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Princeton SPIA undergraduate students helped to successfully advocate for the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of a program that seeks to advance racial justice in law enforcement around the world.Last month, the Human Rights Council voted to reauthorize the Expert Mechanism...
Because of the interconnected food systems of today’s globalized world, the use of food as a weapon of war is more dangerous than ever, and few tools exist for governments to deter the deadly practice, according to a recent commentary in Foreign Affairs, one of the country’s most celebrated and...
In the July 2024 issue (Volume 76, Issue 3) of World Politics, Kurt Weyland — Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin — argues that contemporary academia has seen a new bout of conceptual stretching. “The recent trend toward the loose...
On Tuesday, September 3, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) celebrated the start of a new academic year with a welcome reception for returning and new visiting scholars. Attendees included faculty, staff, students and visitors, who represented a wide swath of...
On September 13, Brazil LAB kicked off its fall programming with “United States-Brazil: 200 Years of Diplomatic Relations,” a two-day symposium. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the ambassador of Brazil to the U.S. delivered the keynote address. The event also featured talks by Ambassador Adalnio...
On Oct. 10, the Program in Contemporary European Politics hosted “Central Europe’s Transition-Related Democracy Deficit" with Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, visiting professor in practice at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In her talk,...
Class of 2024 members Juliette Carbonnier and Collin Riggins are the latest recipients of the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship, which funds yearlong independent projects for members of each senior class in the year following their graduation. The two students began their work this summer.The Dale...
As America has reflected in recent years on the strength of our democracy in an era of hyperpartisanship, a former deputy chief of staff to Donald Trump and a former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi have both visited Princeton’s campus at the invitation of the University’s Center for the Study of...
William Chester Jordan, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, emeritus, and the director of the Program in Medieval Studies, has received the 2024 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. He is among 10 recipients of the prize,...
Princeton faculty member Lex Brown, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, and historian Lucas Ramos have been awarded the 2024-25 Rome Prize(Link is external) for independent research in the arts and humanities. Both are Princeton alumni. Recipients are invited to pursue their...
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.”The...
During the Fall Break, the International Policy Associates (IPAs)—LISDs selective group of undergraduate pre-professional foreign policy fellows—traveled to Warsaw, Gdańsk, and Kraków to investigate recent and contemporary Polish politics. In meetings with top politicians and key stakeholders across...
The American Physical Society has recognized two scholars at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) for their contributions to the field of physics. Alex Glaser, an associate professor at Princeton SPIA and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and...
It was a stroke of luck that Aimee Bronfeld decided to be very early to her first day on the job five years ago.As project specialist for the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA), she produces one of the University’s most...
Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah captivated Princeton audiences in an Oct. 30 visit with reflections on literature, compassion and the “oceanic cosmopolitanism” that connects artists and thinkers across continents. Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and is...
Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah captivated Princeton audiences in an Oct. 30 visit with reflections on literature, compassion and the “oceanic cosmopolitanism” that connects artists and thinkers across continents. Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and is...
Why are some cities more successful than others in reducing inequalities in areas such as housing, sanitation, and transportation? Ben Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs, explores this topic in his debut book, “Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and...
For years a potential disaster lurked in the internet’s encryption system, threatening the security of organizations and individuals worldwide. Princeton engineers have now squelched that threat, working with industry leaders to transform their research into a universal security standard that was...
Authors: Denise L. Mauzerall (Princeton), Shangwei Liu (Princeton), Yang Guo (Princeton), Fabian Wagner (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Hongxun Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Ryna Yiyun Cui (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: Diversifying heat sources in China’s...
Energy systems modeler Jesse Jenkins was named to the TIME100 Next list as a rising leader working to shape a better future for the planet.Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, was recognized for his pivotal role...