Isaac Scott is a self-taught graphic designer and fine artist, as well as a creative writer, currently the Resident Artist and Justice in Education Scholar at Columbia University’s Center for Justice. He is Co-Founder of Opportunities and Change, which facilitates solution-driven projects, such as The Confined Arts, Love Thyself First and T.e.a.m. Arts, and is Director of The Confined… read more

The Institute of Development Studies (in Sussex, UK) seeks two conflict and violence research fellows. Great opportunity for doctoral candidates whose work addresses peace and conflict, particularly those in Political Science, Development Economics, Development Studies, Anthropology, Geography, or a related social science discipline. Successful candidates will share IDS commitment to engaged excellence, and will have demonstrable ability to… read more

Beer and War Stories @ Alice’s Cafe, International Relations Building Thursday, April 28 | 6:30-9:00pm     This event serves an important purpose at SIPA, as our veterans have served in many of the global conflicts that are used as case studies in our classes. “Beer and War Stories” allows the veteran community to open… read more

Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us Monday, April 25th, 2016, 6:15 – 7:45pm Columbia University Morningside Campus, Kent Hall, Room 413   Imperial Power and Politics of Difference Tuesday, April 26th, 2016, 12:00 – 1:30pm Columbia University Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 918   Book… read more

Soundtrack Of War @ Milbank Chapel, Teachers College Thursday, April 28 | 6:30-8:30pm   See the photo gallery and learn more about the organization Service Together: here.   Soundtrack of War Featuring performances by Eli Smith, host of the Down Home Radio Show and Peter Stampfel of the The Holy Modal Rounders and The Fugs! Joined by Ali Dineen, Feral Foster, and Ernie Vega! Commentary… read more

All Cash Transaction: Kleptocracy and the Rise of Global Luxury Real Estate Markets Monday, April 18th, 2016, 4:15 – 5:45pm Columbia University Morningside Campus, Pulitzer Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall   Human Rights Essay Contest Colloquium Tuesday, April 19th, 2016, 12:15 – 2:00pm Columbia University Morningside Campus, Knox Hall, Room 207   Book Launch and… read more

Layla Zami is an artist and scholar, currently a Visiting Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality (IRWGS). She is a PhD candidate at Humboldt-University Berlin in gender studies and performing arts, where she is teaching a class on cultural memory in the spring, and has studied International Relations… read more

iAnimal Monday, April 11th, 2016, 9:00 – 5:00pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 722   Can One Million Refugees Change the European Human Rights Commitment? Monday, April 11th, 2016, 12:10 – 1:10pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102A   “Haiti Will Not Perish: 2004-2016,” with Michael Deibert, Author Monday,… read more

#ParisAgreement: Climate Change and CoP21 – What’s Next? Monday, April 4th, 2016, 11:00 – 12:00pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501   Towards a Global Compact on the World Refugee Situation Monday, April 4th, 2016, 12:10 – 1:00pm Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 722   Voices Against Violence Monday,… read more

My name is Laura Vargas and I am a Doctoral Student in Social Policy and Policy Analysis at the Columbia School of Social Work. Over the course of almost nine weeks I traveled more than 5,500 miles to conduct qualitative interviews with dozens of medical professionals. I travelled to sixteen different municipalities located in five… read more