Karina Piser’s research explored measures to promote French secularism in public high schools in immigrant-heavy areas. Beginning in suburbs of Paris, she interviewed students, teachers, administrators, and education-policy practitioners to better understand how the government is targeting schools to improve social cohesion in the aftermath of the 2015 and 2016 terrorist attacks. Prior to receiving the ICWA fellowship, Karina was an editor at World Politics Review, and has previously held positions at the Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in Tunis, Tunisia. She holds a master’s degree from Sciences Po Paris, and has written for Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, and World Politics Review, among other publications.
WNYC: Karina Piser on Brooklyn’s battle
Following on the heels of Queens’ epic struggle with Amazon, another New York City borough is waging war on grand-scale development.
Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on race in France
A new highly critical report by France’s human rights watchdog has energized the country’s conversation on race, especially after large protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) writes in Foreign Policy. In his report, the human rights ombudsman Jacques Toubon said discrimination is “systemic,” a new criticism in official France, which famously ...
The Nation: Karina Piser on child hunger
The number of American children who do not get enough to eat has risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Karina Piser on US prisons under coronavirus
The pandemic has hit prison inmates especially hard, Karina Piser writes in articles for The Nation and The New Republic.
NYT: Karina Piser on grandma’s cookies
While stuck inside her New York apartment during the coronavirus pandemic, Karina recreates her grandmother’s savory cachkitas.