On May 13 and 14, the Niehaus Center hosted an academic conference on the Princeton campus, titled “The Anti-Globalization Backlash: What’s Next?”

Scholars of comparative and international political economy gathered to discuss how to understand the effects of trade shocks, automation and identity on mass attitudes toward globalization; the success of populist candidates and political parties in many countries; and  how the dynamics of the backlash vary across countries and global regions. Participants included Niehaus post-doctoral fellows; Princeton faculty and PhD students; and scholars from fifteen universities in the North America and Europe.

A report on the conference’s main themes and research findings can be found here.