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Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grants

Stay or Go? How Environment Affects Migration in Mexico

AVF project: Studies have examined how economic, political and social factors affect migration in Mexico, but the role of the environment has not been explored. This project links environmental events to individuals’ decisions to migrate from rural to urban areas in Mexico, and from Mexico to the United States. Researchers will combine novel environmental measures and in-depth interviews with the largest existing survey on Mexican migration that captures 150,000+ individuals’ movements from 1965 to 2017. The goal is to identify behaviors and structures that shape adaptation responses and to design policies that foster resilience in collaboration with local organizations.

With support from the supplemental grant, undergraduates will join the data collection team and will interview respondents in select Mexican communities. The interviews will seek to get at individuals’ perceptions of and experiences with climate-related events and their attitudes towards migration.

Topics: Energy, Environment and Sustainability

The Team

  • Filiz Garip, Department of Sociology

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Allison Chatrchyan, Department of Global Development

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Nancy H. Chau, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

    SC Johnson College of Business

  • Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

    SC Johnson College of Business

  • Amanda Rodewald, Department of Natural Resources; Lab of Ornithology

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Community partner:  El Colegio de Mexico
  • Community partner:  Ford Foundation
  • Community partner:  Belisario Dominguez Institute

In the News

AUGUST 2018 
Border Analysis
– Cornell Research website


Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grants

Supporting undergraduate participation in cutting-edge, community-engaged projects funded by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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