Have asylum seekers become pawns of regional powers seeking political and economic advantage? Nicholas (Nick) Micinski, assistant professor of...
NEH FUNDS TO BOOST STUDENTS’ DIGITAL SKILLS HAVE WIDESPREAD BENEFITS AT CUNY AND BEYOND
The Graduate Center, CUNY · NEH Funds to Boost Students’ Digital Skills Have Widespread Benefits at CUNY and Beyond When CUNY Graduate Center Professor Matthew K. Gold tweeted last month that he and his colleague Lisa Rhody received a nearly...
HOW U.N. PEACEKEEPING FAILURES SHAPE PEACE PROCESSES WITH ANJALI DAYAL
Why would warring parties turn to the U.N., even when they don't have an interest in guaranteeing peace? Have rebel groups learned to manipulate the U.N. peace process to further their military goals? How can peacekeeping missions adapt their approaches...
A PANDEMIC AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION SLAM U.S. SCHOOLS
The Graduate Center, CUNY · A Pandemic and Political Polarization Slam U.S. Schools David Bloomfield is a professor of Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center and of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College. A former general counsel...
OPENING PANDORA’S BOX WITH KATHARINA PISTOR
Is legally avoiding taxes a smart thing to do, or is it dodging one’s social responsibility? Does tax avoidance treat the law as a mere formality to circumvent, a tool to manipulate, or a shield of justification? How can we...
DO HUMANE WARS LEAD TO FOREVER WARS? WITH SAMUEL MOYN
Have efforts to make war "humane" made it easier for the United States to undertake military action? How do those efforts balance with efforts that are instead aimed at peace? What can we expect from the laws of war in...
KEEPING CZECH POPULISM IN CHECK WITH PETRA GUASTI
In the recent Czech elections, a broad coalition edged out the populist ANO (YES) party and changed the political landscape. Meanwhile, the ailing Czech president must appoint the government from the intensive care unit in order to avoid a constitutional...
THE LONG SHADOW OF 9/11 HANGS OVER GUANTÁNAMO BAY
The Graduate Center, CUNY · The Long Shadow of 9/11 Hangs Over Guantánamo Bay Philip Luke Johnson is a Political Science Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also a lecturer in the undergraduate writing program at Princeton...