Research from the University of Notre Dame shows how India’s immunization program saved children’s lives and highlights the need for stronger connections between health and education policies.
A new study co-authored by University of Notre Dame researcher Helge-Johannes Marahrens shows that analyzing social media posts can help experts predict when people will move during crises, supporting faster and more effective aid delivery.
A new study co-authored by University of Notre Dame researchers highlights the importance of prenatal care for improving the health of mothers and newborns, providing evidence that can inform policy.
Notre Dame researchers tackle learning poverty through early-grade reading interventions in Kenya, Uganda, and Senegal. The project studies evidence-based approaches to boost functional literacy—a crucial pathway out of poverty.
Anna Romandash is an award-winning journalist from Lviv, Ukraine and a 2022 graduate of the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Master of Global Affairs program. Romandash, who works as a research associate at the school’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, continues to report on Russia’s war in Ukraine and how it affects the lives of everyday people. In this conversation, she shares how her education has helped to strengthen her work covering wartime atrocities and documenting the resilience of the Ukrainian people.
African migrant men working in South Korea are disproportionately harmed by societal pressures to conform to gender norms, according to a new study co-authored by Keough School sociologist Sharon Yoon. The study which was published in Gender, Work & Organization, detailed the experiences of men who work in physically demanding and low-paying jobs.
The Keough School of Global Affairs will observe the International Day of Peace with two campus events: a prayer service featuring University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on Friday (Sept. 20) and a talk by a Notre Dame graduate who serves in the Sierra Leone government on Tuesday (Sept. 24). Both events are free and open to the public.
As the leader of a global Catholic research university with a presence on five continents, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., will draw on a rich background of global experience that includes deep connections to the University’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Notre Dame Global.
The incidence of low birth weight rose sharply in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Santosh Kumar, associate professor of development and global health economics at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study, co-authored by a Notre Dame global health economics expert, evaluates the relationship between anemia and school attendance in India, debunking earlier research that could have misguided policy interventions.
The earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August 2021 killed thousands of people and left more than half a million seeking help. New research by a University of Notre Dame expert finds that the assessment of this disaster can serve as a model for evaluating future disasters and making life-saving improvements.
The University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and the Organization of American States have launched a new partnership to strengthen democracy and defend human rights efforts across Latin America. To that end, the institutions will collaborate on joint research and policy projects, exchange faculty experts and train undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers who work in development, human rights and democracy.
Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi development worker, researcher, academic, and micro-philanthropist, has joined the Pulte Institute for Global Development and the Eck Institute for Global Health as a visiting scholar from September 2023 to February 2024. Chowdhury is contributing to Notre Dame’s collective work to help all people access quality health services, safeguard them from public health risks, and protect all people from impoverishment due to illness or environmental factors.
University of Notre Dame faculty shared recommendations for strategic monitoring and evaluation within fragile states at an April 14 virtual roundtable hosted by the Keough School of Global Affairs and the US Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.