February 17, 2021, RESEARCH Report, Download Report (PDF), Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture and food security both in the US and abroad. In collaboration with the Farm Journal Foundation, the Council provides recommendations that are targeted both domestically and internationally.,...

September 23, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Juliana Kerr , Paul N. McDaniel , and Melissa Guinan, Hans Isaacson, Download Report (PDF), According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy., Elected and civic leaders throughout th...

January 6, 2021, RESEARCH Report by John Austin and Alexander Hitch, Download Report (PDF), John Austin and Alexander Hitch examine policies and priorities to drive equitable economic recovery in the Midwest in a world reshaped by COVID-19., Executive Summary, In the midst of a national discussio...

September 23, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Kris Hartley, Download Report (PDF), Cities have a crucial role to play in translating the high-level, ambitious, and multidimensional vision of the SDGs into practice through local policies—that is, localization., Key Findings, The United Nations’ 2030 ...

June 23, 2016, RESEARCH Working Paper by Kathryn Reilly, Jason Pofahl, Download Report (PDF), This paper calls for a reimagined global retirement account that's tailored to bolster retirement security for today's global workforce., Over the past 50 years, trends in employer-sponsored benefits, p...

December 2, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Christopher Kindell and Laura Valdés, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses., Among the many urban crises precipitated...

May 10, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Samuel Kling , Florita Gunasekara , and Steven Bosacker, iStock, Download Report (PDF), Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of t...

October 13, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Noah J. Toly and Sam Tabory, Download Report (PDF), This report aims to better understand whether and how cities might harness their economic influence for influencing policy and governance debates at the national and international levels., Key Findings , Whe...

May 16, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Paul E. Schickler, III , Francesca DeBiase , Sally Rockey , Jennifer Goldston , Peggy Tsai Yih , and Natalie Burdsall, Kenny Eliason, Download Report (PDF), A "sustainable food seal" empowers consumers and farmers to support a more sustainable food supply chain., ...

April 19, 2019, RESEARCH Working Paper by Orley C. Ashenfelter, Download Report (PDF), A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy., Introduction, Much of what I have tried to do in my own research in the last forty years is t...