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Students Test Policy Skills During Visit to Taiwan and Singapore

In early January, 20 Princeton undergraduates were watching events unfold from across the world. In a weeklong visit to Taiwan and Singapore, they had the opportunity to ask high-level officials – including current and former heads of state – international journalists, and more than 100 Princeton alumni their thoughts on how…

LISD Event in Singapore - credit Heather Carmichael '00, President

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Resilience Amidst Oppression: Honoring Afghan Women’s Strength During Women’s History Month

To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) has once again sought to highlight the situation and living conditions of women in Afghanistan. Afghan women, who continue to endure the Taliban’s restrictive rule, deserve the utmost…

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SPIAction Newsletter

SPIAction Newsletter

Dear Princeton SPIA community,I recently shared with alumni, students, faculty, and staff the many ways the School is assisting those affected by recent changes at the federal level. This includes career-focused programming, in-person networking for students and alumni, and events where students can engage with SPIA faculty for…

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Geopolitical Brunch Series Create Space for Candid Global Conversations

A lifetime after setting aside an early contemplation to become a priest, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber has finally found a different vocation centered on Sunday mornings.Since 2023, he has taught a regular Sunday seminars series held at Princeton SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD). Known as Geopolitical…

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Simon Jäger

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If you run into Simon Jäger on the towpath with his Vizsla, you may not know that he is a globally recognized economist whose work on labor markets and inequality is helping reshape our understanding of modern work. He may strike you as someone deeply interested in communicating with his canine, perhaps a dog whisperer. But…

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News, Research Briefs

Research Record: The Multiracial Complication: The 2020 Census and the Fictitious Multiracial Boom

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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From left to right: Alexandra Amon, Jason Klusowski, Lue Pan and Maria Micaela Sviatschi

February 28, 2025

Economist Maria Micaela Sviatschi Wins Sloane Research Fellowship

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that four Princeton professors — Alexandra Amon, Jason Klusowski, Lue Pan and Maria Micaela Sviatschi — have been selected as 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.“The Sloan Research Fellows represent the very best of early-career science, embodying the creativity, ambition and rigor that…

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February 27, 2025

Princeton SPIA’s Aleksandra Korolova Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

As artificial intelligence technology continues to enter the mainstream, Princeton SPIA’s Aleksandra Korolova has been behind the scenes researching the societal impacts of machine learning and AI. Her dedication to her craft has resulted in a prestigious designation: Korolova, an assistant professor of computer science and…

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February 26, 2025

Princeton SPIA Experts Contribute to Global Report on AI Safety

A recently released U.K. government report on artificial intelligence (AI) safety draws on contributions from 100 AI experts across 33 countries and intergovernmental organizations—including members of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.Billed as “the…

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February 26, 2025

Sachs Scholarship to Princeton SPIA Senior, Incoming Visiting Graduate Student

Princeton seniors Noah James and Ethan Sample and University of Oxford student Farzana Salik have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship(Link is external), one of Princeton University’s highest awards.

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