Next Generation of Scholars
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King Center supports undergraduate student research in infectious disease lab
Current and former students share their experience studying mosquito-borne viruses in the lab of Professor A. Desiree LaBeaud.
September 25, 2023
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Examining barriers to communication in Pakistan
Mark Walsh received support from the King Center for his experiment studying why people are reluctant to share information about new technologies.
September 20, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Fellow Ei Thandar Myint
Former predoctoral fellow Myint discusses her research with King Center faculty affiliates and her overall experience as part of the inaugural cohort in the program.
September 05, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Fellow Diego Tocre
Tocre discusses his experience and research projects as an inaugural member of the King Center's Predoctoral Research Fellows Program.
August 01, 2023
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A long-term focus on growing cities in Africa
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.
July 17, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Juan Felipe Riaño
Riaño discusses his research in political economy, namely bureaucratic nepotism and the politics of state capacity building.
June 20, 2023
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Toward a better theory of learning
With support from the King Center, Anirudh Sankar traveled to Uganda to study how small-holder farmers learn about farming practices through a novel irrigation system.
June 05, 2023
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Keeping an eye on an island nation’s marine life
King Center support helped advance Bianca Santos’s research in Palau, where she is studying the impacts of climate change on small-scale fisheries.
March 27, 2023
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Testing the winds
Anna-Katharina von Krauland’s research on potential wind farm development in the US and India could help ease the transition to renewable energy.
March 06, 2023
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Measuring the 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.
January 13, 2023
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Jeremy Bowles
Bowles discusses his research on electoral accountability, voter mobilization, and state capacity.
November 28, 2022
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Rethinking asylum
King Center fellowship recipient Pablo Seward Delaporte studies the tension between migrants in northern Chile and the government’s plans to resettle them.
October 24, 2022
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Examining the marginalization of Muslims in India
King Center Graduate Student Research Funding recipient Feyaad Allie’s work uses both qualitative and quantitative data.
September 26, 2022
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Researcher takes aim at discrimination and intimate partner violence
Research funding recipient Nina Buchmann is leading ground-breaking work to study and reduce discrimination and domestic violence in Bangladesh.
September 12, 2022
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Yoshika Crider
Crider discusses her research on WASH interventions in Bangladesh and Kenya, as well as her time spent at the King Center.
August 08, 2022
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Assessing social change in African countries
King Center graduate student research fellow Nicholas Lyon has studied urbanization in Uganda and Kenya and attitudes about LGBTQ+ rights.
July 25, 2022
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Q&A with King Center Postdoctoral Fellow Marie Christelle Mabeu
Mabeu discusses her research on the relationship between colonial history, gender equity, and reproductive health across Africa.
July 11, 2022
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Seeking to ease conflicts linked to climate change
King Center graduate student fellowship recipient Garrett Albistegui Adler, ’18, MA ’22, PhD is exploring the factors that might influence how people respond to climactic shocks.
June 29, 2022
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Stanford undergrad examines efforts to make classrooms in Guatemala more welcoming to traditionally marginalized groups
What does it mean to make a school inclusive?
June 16, 2022
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King Center Predoctoral Research Fellow seeks to make an impact
Christlee Doris Elmera, who works on a King Center initiative to reduce lead exposure, is drawn to the practical nature of research.
May 17, 2022