The Pulte Institute for Global Development was pleased to co-host the Third Conference on Academic Freedom in the Americas (#CAFA2024) at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, in Washington D.C., United States, on November 20-21, 2024.
The Central America Research Alliance (CARA) informs policies and initiatives through research on the root causes of migration—poverty, violence, climate change and related human rights issues—across El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua.
A new program through the University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative connects students to active research projects designed to alleviate global poverty through the Keough School’s Pulte Institute for Global Development.
Alejandro Estefan, assistant professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs and Core Affiliated Faculty within the Pulte Institute, was recently awarded second place for the Citibanamex Prize in Economics for his co-authored paper “Outsourcing Policy and Worker Outcomes: Causal Evidence from a Mexican Ban.”
Measuring human dignity — assessing aspects of an individual’s well-being, rights, and intrinsic value — is challenging due to its subjective and multidimensional nature. While there isn’t a universally accepted tool for measuring human dignity, the Pulte Institute has pioneered “Project Respect for Participant Dignity” and “Respect for Human Dignity in Daily Life” to explore human dignity indicators.
Regional differences among communities can seem insurmountable, especially when fueled by conflict. A unique opportunity hosted on Notre Dame’s campus in late August, the “Reimaging Building Excellence” workshop, challenged this assumption by connecting attendees across geographies and cultures to strengthen holistic problem-solving skills.
Students from the Masters of Global Affairs program at the Keough School of Global Affairs recently showcased their initial research findings during the 2024 i-Lab Global Partnership Experience.
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, members of the Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education (SHARE) team presented to …
As the world grapples with the accelerating impacts of climate change, disaster preparedness and recovery strategies are shifting to meet the demands of a more volatile and interconnected landscape. Traditional frameworks that treat disasters as isolated events are now outdated in the face of back-to-back catastrophes, where regions barely have time to recover before the next blow. These "compounding disasters" create new challenges, with infrastructure and communities struggling to withstand the cumulative effects. This evolving reality calls for bold, innovative thinking and transformative leadership.