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SPIA Undergraduate Students Attend UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) and Speak at APL Side Event

Four Princeton University undergrads helped to organize and also participated in a high-level event at the United Nations Headquarters on March 14, with one of them delivering remarks as well. Princeton University Undergrads at the…

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For Princeton SPIA Undergrads, ‘Direct Links Between Theory and Practice’

A collection of new and existing courses is giving undergraduate students in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs the chance to apply what they are learning in real time.“Our experiential learning courses push students to come up with innovative approaches to real-world challenges and to recognize the impact…

SPIA students meeting with Congress Member Kelly Armstrong

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Moravcsik and Danspeckgruber Reflect on the 61st Munich Security Conference

The 2025 Munich Security Conference (MSC), held last month, included representatives from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs among its observers and participants.Andrew Moravcsik, a professor of politics and international affairs and director of Princeton SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self…

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Rush Doshi speaking with students in SPIA DC class day

Princeton Graduate Students Engage Strategists and Policymakers on U.S. China-Relations

A recent visit by Princeton School of Public and International Affairs graduate students to Washington illustrates one of the SPIA DC Center’s primary assets – its capacity to bring classroom instruction to life by linking students with senior policymakers to discuss the day’s most pressing issues.As part of Center Director…

Rush Doshi speaking with students in SPIA DC class day

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Princeton SPIA Faculty Weigh In on Russia-Ukraine Partial Ceasefire

PRINCETON, NJ - Following the announcement of a partial ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, experts from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) offer their insights on what this means and what comes next. With backgrounds in international affairs, political conflict, and economic history,…

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From Think Tanks to Local Government, Students Explore Policy Careers in a Turbulent Time

Every semester, Princeton students interested in public-policy careers go to Washington, D.C., to explore career opportunities. When planning for the spring trip began last year, a visit to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was high on the list.Everything changed in January, when the agency’s operations…

SPIA students posing in front of Capitol building in DC

Christopher F. Chyba

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Research Record: Experimental Demonstration of Electric Power Generation From Earth’s Rotation Through Its Own Magnetic Field

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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Hand with scissors cutting factory smoke stack. Illustration by Bumper DeJesus.

EPA Regulations Cut Power Sector Emissions but Miss Opportunities for Deeper Reductions

Regulations finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2024 could cut emissions from fossil fuel power generators but leave additional cost-effective emissions reductions on the table, according to new Princeton research.The analysis, published March 12 in One Earth, evaluates the impacts of the EPA power plant…

Hand with scissors cutting factory smoke stack. Illustration by Bumper DeJesus.

Brandon Stewart and Andy Guess

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Research Record: YouTube’s Algorithm and its Effect on Political Polarization

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.”

Brandon Stewart and Andy Guess

SPIA students on winter break in Cuba and El Salvador

Off the Beaten Path, Princeton SPIA Undergrads Spend Winter Break in Cuba, El Salvador

Traveling to Havana for a Wintersession workshop was more than an academic exercise for Princeton SPIA undergraduate Olivia Sanchez – much more.“The SPIA policy workshop in Cuba was a profound personal and academic experience,” Sanchez said. “As a Cuban American, I never thought I would have the chance to see the country from…

SPIA students on winter break in Cuba and El Salvador