| The Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies 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. Working with a variety of organizations and communities we contribute to preparing exemplary global citizens. |
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Uncertainties following the Arab Spring: Considering Turkey as a Model
Sinan Ciddi, Georgetown University
Wednesday, January 25 at 6pm
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The Promiscuity of Facts: Barack Obama and Uncertain Knowledge
Gary Alan Fine, Sociology
Friday, January 27 at 12pm | Buffett Center
More than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
Dean Karlan, Yale
Tuesday, January 31 at 5pm | Buffett Center
Network Effects in Non-Take-Up of Free Public Health Insurance for the Poor in Turkey
Burcay Erus, Economics
Friday, February 3 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Paper, Databases, and the Ontology of Land Holdings in South Asia
Matthew Hull, University of Michigan
Friday, February 3 at 3:30pm | 1810 Hinman Ave.
Arab American Stories
Alicia Sams, film director and producer
Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm | Harris 108
All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
David Scheffer, Law
Friday, February 10 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Secular Blasphemies: Orhan Pamuk and Turkish Modernity
Erdağ Göknar, Duke University
Thursday, February 16 at 6pm | Buffett Center
Challenges in Research on Electoral Turnout
Markus Steinbrecher, German and Political Science
Friday, February 17 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way
Steve Radelet, USAID
Tuesday, February 21 at 6pm | Buffett Center
Captive Society: the Basij and Social Control in Post Revolutionary Iran
Saeid Golkar, Buffett Center Visiting Scholar
Friday, February 24 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide
Kristen Renwick Monroe, UC-Irvine
Thursday, March 1 at 6pm | Buffett Center
Anglo-American Myths of the Islamic East
Jeffrey Garrett, German
Friday, March 2 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Big Business v. Big Government: The Battle that will Define the Future of America and Capitalism
David Rothkopf, author and CEO of Garten Rothkopf
Thursday, March 8 at 12pm | Buffett Center
Fragmented Forces: Warlords and Militias in Fragile and Failing States
March 9, 2012 |
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“I was drawn to GESI for the complete cultural immersion, the chance to step so incredibly far out of my comfort zone”
--Danielle Moehrke
read the full story in the Northwestern Magazine » |
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Undergraduate Students Design and Implement Small-Scale Development Projects in Bolivia, Nicaragua, India, South Africa, and Uganda with GESI
The Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI) prepares undergraduate students with the knowledge, tools, and experiences to confront shared global challenges. Through transformative opportunities in international service learning, students form partnerships with grassroots NGOs and communities in the developing world to advance sustainable, community-driven change.
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Safak Pavey » Participating in Politics in the Middle East as a Disabled Woman
Pavey shares her experiences working on UN humanitarian missions and in the Turkish parliament. |
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Raj Kumar » The Future of Global Development
Devex co-founder and president Raj Kumar discusses new trends in development and the future of foreign aid. |
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Doug Saunders » Arrival Cities: The Final Migration & Our Next World
Journalist Doug Saunders discusses migration, poverty, development, and the politics of modern cities. |
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Scott Carney » The Red Market: On the Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers
Investigative journalist Scott Carney reports on the lucrative and deeply secretive trade in human bodies and body parts. |
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Francis Fukuyama » The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
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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Joseph Nye » The Future of Power
Joseph Nye, Harvard University, discusses the new balance of world powers and argues against the idea of American decline. |
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David Harvey » The Enigma of Capital
David Harvey, CUNY Graduate Center, offers a critique of the global financial system. |
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Tariq Ramadan » What I Believe
Tariq Ramadan, Oxford University, talks about what it means to be a Muslim and a Westerner. |
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Paul Collier » Managing Nature for Global Prosperity
Collier discusses how responsible harnessing of natural resources could lift "The Bottom Billion" countries from poverty. |
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A Revolution in Crisis: Iran after June 12
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen recounts his experience in Iran during the post-election protests and reflects on the future of Iran. |
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 Comparative Assessment of Decentralization in Africa
Rachel Beatty Riedl, Political Science
USAID Report (Sep 2010) |
 Richard Joseph, Political Science
Insecurity and Counter-Insurgency in Africa
Brookings (1/12/2012)
Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram?
CNN (1/6/2012)
Reversing the Terrorist Tide in Nigeria: The Need for Smart Power
Brookings (1/4/2012)
Nigeria and Global Insecurity
Brookings (10/17/2011)
Interview on WBEZ (10/14/2011) |
 Egyptian Raids Seek to Halt Freedom’s March
Ambassador Richard S. Williamson
The American (1/5/2012) |
 The state of international justice: an interview with David Scheffer
David Scheffer, Law
Foreign Policy (12/7/2011) |
 Northwestern Magazine Profiles Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI)
GESI program blends elements of study abroad, consulting and service |
 China must not loosen policy too quickly
Victor Shih, Political Science
Financial Times (11/18/2011) |
 Greek Economic Instability Resembles Argentina Default
Stephen Nelson, Political Science
WBEZ Worldview (11/2/2011)
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Democracy and Reconfigured Power in Africa (PDF)
Richard Joseph, Political Science
in Current History: Democracy’s Next Wave |
 Oligarchy and Democracy
(click here for full PDF with tables)
Jeffrey Winters, Political Science
The American Interest (Nov 2011) |
 A new Palestinian Intifada?
Wendy Pearlman, Political Science
Foreign Policy (10/10/2011) |
 Merit, Corruption, Social Capital and Development in Post 50 Nigeria
Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu, Sociology
The Nation, Nigeria (9/13/2011) |
 Karen J. Alter Awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
Although Alter is a political scientist, the fellowship was awarded in the field of law, to complete her book manuscript: The New Terrain of International Law: International Courts in Global Politics. |
 GlobeMed Co-Founder, Peter Luckow, Wins Prestigious Echoing Green Fellowship
Luckow was instrumental in building GlobeMed from a Northwestern-based student organization to a national model with chapters at 46 universities across the country. |
New Research Project » Politics of Religious Freedom: Contested Norms and Local Practices
Co-led by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, the 3-year project will be jointly based at UC-Berkeley and the Buffett Center. |
Northwestern and Sciences Po Win Grant for Comparative Study of Inequality in France and the United States
The three-year, $300,000 grant from the Partner University Fund provides for colloquia, faculty and graduate student visits, and graduate student exchanges. |
Research Alliance to Combat HIV/AIDS (REACH): Leading the Way for Bolder Action on HIV/AIDS Prevention
Findings and recommendations from the four-year study of
HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. |
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