The Pulte Institute for Global Development, along with the Keough School of Global Affairs, is working with Oxfam America to produce a series of case studies focused on the organization’s biggest legal, humanitarian challenges.
In an article published by Voices of America, Michael Sweikar comments that the global nature of the war on Ukraine makes it especially challenging for aid groups looking to deliver relief.
In August 2021, as the Taliban was taking over control of Kabul, Afghanistan, faculty at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies began having conversations in the halls about how to respond given the Institute’s history of supporting Afghan peace and development…
Ray Offenheiser remembers Paul Farmer's contributions to the development field and shares tributes from colleagues who knew him well.
The Central America Research Alliance (CARA) condemns the sentencing of our friend and colleague Félix Maradiaga to 13 years of prison in Nicaragua.
The academic community of the Keough School of Global Affairs condemns Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.
On February 2, the Pulte Institute’s Education and Entrepreneurship Division met with three Indiana legislative offices to share the importance of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
The Pulte Institute's Danice Guzmán and Mathematica's Camila Fernández, Larissa Campuzano, Ivonne Padilla, and Nancy Murray have co-authored a policy breif about the influence of an early grade reading program on regional policy.
A recently published journal article, “Creating a Tool to Measure Children's Wellbeing: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan,” is co-authored by Tom Purekal, Innovation and Practice Program Director with the University of Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development.
A new book, “Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology” (Routledge), features a chapter written by Ray Offenheiser on the need for mining companies to move from operating with impunity to negotiating and receiving consent from local communities.
The University of Notre Dame is proud to announce its selection as an Institute Partner for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, the Pulte Institute for Global Development, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging Business leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
The tool created for USAID by the Pulte Institute’s Evidence & Learning Division, Purdue University, and Catholic Relief Services has been named a top resource for 2021 by the USAID-supported Marketlinks platform.
Dr. Harold J. Toro has published an article in The British Journal of Sociology that evaluates how unequal social origin hurts the educational chances of those from disadvantaged backgrounds and contributes to earnings inequality.
The Pulte Institute celebrates the often untold story of the Peace Corps and Notre Dame. Alumni and staff share their unique experiences with the Peace Corps, Father Hesburgh, and their career paths to global development.
The Pulte Institute's Tom Hare and María Estela Rivero Fuentes have co-authored an op-ed in The Hill about the waning democracy in Central America.
A new book, (Re)significado a los Jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan, includes a chapter co-authored by Dr. Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes.
Students and staff explain how experiential learning can advance social entrepreneurship teaching and post-graduation success.
Diane Desierto, professor of law and global affairs in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, was named chair-rapporteur of the United Nations’ Expert Group on the Right to Development, with her official mandate starting in January.
Can an American university empower legal professionals in another country to fight corruption and uphold the rule of law?
It’s a challenge two institutes at the University of Notre Dame recently took on in Paraguay as part of a larger push to…