As an integral part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Pulte Institute addresses global poverty and inequality through policy, practice, and partnership. It designs, implements, monitors, and evaluates projects and programs that promote human dignity, empowering the world’s poorest and vulnerable populations to flourish.

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Central America Research Alliance (CARA)

Central America Research Alliance (CARA)
Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education (SHARE)

Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education (SHARE)
Policy & Practice Visiting Associates Program

Policy & Practice Visiting Associates Program

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Notes from the Field: Advancing Research Through Global Systems Workshops

Notes from the Field: Advancing Research Through Global Systems Workshops

Pulte research staffer Lizzie Dolan walks through the SHARE ecosystems workshop process, and to her experience in Kenya and Cambodia, where some of these workshops were most recently held. SHARE, or Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education, is the largest federally funded grant in Notre Dame's history. Click to read more to learn about our research, and our connections to our local partners and this project.

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Sustainability

The Earth’s environment and scarce resources must be stewarded with ever-increasing care as the health of the environment is integrally linked to a flourishing global society. At the Pulte Institute, we collaborate with faculty conducting research on climate, energy, water, and sustainable cities and examine how these issues affect global poverty and inequality.

Humanitarianism

Billions of dollars are spent annually to address the 65+ million refugees and migrants displaced by conflict, natural disaster, or severe lack of economic opportunity. At the Pulte Institute, we work to integrate sustainable development practices into humanitarianism work and policy in order for crisis interventions to be successful and sustainable.

Effective States and Development

Good governance and effective states are integral to the realization of the SDGs. At the Pulte Institute, we focus on aid effectiveness and policy in the poorest of nations by researching existing programs, evaluating donor agency innovations, and designing new approaches and policies to deliver more effective aid; all in order to ensure states and their policies work for the people.

Business in Development

The private sector is increasingly outspending the public sector in global development investment, but is also faced with challenging ethical dilemmas in nations with weak institutions and corruption. At the Pulte Institute, we provide a home for discussions on ethical and sustainable supply chain performance, social entrepreneurship, and public-private partnerships, among other topics.

Global Health

In a globalized world, disease moves quickly across borders and many global and national public health systems are weak and inadequate. At the Pulte Institute, we seek to take the knowledge developed by Notre Dame researchers to field practitioners, who are on the front lines in developing countries and can put these findings to work.

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