Janet C. Gornick

The Stone Center’s sixth cohort of postdoctoral scholars, Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp, will start new positions this fall after they complete their two-year terms at the Graduate Center. Mo will join the economics department of Laval University, and Rapp will join the London School of Economics's International Inequalities Institute.

Experts discuss Branko Milanovic's timely new book on the changing roles of the U.S. and China as global powers.

J. van der Naald, S. K. Bruch, and J. C. Gornick. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 67–95. 2026.

Stone Center Director Janet Gornick and GC Wealth Project Director Salvatore Morelli took part in a recent meeting of the International Panel on Inequality Founding Committee, an international group of experts and officials who are seeking to establish a permanent global panel to fight inequality.

An eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments that begin in August 2026. Jasmine Simington was selected for the position that focuses on wealth inequality and is affiliated with the GC Wealth Project. Christopher Pulliam was selected for the position that broadly focuses on mobility and poverty.

Funding from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation supports the public scholarship of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at a pivotal time.

Experts discuss Branko Milanovic's timely new book on the changing roles of the U.S. and China as global powers.

In this post, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, an economist whose research focuses on the intersection of political economics, development, and economic history, reflects on the Center’s recent international workshop.

M. Gurín and J. C. Gornick. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. pp. 1–19. 2025.

Fifteen researchers associated with the GC CUNY Stone Center, including three senior scholars, attended the 2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference, held in Luxembourg on February 27 and 28.