Although 2021 was another year marked by the COVID pandemic, that didn't stop our faculty, students and experts from trailblazing new paths, research, and ideas, even with stay-at-home recommendations and distance learning in place. Here we've rounded up a list of our top 10 news items from this year, proof that even a global pandemic can't stop us from our mission of nurturing students and professionals to become decision makers open to the world.
Discussions of environment-trade issues are notoriously complex, cluttered with legalistic and technical language, and frequently opaque. As such, environmental stakeholders require information and tools to effectively engage in the trade policy arena. The Global Governance Centre's Senior Researcher, Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, published Greening International Trade, a paper serving as a non-technical entry point for actors keen on navigating the environment-trade policy conversation and promoting sustainable trade.
Project Officer at BBC Media Action, Tarana Faroqi is also the Program Director-India for the Peacebuilding Project, where she launched the first Rohingya vocational education initiative in Khajuri Khas Delhi. She earned her Master in International Affairs in 2018.
After completing his degree in International Economics at the Institute, Kishen Shastry (MA, ‘20) was given the opportunity to study and research at the University of Cambridge. For Kishen, the Institute provided a stepping stone for more great things to come.
Capstone Projects are part of the Interdisciplinary Masters Programme, and are designed to provide innovative solutions to global challenges, while also allowing students a glimpse into the inner workings of some of the world's most prestigious private and non-profit organisations. The five best projects from 2020 were selected by a committee of faculty members, and are highlighted here.
Recent graduate Apoorva Bose's life has been a panoply of interests ranging from the arts to international law. Yet with multiple passions, she soon found herself unsure of where her focus should lay. In a TedX Talk, she discusses her struggle and how she found her path to harmony amongst an internal cacophony.
Two new faculty members will join the Economics community at the Institute as of September 2021. We are very pleased to welcome Yuan Zi and Imelda, who specialise respectively in trade, and environmental and resource economics as new assistant professors in the department.
What Matters Today is a current affairs podcast series featuring Graduate Institute faculty commenting on the most pressing global issues impacting, economics, politics, health, and society.
The rapid transformation of the financial sector with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, social responsibility, inclusion, and impact measurement creates exciting new career opportunities.
To meet the growing demands of financial institutions - private, public, and international - and the interest of students who want to make a positive impact on world development, the Graduate Institute launched a new track in Sustainable Finance and Development within its Master in International Economics in September 2021.
Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Co-director of the Global Health Centre and Professor, and Ilona Kickbusch, founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre, glimpse into the future, taking stock of a world where global cooperation is a necessary remedy to tackle COVID.
An application to the Graduate Institute requires you to write a letter of motivation. What is a letter of motivation, exactly, and how do you write a great one?