Adam Lichtenheld
2015-2016 Dissertation Fellow
Adam Lichtenheld was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2015-2016. He is the executive director of the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University and an affiliated scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. His research focuses on migration and displacement, political violence, and peacebuilding. His dissertation looked into the question: why do governments intentionally uproot civilians during armed conflict?

Expertise & Interests
- Migration and displacement
- Political violence
- Peacebuilding