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Senior Thesis Spotlight: Her Affinity for Service Took an Unexpected Turn Toward Public Policy

The daughter and granddaughter of physicians, Natalia Lalin entered Princeton with a strong affinity for service and an intention to major in neuroscience.But after taking a wide swath of courses during her first year — including mathematics, computer science, and, especially, the Freshman Seminar “Sentencing and Punishment” —…

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Research Record: Globalizing Green Industrial Policy Through Technology Transfers

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

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Ukrainian Reconstruction: SPIA's Innovations for Successful Societies Introduces Unique Legal Database for Rebuilding Efforts

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Innovations for Successful Societies has released summaries and analyses of hundreds of Ukrainian laws pertaining to reconstruction, the second component of a larger project aimed at helping the country rebuild infrastructure the Russian invasion has destroyed or damaged…

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Princeton SPIA Students Attend 2024 World Bank Spring Meetings

Princeton SPIA Students Attend 2024 World Bank Spring Meetings

One year into his tenure, Ajay Banga of the World Bank Group (WBG) affirmed the world is facing a set of intertwined challenges: conflict, pandemics, food insecurity and foremost, the climate crisis. Evidence of the World Bank’s evolution since is clear, as climate has taken center stage on its agenda and in its commitment to…

Princeton SPIA Students Attend 2024 World Bank Spring Meetings

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Assistance for Threatened Species Worldwide Remains Insufficient or Absent, SPIA Researchers Find

Hundreds of thousands of species are under the threat of extinction and will disappear if substantial conservation efforts are not made. In the face of this biodiversity crisis, policymakers and government officials across the globe have expanded protected areas that harbor threatened species and taken other measures to reduce…

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SPIAction Newsletter

SPIAction Newsletter

Welcome to the exciting launch of SPIAction, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs' new monthly newsletter! We're thrilled to have you join us on this journey, where we will keep you updated on the impactful ways our School is making a difference across the U.S. and around the world. The events of the past…

SPIAction Newsletter

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News, Research Briefs

An Ideal Family? The Words and Actions Don’t Match Up

When prompted on what an ideal family looks like, people consider a range of desirable characteristics, including whether it includes children, and if so, how many. This is an increasingly important question as the number of births in the United States and major Western (and increasingly non-Western) countries declines.When…

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2024 SPIA Hooding Ceremony

‘Engage With Empathy and Compassion’

Speaking at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ graduate hooding and awards ceremony and undergraduate Class Day on Monday, May 27, Dean Amaney Jamal urged graduating students to engage in constructive dialogue and condemn dehumanization at all turns. Dean Amaney Jamal (Photo credit…

2024 SPIA Hooding Ceremony

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Princeton SPIA Announces Exciting Lineup for 2024 Reunions and Commencement Celebrations

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs will supplement the University’s 2024 Reunions- and Commencement-related events with a slate of SPIA-specific gatherings and special events of its own over the next week.

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SPIAccolades — May 2024

Udi Ofer, the John L. Weinberg visiting professor and lecturer of public and international affairs, was unanimously elected a lifetime member of the Council on Criminal Justice.The Council on Criminal Justice advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds…

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