Research & Projects
Research & Projects
Ranjan, P., Johnson, M., Bernard, M., et al. (2024). "Exploring the role of ‘intermediaries’ between non-operating landowners and tenant farmers in promoting conservation on rented farmland." Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-01936-y.
Popovici, R., Ranjan, P., Bernard, M. et al. (2023). "The Social Factors Influencing Cover Crop Adoption in the Midwest: A Controlled Comparison." Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01823-y
Bernard, Mazie. "The Politics of Gendered Knowledge in Global Economic Governance: The Evolution of Gender Strategies at the World Bank." (Manuscript available upon request)
Bernard, Mazie. "AI, Algorithms, and Aid: Trust in Digital Tools for Development." (Manuscript available upon request)
Bernard, Mazie. "Capitalizing on Care: Multilateral Development Banks and Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Projects."
Bernard, Mazie, Tyler Girard, Erin Hannah, and James Scott. ``Agenda-Setting at the World Trade Organization.''
Bernard, Mazie, Jason Berteotti, and Tyler Girard. ``Bad Reputation: The Domestic Costs of Bargaining with Unreliable Foreign Leaders.''
How are new economic ideas created, integrated, and changed in global economic governance? Among IOs, expert staff drive institutional change and create global agendas by creating legitimate ideas. While prior work often emphasizes the attributes of expert actors or the structure of professional networks, this obscures the dynamic interpersonal interactions through which expert knowledge is produced and legitimated. Focusing on the emerging field of digital inclusion and the integration of new economic ideas related to gender, I argue that the contemporary politics of gendered knowledge production reflect unique dynamic practices used to strategically promote (or inhibit) ideas. Empirically, I rely on elite interviews with IO staff, participant observation of IO events, and an analysis of IO strategies and reports. This project helps explain how and why different economic ideas and agendas are adopted (or not) across institutional contexts and expands IPE research on the role of experts and expertise in global governance
Qualitative fieldwork at the World Bank, Telecommunication Union, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Elite Interviewing
Documentary Text and Discourse Analysis
Participant Observation
Dr. Tyler Girard (Chair), Purdue University
Dr. Swati Srivastava (Member), Purdue University
Dr. Shan Zhou (Member), Purdue University
Dr. Miriam Barnum (Member), Purdue University
Dr. Mark Blyth (Member), Brown University