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#PolicyProfile: Shannon Presha, Graduate Programs Finance and Operations Manager

“Growing up, my best friend’s grandmother, Laura Wooten, worked at Princeton for a long time. I would often visit her in town, but I never thought that one day I might work here. Being on a college campus is just wonderful. I love to walk around the campus and look at the buildings. There’s nothing like a college campus; it's…

Arvind Narayanan

Tech Expert Arvind Narayanan Takes the Helm at Princeton Center for Information Technology

About a decade ago — back when he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and Silicon Valley was rebounding from the dot-com bust — computer scientist Arvind Narayanan co-founded a startup, pursuing what he thought was his career path. “It was just very intellectually exciting,” said Narayanan, a Princeton University…

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SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy Lab Speaks on Taliban-Controlled Region During U.N. Counter-Terrorism Week

On June 22, the Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) organized an important event at the United Nations that brought Afghanistan to the international spotlight, as delegates from across the world convened in New York to discuss the pressing world security issues in the…

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#PolicyProfile: Amanda Stark MPP ’23

“From a young age, I had a strong sense of fairness. This drove me to study law at the University of Auckland. I saw this as a practical way to have an impact on justice and equity issues. I’ve always been fascinated by the world beyond Aotearoa, New Zealand, and different peoples and cultures. An internship with the New…

Leonard Wantchekon (center) received the Kiel Institute's Global Economy Prize on June 19, 2023. Image courtesy of the Kiel Institute.

Leonard Wantchekon Awarded Kiel Institute’s 2023 Global Economy Prize

Leonard Wantchekon, the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, has been awarded the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s 2023 Global Economy Prize in the science category. The Global Economy Prize is presented to individuals who have…

Leonard Wantchekon (center) received the Kiel Institute's Global Economy Prize on June 19, 2023. Image courtesy of the Kiel Institute.

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SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy Lab Organizes Event During U.N. Counter-Terrorism Week

Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan almost two years ago, security scholars and counter-terrorism professionals have debated how the group’s relations with foreign terrorist groups and transnational organized crime networks have impacted the country, the region, and beyond. On June 22, members of the Afghanistan Policy…

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Miguel Centeno

New Book Looks to Apply Lessons of Past Societal Falls

A new book co-edited by SPIA researchers and alumni examines the rise and fall of prior societies and their relation to our own seemingly precarious times. How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us about Our Modern World and Fragile Future (Routledge) presents more than 20 essays from scholars…

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Susan L. Marquis

New Report Highlights Benefits of Worker-Driven Social Responsibility

Myriad solutions within the social responsibility sector have emerged in response to the increased attention around human rights abuses facing low-wage workers around the globe. These corporate social responsibility campaigns, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and transparency legislation. Among many such social responsibility…

Susan L. Marquis

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Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including Michael Oppenheimer, director of SPIA’s Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment and…

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LISD Seminar on Tanks

American, German Experts Speak at LISD Seminar on Tanks

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, the founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, hosted a two-day long seminar on tanks, armored fighting vehicles, related technologies, tactics, and warfare at the end of April with experts from the United States and Germany. The seminar introduced participants to the…

LISD Seminar on Tanks