As the world confronts the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation, smallholder farmers—responsible for producing a third of the world’s food—are emerging as critical players in addressing these global challenges. However, despite their potential,…
The Forests and Livelihoods Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Secretariat held its Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy from October 3-7, 2024. The event included more than 150 presentations, posters, innovative sessions and workshops combined.
Academic freedom and the rights of Central American students and scholars are under threat. Authoritarian regimes seek to silence, control, and discredit the production of knowledge that can be used to hold them accountable. A landscape assessment conducted by the Central America Research Alliance (CARA) indicates that these attacks are common and severe across Central America.
On December 3, 2024, the Pulte Institute for Global Development hosted "Ethnography in Evaluation: Findings from an Emergency Crop Intervention in South Sudan" at the Keough School's Washington, D.C., office.
International science and innovation conference CONICIETI 2024 at the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) in Honduras featured Pulte Institute Senior Researcher and CARA Co-director Estela Rivero as a contributor to the dialogue and a leader of cooperation among academic institutions. Educators, researchers, students, and industry professionals from universities, national and international institutions, and the industrial sector were also in attendance.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research.