This semester some events will be held in person and others will remain virtual. Be sure to check the event description for details about how to participate, and contact the event organizer if you have any questions.
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Monday, January 30, 2023
7th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference
The 7th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to Climate Change and Sustainable Cities.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The Dismantling of Rule of Law in Poland
The lecture will address the dismantling of democratic institutions in Poland since 2015, with particular emphasis on the attack on the independence of the judiciary. Poland was an example for Europe of a model transformation (after 1989) from communism to a system of liberal democracy and a market economy.
- Academic Events
- Guest Speakers
- International
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Putin's War or Russia's War?
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Why are Russians not protesting? Do they understand anything about the atrocities being committed in their name? Why do they support Putin? Are sanctions working at all? There are so many questions being asked these days by everyone who tries to understand Russian society and what is happening to it because of the war.
- Academic Events
- Guest Speakers
- International
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Friday, February 3, 2023
NIST and Efforts to Reduce Risk and Build Public Trust in AI
The USG has issued two documents designed to advance trustworthy approaches to AI and address AI risk. First, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will release its AI Risk Management Framework 1.0 (AI RMF) on January 26th.
- Academic Events
- Guest Speakers
- International
- Elliott School of International Affairs
- School of Business
- School of Engineering & Applied Science
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Optimised Multidimensional Poverty Reduction
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Multidimensional Quality of Employment in Latin America
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Nina Hall Book Talk
On Thursday, February 16 at 11am ET SMPA Professor David Karpf will be in conversation with Nina Hall about her recent book Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era.
- Guest Speakers
- International
- Research
- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
- Elliott School of International Affairs
- School of Media & Public Affairs
Friday, February 17, 2023
What Is Christian Nationalism?
Since the 2016 presidential election, academic, journalists, and the public have devoted increasing attention to Christian nationalism. Often associated with threats to the Constitutional order, the term has always been invoked to describe hopes of moral and political renewal. What does it mean to believe that America is, was, or should be a Christian nation? Is Christian Nationalism a new challenge or an old tradition?
- Academic Events
- Guest Speakers
- International
- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in the European Union
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Anthroencryption: Strategies for Protecting the World's Vulnerable People
Governments, humanitarian organizations and private contractors are capturing, storing and sharing an ever increasing volume of identity data, much of it pertaining to individuals such as refugees, whistleblowers and other vulnerable people who may never interact directly with the databases where their data is stored.
- Foggy Bottom Campus
- Guest Speakers
- Safety & Security
- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
- Elliott School of International Affairs
- School of Media & Public Affairs
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Methodological Approaches on How to Measure Risk of Poverty with Income and Wealth
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, March 2, 2023
States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan with Jose Ciro Martinez and Ilana Feldman
On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz ‘arabi—the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle East politics and society, rarely do we consider how bread is prepared, consumed, discussed, and circulated—and what this all represents
- Faculty & Staff
- Guest Speakers
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Indonesia in the time of COVID-19
The multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and other counting measures identify and evaluate poverty based on the multiple deprivations experienced by people. Traditional unidimensional measures gauge poverty in a distribution of income (or another variable) using shortfalls from a poverty line.
- Academic Events
- International
- Research
- Elliott School of International Affairs
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