Sarah Genz, program manager within Pulte Institute’s Entrepreneurship and Education Division, spent a week with partners at Sidi Abdellah University in Algeria—the National School of Artificial Intelligence and the National Higher School of Mathematics—to help implement an “AI for Social Good” workshop.…
Alejandro Estefan is an Assistant Professor of Development Economics at the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, and a Core Affilaited Faculty within the Pulte Institute for Global Development. His work centers on evaluating the impacts of economic reform and private sector engagement on economic development, with a geographical focus in Latin America. Whether investigating how tax and labor reforms impact taxpayers and workers in Mexico or how digital tools empower women entrepreneurs in Guatemala, Alejandro’s research reflects a keen interest in the complexities of economic systems and their human consequences. He is motivated by a desire to make meaningful contributions to reducing inequality and improving livelihoods.
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.
Imagine being unable to borrow money for basic needs or emergencies because the bank is too far away or demands collateral or identification that you can’t provide. For millions of rural people living in poverty around the world, this is a daily reality. Yet a recent
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As climate change drives increasingly severe hurricanes, U.S. coastal communities are bearing the brunt of mounting losses. With regulations failing to curb the damage, homeowners have become the front line of defense — but their efforts often fall short, a recent study reveals.
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The research of Santosh Kumar, professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Core Affiliated Faculty within the Pulte Institute, and his colleague Jan-Walter De Neve, founding director of the Doctor of Public Health program at San Diego State University’s Division of Global Health Management and Policy, was featured in the December 20th edition of the "Think Global Health" newsletter, an initiative from the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Pulte Institute collaborates closely with a diverse array of students from the University of Notre Dame, engaging them in research, internships, and other impactful roles aimed at driving change and development. Here are insights from notable Pulte students on their experiences from the past year:
Several faculty members within the University of Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development achieved significant milestones in scholarly citations in 2024, reflecting their impactful contributions to research and academia.
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.
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.