Four researchers from the Pulte Institute recently presented at USAID's Higher Education Global Evidence Summit, which aims to improve higher education systems’ support of socio-economic development worldwide by focusing on three themes: Innovation, Employability, and Private Sector Engagement.
Kenya’s 2013 Basic Education Act expanded the number of national schools and increased student body diversity quotas based on the act’s guiding principles: the “promotion of peace, integration, cohesion, tolerance, and inclusion,” and the fostering of “the spirit and sense of patriotism, nationhood, unity of purpose, togetherness, and respect.” This change in the policy made it possible for researchers with the Ford Program in Human Development and Solidarity to explore the effects of increased student body diversity on selected principles of trust and tolerance.
A team of civil and environmental engineers at the University of Notre Dame is racing against time to create a new framework for community recovery from natural disasters, educate homeowners on risks and encourage incentives for climate-resilient homes before the next extreme event hits.
Proposals were awarded in four tracks: Convening, Research Accelerator, Infrastructure & Services, and Partnerships. After a substantial review process, the Institute funded 13 projects that involve collaboration among all colleges and schools and are intended to generate translational value for societal benefit.
The Pulte Institute was honored to welcome 25 emerging professionals from 17 African countries to the University of Notre Dame for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program. This was the first in-person version of the Fellowship since 2019, and Fellows and staff alike were thrilled by the opportunity to create connections face to face.
The University of Notre Dame has celebrated the completion of its first online certificate designed to promote a culture of data use across development organizations. The Data for Development course enrolled a total of 202 learners split into four cohorts between January and May.
USAID has featured the Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Evidence Gap Map (EGM) in their 2022-2026 Agency Learning Agenda. The EGM was created and launched in June 2020 by a team of researchers, led by the Pulte Institute for Global Development's Paul Perrin and Jaclyn Biedronski.
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.
The University of Notre Dame is proud to welcome our 2022 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. This week we welcomed 25 Fellows from sub-Saharan Africa.
The Pulte Institute for Global Development’s Kevin Waitkuweit and Lila Khatiwada have co-authored a policy brief about conducting development research when biological disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, occur.
The Pulte Institute’s Evidence and Learning Division has written three briefs summarizing key learnings from the Evidence Gap Map (EGM). The EGM is a tool developed by the Research and Technical Assistance Center (RTAC), in partnership with USAID's Innovation,Technology, and Research Hub Research Division (ITR/R), to assess the effectiveness of development research in low and middle-income countries.
Ahead of the 9th Summit of the Americas, CARE USA and the Pulte Institute for Global Development's Central America Research Alliance (CARA) convened civil society experts in Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the intersection of humanitarian crisis, migration, and displacement across the Americas, and how policymakers can support a more equitable future for all.
A recently published article, titled “Enhanced-efficiency nitrogen fertilizer boosts cauliflower productivity and farmers’ income: Multi-location and multi-year field trials across Nepal” has been co-authored by Shriniwas Gautam, evidence and learning associate with the University of Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development.
Notre Dame Law graduate, Maria Camila Ospina, shares her experiences from a recent trip to Paraguay as part of the Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity program with the Pulte Institute.
Read more about the Africa Graduate Conference, hosted by the Pamoja Initiative, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies' Africa Working Group, and the Africa Graduate Club at the University of Notre Dame.
The Pulte Institute for Global Development — part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame — has launched the Central America Research Alliance (CARA): a network focused on delivering evidence-based advocacy by amplifying the work of Central American scholars and practitioners.
Danice Guzmán presented at the inaugural meeting of the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership For Peace Act (MEPPA) Partnership for Peace Fund (PPF) Advisory Board on Wednesday, April 13.
The Pulte Institute interviews Ana Tisa, a senior studying Psychology and Global affairs. Watch as she shares her experience as a Pulte Institute student research assistant!
Pulte Institute faculty fellow Laurie Nathan recently published an article for The Conversation, commenting on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to abstain from voting on three UN General Assembly resolutions that condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Pulte Insitute's Tom Hare and Estela Rivero, co-directors of the Central America Research Alliance (CARA), write for Inside Higher Ed, commenting what comes next after the closure of universities across Nicaragua by the Ortega regime.