Sarah Bermeo is a political economist and associate professor of public policy and political science in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where she is also co-director of the Duke Program on Climate, Resilience and Mobility. Her research lies at the intersection of international relations and development, with a focus on foreign aid, migration, climate change, and the intersection of these issue areas. Ongoing work analyzes the drivers of migration (particularly from Central America), the allocation of cross-national and subnational climate aid with a focus on the agriculture sector, barriers to adoption of climate-smart agriculture techniques for smallholder farmers in developing countries, and the design of international institutions for global public goods. Dr. Bermeo’s publications include Targeted Development: Industrialized Country Strategy in a Globalizing World (Oxford, 2018) as well as multiple articles, reports, and policy briefs. She has consulted with the U.S. Department of State, USAID, and the World Bank Group, has been a contributor to multiple outlets including the Future Development blog at the Brookings Institution, and regularly provides comments and background to media outlets.
