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SINSI Program Preps Princeton Students for Federal Government Careers

For those committed to public service careers in the U.S. federal government, Princeton SPIA’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) provides unparalleled opportunities.Now in its 18th year, the prestigious program places students in nearly every department and agency of the federal government — from the White…

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Breakout group during the 3rd Glasgow Dialogue on climate loss and damage. Here, small island developing states (SIDS) highlighted their unique challenges and called for international support through innovative financing and technical assistance. Photo Credit: Michael Chapman

C-PREE Students Report Back on 2024 Bonn Climate Change Conference

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat hosts two primary meetings each year: the Bonn Climate Change Conference typically held in June, and the Conference of Parties (COP) typically held in November. The Bonn Climate Conference centers around sessions of two permanent subsidiary bodies –…

Breakout group during the 3rd Glasgow Dialogue on climate loss and damage. Here, small island developing states (SIDS) highlighted their unique challenges and called for international support through innovative financing and technical assistance. Photo Credit: Michael Chapman

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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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Community Profile, Policy Profile

#PolicyProfile: Justin Schuster, MPA ’24

“Before coming to Princeton SPIA, I spent seven years covering foreign policy, conflict, and climate change in various media and editorial capacities. After majoring in global affairs and Middle Eastern studies as an undergraduate at Yale, I was fortunate to receive a postgraduate fellowship that allowed me to move to Amman,…

Justin Schuster, MPA ’24

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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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