Nicole Sackley is a specialist in the history of the United States in the world with particular interest in development, philanthropy, capitalism, and the role of US experts as international actors. Her past research has examined how US social scientific categories and models of modernization—from “culture” and “economy” to “the village”—were made through transnational intellectual networks and postcolonial politics, particularly those of Nehru’s India. Sackley is currently at work on two projects: “Mapping the Foundations,” a digital project, spatializes all international grants given by the Ford foundation in the 20th century. "Coop Capitalism," a monograph, examines the history of twentieth-century Americans who debated the nature of US capitalism and furthered their own economic development dreams through international cooperative ventures, from Europe to India, Iran, and Ecuador. Sackley has published in Agricultural History, Diplomatic History, History & Technology, the Journal of Global History, Modern Intellectual History, and multiple edited collections.