Congratulations to Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, director of our
@KelloggInst
for International Studies, who was honored this week with the 2024 Keough School Dean's Faculty Recognition Award.
@aperezli
Our Dignity and Development Forum began today with a keynote address by
@obyezeks
of
@TheSPPG
. She reflected on ethical and effective responses in the face of complex and interconnected problems.
#dignitydev
Congratulations to Susanne Wengle on her new book "Black Earth, White Bread," which explores how agrotechnology served—and undermined—Soviet and Russian political projects. Wengle is a concurrent faculty member at the Keough School.
@UWiscPress
How can we combine efforts to protect nature & build peace? Join us Nov. 1 for insights from Former Colombian President & Nobel Laureate Juan Manuel Santos & other distinguished guests. Participants will discuss lessons from the Colombian peace agreement:
Oby Ezekwesili (
@obyezeks
), Founder-Chairperson of
@TheSPPG
in Abuja, Nigeria, is helping to educate the next generation of political leaders. We’re thrilled to have her as the keynote speaker at our Dignity and Development Forum on March 17.
#dignitydev
Congrats to our very own Keough-Naughton Institute! The new Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland will feature new faculty appointments in Irish politics & contemporary culture, exchange programs, postdoc & graduate fellowships, & more
@NDIrishStudies
. Read here:
Keough School professor Abby Córdova has been selected as a 2022 Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar. Córdova will conduct research on violence against women in El Salvador. We congratulate her on being honored for this important work!
@AbbyCordova0411
Conversations about migration are largely shaped by myths and misconceptions. How can we embrace a more informed approach that draws on real-world experience? Join us 6/28 to hear from experts:
Congratulations to the Keough School's first graduates, the Master of Global Affairs Class of 2019! 🎓37 students from 22 countries, all with incredible talents:
@NotreDame
NEWS:
@NotreDame
students can now earn an undergraduate BA degree in global affairs from the Keough School. “This exciting interdisciplinary program of study was created in response to consistent and growing interest from students,” said Dean Appleby.
7 new faculty have joined the Keough School, bringing vital expertise in sustainable energy policy, racial justice, global health, political economy of development, and more. Read more about each of them:
The application is now live for
@NotreDame
's Master of Global Affairs program. Students learn to address some of the world's greatest challenges alongside colleagues from around the world.
No GRE required. Generous funding available. Apply now!
New
@NotreDame
literacy research in Haiti can improve learning outcomes by addressing educational inequities. It is yet another example of the University's ongoing work to address global poverty.
@PulteInstitute
@ieiatnd
.
.
@Domerx3Tracy
, professor of civil engineering and global affairs
@NotreDame
, has been appointed the William J. Pulte Director of our
@PulteInstitute
effective July 1. She will succeed the institute’s founding director, Raymond C. Offenheiser.
Congratulations to the Master of Global Affairs Class of 2021! We wish you the best in this new and exciting chapter of your lives.
#MGAClassof2021
🎓
#ND2021
Congratulations to Prof. Michael Morris, who was honored by South Bend Mayor James Mueller and the
@CityofSouthBend
for his work fostering entrepreneurship among those facing adverse circumstances.
@McKennaCenterND
The family of Donald and Marilyn Keough, longtime Notre Dame benefactors, has made a $25 million gift to the Keough School of Global Affairs, dramatically increasing financial aid for students in the master of global affairs program.
Application now LIVE for
@NotreDame
Master of Global Affairs — 2-year degree combining strong academics, skills training & field experiences around the world. All qualified students eligible for tuition scholarship and stipend. Apply now!
How can the international community promote inclusive & development in Afghanistan? Experts at our recent panel discussion weighed in with some great insights. They said the international community should:
New alumni profile: Arthur Ssembajja '22, a Catholic priest from Uganda, shares why he earned a MGA/MBA dual degree, what he learned from field work in Malawi, and his best advice for making the most of a master of global affairs program.
#yourMGA
Two weeks left to submit your application for
@NotreDame
's Master of Global Affairs program. Join the next class of students in August 2021!
Generous funding available. Apply by December 15!
Join us at
#NotreDame
Thurs (4/12) to hear Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, known as “banker of the poor” for founding Grameen Bank & pioneering microcredit in rural Bangladesh
Laura Miller-Graff, assistant professor of psychology & peace studies, designs treatments to foster resilience in children and adults who have experienced violence.
@KrocInstitute
A Remedy for Battered Hearts: Notre Dame psychologist Laura Miller-Graff '08 brings healing and hope to the littlest victims of violence, abuse and trauma.
Pope Francis today cited work of the Keough School’s
@KrocInstitute
& its Contending Modernities research initiative at an international conference. Referencing the book Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age, published by Contending Modernities &
@UNDPress
(1/7)
Bittersweet:
#NotreDame
Master of Global Affairs students learn about the complex
#chocolate
supply chain by visiting the first organic and fair trade co-op in Ghana. Thanks
@Oxfam
and
@TonysChocoUS
! Read the story here:
Four MGA alumni have been named Presidential Management Fellows by the US government, earning coveted positions in a highly selective government career program. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our very own Professor
@EbrahimMoosa
bringing together madrasa graduates who yearn to fill the gap between traditional teachings and the modern world
@KrocInstitute
@Modernities
Watch the video here:
Through online education and seminars, Professor Ebrahim Moosa is training future Muslim educators to incorporate modern thought into classic curricula at madrasas, schools for Islamic education.
See how he's Fighting For Religious Understanding:
The Keough School has established two new doctoral programs in sustainable development and peace studies. Both programs will enroll students beginning in fall 2025.
"We are delighted to finally have the full cohort of MGA students together. Each of them brings important and diverse perspectives to the classroom." Learn about the MGA Class of 2022 and their journey to the Keough School and
@NotreDame
here:
@NotreDame
and Global Citizen Year are giving incoming students an opportunity to explore the world and their role in it through a transformative global gap year prior to matriculating.
#collegeslovegapyears
Learn more here:
Congratulations to Alejandro Estefan, assistant professor of development economics, who was recently awarded the Asian Development Bank-International Economic Association Innovative Research Award for his research on property tax in Mexico.
Join our Liu Institute 12 p.m. Friday, 3/22. Hear from
@karunanundy
, a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and women’s rights advocate. Keough faculty expert Susan Ostermann will moderate. Register here:
@KelloggInst
@GenderStudiesND
@NDHumRts
The application is now live for
@NotreDame
's Master of Global Affairs program. Students learn to address some of the world's greatest challenges alongside colleagues from around the world.
Generous funding is available. Apply now!
One of the best ways to support human dignity is by defending human rights. We are proud to partner with our friends
@OAS_official
to strengthen democracy and defend human rights efforts across Latin America.
@KelloggInst
@KrocInstitute
@PulteInstitute
Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Misericordia University. Congratulations to Dean Appleby!
@MisericordiaU
We are honored to welcome
@MaryGao
of
@iiumich
as our new Marilyn Keough Dean here at the Keough School. She is an outstanding scholar, teacher, policy expert and administrator.
Mary Gallagher will begin her five-year term as dean on July 1.
She'll join
@KeoughGlobalND
from
@umich
where she served as the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Chair in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights and director of
@iiumich
#TBT
as our MGA students prepare final reports for their global partners, we remember the vision that inspired their fieldwork. Team PGSSC traveled to Ethiopia, Tanzania, & Sierra Leone this summer w/
@HarvardPGSSC
to explore better access to surgical care.
#globalhealth
#NDiLab
Congratulations to Sofía del Valle (MGA '19) and Keough School teaching professor Sisi Meng, who were recently featured by Notre Dame International for making an impact in the
#sustainability
field.
@sofiadelvallet
@meng_sisi
@UNDIntl
Congratulations to Joyce Adams & Laura Miller-Graff for their new research grants co-funded by
@IndianaCTSI
,
@ndeckinstitute
. Adams will create a postpartum care model for women in Ghana; Miller-Graff will research solutions to intimate partner violence affecting women in Mexico.
"Water impacts so many global issues we care about." Tomorrow (March 22) is
#WorldWaterDay
, so we talked with our resident water policy expert Ellis Adams. He shared research findings & urged us to work together to conserve our most precious natural resource.
@ellisaadams
Photo essay: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus recently spoke with
@NotreDame
master of global affairs students about creating a world without poverty
@Yunus_Centre
The Kellogg Institute is seeking two postdoctoral researchers in democracy, as part of the Univ of Notre Dame’s Democracy Initiative, for the academic year 2024-2025 (renewable). Apply by Apr 15! More info:
@KeoughGlobalND
#postdoc
#democracy
#research
A team of researchers at the Keough School finds 24 of 46 presidential transition provisions have yet to be completed, with <2 months to go. Our Presidential Transition Index is monitoring the transition process in real time, view the status here:
“I hope my scholarship encourages people to rethink the int'l economic system...so that we are thinking not about the glories of globalization but at the end of the day, the common good.” Read Prof
@DianeDesierto
’s journey here:
#WomensHistoryMonth
For the first time ever, two graduate students have been tapped by the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame to receive the prestigious annual Hesburgh Global Fellowship simultaneously.
@KrocInstitute
@NotreDame
Conventional peacebuilding often relies on top-down policies—a well-intentioned but flawed approach. What can policymakers learn from people who are most affected by violence? Join us 5/3 for a panel discussion with
@SeverineAR
:
Our new policy paper explores how the US Government should engage with religious actors in order to successfully implement the
#GlobalFragilityAct
, which will prevent and reduce violent conflict in fragile states.
Evidence-based solutions to address poverty and make an impact. Our
@PulteInstitute
and
@LEOatND
will play key roles in this bold new
@NotreDame
Poverty Initiative.
Every day, poverty stifles hope, opportunity and dignity for 700 million people worldwide, including 37 million Americans.
The Poverty Initiative, part of Notre Dame’s new strategic framework, is poised to change that:
Last weekend we celebrated the Keough School's Class of 2022, which included graduates at every level—undergraduate, master's, and PhD. We are tremendously proud of these students and know they will be a formidable force for good in the world. Congratulations to all!
#ND2022
Happening today: An interdisciplinary group of researchers, including several from the Keough School, discussed how poverty and inequality intersect with environmental justice during the first day of a workshop at the University of Notre Dame's London Global Gateway.
Keough School's
@PulteInstitute
will be working with a coalition of partners in higher education across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia to implement the
@USAID
HELIX program.
The application is now live for
@NotreDame
's Master of Global Affairs program. Students learn to address some of the world's greatest challenges alongside colleagues from around the world.
Join a new generation of global leaders. Apply now!
Meet the 6 newest members of the Keough School faculty! These scholars bring diverse expertise in areas ranging from environmental policy to A.I. to human rights. Read more about their research:
In observance of the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, the University of Notre Dame will be closed from December 23, 2022 through January 3, 2023. We wish you a joy-filled and restful holiday season!
Democracy is under attack. Can technology help us fight back? Hear from Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and other experts at Notre Dame’s digital democracy summit March 14 in Washington, D.C. Register now:
Congratulations to Patrick Griffin, director of the Keough School's Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, who was was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy as an honorary member. Membership in the RIA is the highest academic honor in Ireland.
If you want peace, include women at the negotiating table, says Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, a leading peace researcher at Notre Dame. Read more about her insights on how to reduce violent conflict and build sustainable peace.
#IWD2023
Join us Monday, April 15 on
@NotreDame
's campus to hear from economist and Nobel laureate
@JosephEStiglitz
, who will share insights on addressing inequality. The talk is free and open to the public. Register now:
"According to the article, the fastest area of population growth expected by the year 2100 will occur in the developing world where disease control, surveillance and access to health care already face significant challenges."
"When I speak about water access challenges, I speak as an academic but also as someone who has experienced these challenges personally." Meet Ellis Adjei Adams, a water policy expert
@NotreDame
's Keough School of Global Affairs.
#WorldWaterDay
#WASH
Congratulation to
@roffenheiser
, who has been honored with the President's Award. He is recognized for his energy & vision supporting initiatives to address poverty & inequality, including work with our
@PulteInstitute
and
@McKennaCenterND
.
On this World Environment Day 2022, we elevate and celebrate the sustainability efforts of our faculty. Follow along to learn about some of the research and policy work of the Keough School community.
#OnlyOneEarth
Great to see poverty-fighting research by Keough School experts Alejandro Estefan and
@PaulCWinters
featured in the
@WorldBank
Development Impact blog.
Special thanks to
@dmckenzie001
for highlighting this important work
@PulteInstitute
How can the human community respond to acts of trauma and injustice committed by those in power? Join us for
#dignitydev
starting at 1:00 p.m. ET today (March 2) to hear insights:
Congratulations to economist Sandra Polanía-Reyes! She was awarded a research grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to study determinants of empathy and trust among citizens in Colombia.
@the_IDB
@spolania
Congratulations to
@MustilloTom
, who has been awarded a fellowship by
@ElectIntegrity
and
@IFES1987
to study connections between voter obstacles and political extremism in Latin America. Learn more about Tom and his work:
"Water impacts so many global issues we care about." On
#WorldWaterDay
, we talked with our resident water policy expert Ellis Adams. Here, he shares research findings and urges us to work together to conserve our most precious natural resource.
@ellisaadams
We are honored to announce that Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and Nobel laureate known for her work to defend democracy and combat disinformation, has been named a distinguished policy fellow at the Keough School.
Great to hear from so many experts at our policy impact workshop here
@NotreDame
. Sessions will continue this afternoon and tomorrow. Great insights on measuring impact, partnerships and building capacity.
Due to precautionary measures related to COVID-19, Keough School Institutes and Centers will remain open virtually while closing physical offices. Please contact institutes or email globalnd
@nd
.edu w/any questions.
Visit for the latest University info.
Day 2 of our
#FutureofWork
Conference with
@Citi
Foundation is underway, w/ more great conversations about disruption, innovation, and the dignity of work. Follow the conversation here:
#FOWatND
@NDIGD
This fall, we've enjoyed getting to know our 37 new master of global affairs students from 23 countries, and we want you to meet them too! Read student bios from the Class of 2024:
Great to have
@JosephEStiglitz
on campus here at
@NotreDame
today. We appreciate him taking the time to answer student questions on inequality and how to address it ahead of tonight's talk.
Congrats to Julia Kowalski, whose book Counseling Women has been awarded the 2023 Michelle Z. Rosaldo Prize by
@femanth
. Read more about Prof Kowalski
@julia_kowalski_
Drawing inspiration from her mother's environmental activism, master of global affairs student Beverly Ndifoin is pursuing a career in sustainability, in part through her work as a graduate student with
@FLAREglobal
.
Our campus is covered in snow, but spring semester classes begin today! A special welcome to our international MGA students, who arrived at Notre Dame last week for their orientation. We'll be introducing them to you very soon—stay tuned!
TODAY: Along with
@AfPeacebuilding
,
@mercycorps
, and
@SFCG_
, we’re hosting a forum in Washington on a whole-government approach to conflict prevention. Follow our live updates throughout the morning.
During a fall break trip to Washington, DC,
@NotreDame
students at the Keough School &
@NanovicND
met with diplomats and policymakers and networked as they prepared to begin their policy careers and make a difference: