Alumni Conference, Spring 2025
“Global Challenges: Interdisciplinary Voices Across the World”
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the partnership agreement between Yale University and the University of Cambridge, the Fox International Fellowship will host the 2025 Alumni Conference titled “Global Challenges: Interdisciplinary Voices Across the World.” The conference aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and research that is relevant to policy on urgent global issues.
The mission of the Fox Fellowship is to strengthen international ties and foster mutual understanding by building a vibrant community of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. In line with this mission, the conference will focus on illuminating and addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
As traditional frameworks and borders face increasing pressure from economic inequality, environmental crises, geopolitical shifts, and rapid technological advancements, we must rethink our collective strategies for achieving stability and development.
Conference Schedule
Saturday, March 15, 2025
| 9:00 am | Welcome (Light refreshments will be provided) |
| 9:30 am |
Panel 1: Democracy and its Discontents Democracy Without Parties: Global Challenges of Political Representation in the 21st Century Veronica Hurtado Lozada, Assistant Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) 2021-22 Fox Fellow from the University of British Columbia, Canada
Economic Inequality and the Erosion of Democracy in the Twenty-First Century Eli Rau, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico 2019-20 Fox Fellow to the University of San Andrés, Argentina
Energy Burden and Satisfaction with Democracy: Political Consequences of Market Risk Laura Kettel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark 2021-22 from Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Politicians Against the Supreme Court: Anti-Establishment Populism from Within the Establishment Erez Seri-Levy, PhD Candidate, Tel Aviv University, Israel 2023-24 Fox Fellow from Tel Aviv University, Israel
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| 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:15 am |
Panel 2: The Multifaceted Challenges behind Climate Change
Is free movement bad for the environment? A critique of the “ecosovereigntist” argument Benjamin Boudou, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Rennes (France) 2010-11 Fox Fellow from Institut d’Études de Politiques de Paris, France
Climate Change and Risk Management for Sustainable Global Health and Security from the Perspective of Futures Disaster Studies Young-Geun Kim, Professor, Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University 1999-2000 Fox Fellow from The University of Tokyo, Japan
Contract Law in the Age of the Green Transition Susanne Augenhofer, Professor of Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria 2003-04 Fox Fellow to the Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Climate Change and Conflict in the Indian Ocean Region: An Interdisciplinary Approach Avinash Godbole, Professor, O P Jindal Global University, India 2007-08 Fox Fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
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| 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm |
Panel 3: Colonialism and Empire across Space and Time
The transient history Chinese convict workers in southern India: an appraisal of key contributions to plantation history and infrastructure-building in the Nilgiris (mid-19th century) Joe Thomas Karackattu, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India 2008-09 Fox Fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Empire and the Slum: Why Numbers of People Living in Slum Conditions Persist and Grow in the 21st Century Singumbe Muyeba, Assistant Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA 2011-12 Fox Fellow from University of Cape Town, South Africa
"As near part of the United States as any land could possibly be:” The Federal Reserve in Cuba and the boundaries of the American economy, 1923-1938 Mikael Omstedt, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia, Canada 2021-22 Fox Fellow from University of British Columbia, Canada
An Indian Virginia in Britain: Empire Commodities, Colonial Development, and the Making of a Globalised Tobacco CJ Kuncheria, Deputy Editor, The India Forum 2015-16 Fox Fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| 3:30 pm | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 3:45 pm |
Panel 4: Insights from Fox Alumni across the World From 10 Downing St to Hollywood, from Trump to Psychedelics: Lessons from Unlikely Collaborations for an Insane World Jonathan Reynaga, Special Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change 2001-02 Fox Fellow from the University of Cambridge
Navigating Climate Change Risk: Leveraging NGFS Framework for Effective Decision-Making in Banking Industry Kanakaraj Arangasamy, Vice President - HSBC Bank 2006-07 Fox Fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Addressing the intersection of climate change and non-communicable diseases in maternal health: a global health perspective Jenny Jung, WHO Consultant (Maternal health and non-communicable diseases), Research assistant at Burnet Institute 2017-18 Fox Fellow from The University of Tokyo Unlivable Cities Megha Mukim, Senior Economist, World Bank 2006-07 Fox Fellow from University of Cambridge, England |
| 5:30 pm | Conference Ends |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 9:00 pm | Farewell & Departure |