| The Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University sponsors and facilitates collaborative interdisciplinary scholarship on crucial problems facing the world. Our activities promote dialogue on international affairs enriching the educational program at Northwestern and beyond. Working with a variety of organizations and communities we contribute to preparing exemplary global citizens. |
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Keyman Lecture » From Brussels to Shanghai: Turkey's Changing Global Ambitions
Soli Özel, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
Tuesday, May 21 at 5pm | Harris 108
Conference » A Half-Decade of Crisis: Governing the Global Economy in the New Hard Times
keynote by Janice Eberly, Kellogg, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, US Department of the Treasury
Friday, May 24 | Harris 108
Measuring Development Effectiveness: Why is it so hard to get it right?
Jodi Nelson, Gates Foundation
Friday, May 24 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Buffett Center Year-End Celebration & Open House
Tuesday, May 28, 4pm-6pm | Buffett Center
No Place But Home: Karen Burmese Refugees and the Early Warming Signs of Repatriation
Jack Doppelt, Medill
Friday, May 31 at 12pm | Buffett Center
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GlobeMed Executive Director Maya Cohen one of Crain's Chicago Business "20 in their 20s"
Cohen was selected for her work expanding GlobeMed and securing a major grant from USAID's Global Health Program, which enables students from different socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in GlobeMed.
GlobeMed, which started at Northwestern University, is a network of university students working toward global health equity that now has 50 chapters across the country. The Buffett Center was critical to the GlobeMed launch and continues to support this program.
» GlobeMed at Northwestern | GlobeMed | Maya Cohen Crain's Chicago profile |
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Beyond 2015: Targeting Institutional Human Rights Violations
Thomas Pogge argues that supranational institutional arrangements--such as protectionism, monopolies on seeds and medicines, and tax havens--must be challenged to solve global poverty. |
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Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front
Myriam Denov examines the militarization and reintegration experiences of former child soldiers. |
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Islam and the Arab Awakening: A Panel Discussion with Tariq Ramadan
A discussion with Tariq Ramadan and Northwestern’s Jonathan Caverley, Rachel Riedl, Storer Rowley, and Hendrik Spruyt. |
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Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way
Steve Radelet, USAID, examines economic growth, deepening democracy, improved governance, and decreased poverty in Africa. |
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Francis Fukuyama, Stanford, analyzes the global history of state formation. |
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Esther Duflo » Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Duflo shares MIT's Poverty Action Lab findings about what works in international development. |
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