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Eric Tate

Eric Tate Awarded €2.5 Million ERC Synergy Grant for Research on Flooding and Social Vulnerability

As climate change increases rainfall intensity and urbanization patterns divert more water into rivers, damage to local communities has intensified. The result has left a group of researchers to question whether and when people will reach a point at which their repeated efforts to invest in flood adaptation are no longer worth…

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New Documentary Calls for ‘Creative Resolve’ to Solve Public Health Problems

Some of public health’s most daunting problems were solved only through sustained, collaborative global efforts. From collaborative efforts between the United States and the Soviet Union to eradicate smallpox at the height of the Cold War to international pressure to produce less expensive, generic antiretroviral medicines to…

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Jake Shapiro

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Determining Why Benefits for Women Go Unused

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.”

Jake Shapiro

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SPIAction Newsletter — April 2026

What It Means to Graduate Debt-FreeFully funded graduate degrees at Princeton SPIA mean you can focus on impactful public service careers, not debt.

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New Data from Princeton SPIA Initiative Shows Political Violence in U.S. is on the Rise

Since 2019, the Bridging Divides Initiative at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has tracked political violence in the United States and identified key risk factors for escalation. According to the latest edition of BDI’s yearly trend analysis report, 2025 saw a serious escalation in the risk environment,…

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Recognizing the Courage of Afghan Women 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), for the fourth consecutive year, acknowledges the struggles and honors the resistance of Afghan women who live in extreme conditions under the Taliban rule. However, they still do not give…

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SPIAccolades — March 2026

Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, participated in the fifth webinar of the Empowering Muslim Women in Scientific Research series, presenting on gender attitudes over the last decade…

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Nudhara Yusuf

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#PolicyProfile: Nudhara Yusuf, MPA ’27

"I grew up between places and histories. My parents raised me in the United Kingdom and India. Growing up hearing stories about my grandfather, a political activist who lost his life advocating for the right to speak against injustice, inspires who I am as a person. When I got to university, I had this self-realization that the…

Nudhara Yusuf

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Career Building at the United Nations: An Interactive Session with Students on Exploring Career Opportunities

The event “Career Building at the United Nations,” co-organized by the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University’s Center for Career Development, featured a practical and candid conversation with students interested in pursuing careers at the United Nations and…

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Layna Mosley

Behind the Headline: Tariff Policies Disrupt Global Order

The global economy is reeling from a series of shocks, including the wars in the Middle East and ongoing tariff negotiations between the U.S. and its trading partners. Layna Mosley, a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, explains the impact of…

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